Could the Soviet Union Have Survived?
‘No one has suggested a convincing alternative scenario’ Rodric Braithwaite, British Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1988-91) and author of Armageddon…
The GPU, not the TPM, is the root of hardware DRM
As part of their “Defective by Design” anti-DRM campaign, the FSF recently made the following claim:Today, most of the major…
Glue work considered harmful | sean goedecke
“Glue work” is an concept Tanya Reilly came up with in 2019. The idea is that there’s a large amount…
Rails for everything | Literally the Void
Rails for everything Published: 2025-01-01 After spending part of my holiday building and deploying a new Rails 8 application, It’s…
SF Purity Test
The official Purity Test checklist for the techies of San Francisco. Click on every item you have done. Caution: This…
Lake Superior State University Unveils 2025 Banished Words List
Contact: Kimberly Muller, [email protected] (Sault Ste. Marie, MI) – A new year brings the promise of fresh beginnings, but it…
Welcome to the Public Domain in 2025
Image credit: Montage of materials moving into the public domain in 2025. Duke Law Center for the Study of the…
Why does storing two-factor authentication codes in your password manager make sense?
Modern login systems require a second factor (2FA) to log in, in addition to the standard username and password combination….