Reading List
- Towards a more Elvish vision for Technology
George Strakhov
There are at least two kinds of magic. These two kinds may not always be distinct in their appearance, but are very different in their underlying motives and their ultimate outcomes.
- Turn It All Off
Christopher Butler
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2 Jul 2021
This is an intervention. We are addicted to media. Our screen time crisis will not be solved by technology, but by will.
- Compressing JSON: gzip vs zstd
Daniel Lemire
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30 Jun 2021
JSON is the de facto standard for exchanging data on the Internet. It is relatively simple text format inspired by JavaScript. I say “relatively simple” because you can read and understand the entire JSON specification in minutes. Though JSON is a concise format, it is also better used over a slow n…
- Towards richer colors on the Web
This article will talk about the ongoing efforts to specify richer colors on the Web platform, plus some ideas about directions for future development on Blink/Chromium.
- Playing games with an attacker: how I messed with someone trying to breach the CryptoWall tracker
Peter Vidani
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30 Mar 2016
The game I played with an attacker described in this blog was inspired by a TED talk where someone played games with a 419 scammer: James Veitch - This is what happens when you reply to spam email.