I suspect that developers of Bitcoin services who are responsible for security consistently and dramatically underestimate what it takes to build a secure Bitcoin service. Coding and operational practices that are perfectly adequate for building a typical e-commerce site turn out to be utterly inadequate for, say, a Bitcoin exchange. via Bitcoin hacks and thefts:… Continue reading Bitcoin hacks and thefts: The underlying reason
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Telecom industry shafts America
After making a big, bold promise to wire every corner of America, the telecom giants are running away from their vow to provide nationwide broadband service by 2020. For almost 20 years, AT&T, Verizon and the other big players have collected hundreds of billions of dollars through rate increases and surcharges to finance that ambitious… Continue reading Telecom industry shafts America
What Bill Knew
Focusing on making a partnership work is more profitable than focusing on making money. Love your employees more than you love your clients. The best new business is your current business. Price projects by asking yourself what the client’s lawyer would charge. It’s better to be hired for your work than for your price. When… Continue reading What Bill Knew
On the Killing of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn
The most mendacious phrase in the American language is “black on black crime,” which is uttered as though the same hands that drew red lines around the ghettoes of Chicago are not the same hands that drew red lines around the life of Jordan Davis, as though black people authored North Lawndale and policy does… Continue reading On the Killing of Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn
Ron Swanson on Sadness & Breakfast
There has never been a sadness that can’t be cured by breakfast food. Ron Swanson, Parks & Recreation S06E13
Killing the Crunch Mode Antipattern – Chad Fowler
If you want a “knowledge worker” to be as ineffective and produce the lowest level of quality possible, deprive them of their sleep and hold them to an unrealistic deadline. In other words, activate Crunch Mode. via Chad Fowler.
Angela Ahrendts on Positivity
The world is moving fast. Unless I can come in in the morning and smile, walk in the lobby and say, ‘Good morning!’–if I am stressed–I am not going to do a good job. — Apple’s Angela Ahrendts (from Can Apple’s Angela Ahrendts Spark A Retail Revolution?)
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Q: What does it mean if I get a small snake that is also very strong? A: Snake-picking is not an exact science. The size of the snake is the main factor. The snake may be very strong, or it may be very weak. It may be of Asian, African, or South American origin. It… Continue reading Untitled
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I will not stand down now, or ever. Did you think that because I choose to remain anonymous (for this reason exactly) that I am weak? My voice is as loud as yours and with every threat it becomes louder. I will not bend or break. I will remain a lawful citizen who chooses to… Continue reading Untitled
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Pulling an app based on mere allegations of infringement “seems morally reprehensible, even if not legally unallowable,” he told me. “I’m sad to see Apple too easily cave to baseless claims of IP infringement, especially when the owner of the app wrote back a detailed reasoning of why the app did not in fact infringe… Continue reading Untitled