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“Zero-day” exploit sales should be key point in cybersecurity debate

2012 Mar 30, 2:40

Intro to the world of the 0day exploit market.

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Self-Driving Car Test: Steve Mahan (by Google)

2012 Mar 30, 2:38


Self-Driving Car Test: Steve Mahan (by Google)

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Face.com - Facial recognition web API

2012 Mar 30, 2:38

First tier of their service is free.  Supports age, gender, glasses, and mood as well as where the face is in an image all over a REST-ful web API.

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wilwheaton: laughterkey: You guys, the cast of every single...

2012 Mar 28, 11:23


wilwheaton:

laughterkey:

You guys, the cast of every single iteration of Star Trek is the best cast ever.

Trufax. 

I still can’t believe that this is a real thing that happened.

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IAmA NASA Astronaut who recently returned to Earth and I am new to reddit (reddit.com)

2012 Mar 23, 2:08

Astronaut endorses destroying the moon!

The best exchange on the IAmA:

Ghostshirts it’s been a dream for a long time now, do you think that we’ll actually be able to blow up the moon in our lifetime?

RonGaran I truly believe that we can accomplish anything we set our minds on. We only need the will to do it

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Cache them if you can

2012 Mar 23, 1:19

New stats on HTTP caching on the web.

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Understanding Enhanced Protected Mode

2012 Mar 23, 1:18

Eric Lawrence describes the new security features of IE10.

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Why Did This Work?

2012 Mar 23, 7:05

Do we have a word or phrase to describe the following situation: You code up something complicated and it compiles and works on the first try. You then spend the next ten minutes trying to figure out what's actually broken because it shouldn't be this easy.

Or in meme form:

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More Walking Dead macro photos.

2012 Mar 21, 2:56


More Walking Dead macro photos.

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Photo

2012 Mar 20, 3:50


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Recommendations for the Remediation of Bots in ISP Networks

2012 Mar 19, 3:11

recommendations on how Internet Service
   Providers can use various remediation techniques to manage the
   effects of malicious bot infestations on computers used by their
   subscribers.

Detection and notification recommendations.

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Free Universal Construction Kit is a set of 3D models you can...

2012 Mar 19, 4:05


Free Universal Construction Kit is a set of 3D models you can print on a 3D printer that allow you to connect Lego to Duplo to Lincoln Logs, etc.

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Comedy Bang Bang preview and story.  Exciting!

2012 Mar 18, 1:57PermalinkCommentshumor comedy-bang-bang video ifc

Photo

2012 Mar 18, 5:45


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Changing System Environment Variables on Windows

2012 Mar 16, 3:13

Is this really the right way to do this? Feels icky:

To programmatically add or modify system environment variables, add them to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment registry key, then broadcast a WM_SETTINGCHANGE message with lParam set to the string “Environment”.

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How to collect JavaScript performance data for Windows Metro apps on a device that does not have Visual Studio installed

2012 Mar 16, 2:27

Documentation for the VS JS profiler for Win8 HTML Metro Apps on profiling apps running on remote machines. 

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Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod.  5min TED talk on copyright math

2012 Mar 15, 6:25
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(via Tron-Style Light Dance Performance by Wrecking Crew...

2012 Mar 15, 5:21


(via Tron-Style Light Dance Performance by Wrecking Crew Orchestra)

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European Parliament Blocks Copyright Reform With 113% Voter Turnout (falkvinge.net)

2012 Mar 15, 4:05

Hmmm

This rather embarrassing issue was pointed out to the committee, the fact that there were three votes too many, and that these three votes determined the outcome. When this was done, along with formally requesting a re-vote, that re-vote on the points in question was denied.”

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Dave Weston on security best practices in Win8 HTML Metro Apps.

2012 Mar 14, 9:29PermalinkCommentssecurity technical video david-weston wwa win8 programming html javascript
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