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May 1

“The CheapID card […] is sterile. Without the appropriate barcode reading system, no identification information can be recovered from the card. Even with the tools to read the card, all personal information (including a person’s name) is encrypted. Digital signatures prove that the information is on the card and can be provided by authorized parties, but nothing is disclosed. This protects people from abuse of their identity credentials. In at least Rwanda and Iraq, people have been targeted for violence and persecution based on information extracted from their ID card, for example, a last name which identifies them as belonging to a targeted ethnic group.” CheapID

Apr 11

“Perl is ‘some assembly required’. Python is ‘batteries included’. PHP is ‘kitchen sink, but it’s from Canada and both faucets are labeled C’.” PHP: a fractal of bad design - fuzzy notepad

Apr 10

“Have you ever run an ad on Facebook? The ad manager is a revelation — as perfectly organized and tidy as the rest of Facebook is sprawling and messy. Spend $50 and try to sell something — there it is, UX at its most organized and majestic, a key to all of the other products at once.” Facebook and Instagram: When Your Favorite App Sells Out — Daily Intel (via iamdanw)

(via iamdanw)

Apr 7

whitewhine:

I’m sure that’s exactly how she felt: mildly annoyed.

You should have to pass an intelligence test before being allowed to use Nazi-related similes.

“It says something about our culture that it takes becoming a billionaire to get comfortable with a decision to publicly prioritize family over [work] time.” Bryce.VC

Mar 31

“Ministerial words about an immediate problem with basics like fuel or food [are] the only sort of ministerial statement which people believe.” Even I’m starting to wonder: what do this lot know about anything? - Telegraph

Mar 20

Helpful description. Maybe Google’s now trying to make up for all the times when its favoured Google Plus over other social networks in results…

Feb 17

“Hierarchy of disagreement”: from clear refutation to mere vituperation, based on the essay “How to Disagree” by Paul Graham. (via Wikipedia)

Feb 15

Taxi-window sticker

Feb 14

“We lash out against companies that violate our privacy, yet fail to see how our unwillingness to value their digital goods in some small way led to the prevalence of a business model that gives the actual product away and earns money by selling our personal information. We never noticed that in order to own all this free stuff, the free stuff gets to own us back.” Nick Bradbury: Digital Ownership and the Path to Privacy

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