The Deadlock Empire.
Slay dragons, learn concurrency! Play the cunning Scheduler, exploit flawed programs and defeat the armies of the Parallel Wizard.
Relevant: Untrusted, a meta-JavaScript adventure game.
Das Netzwerk der neuen Rechten.
Fast unbemerkt von der Öffentlichkeit ist im vergangenen Jahrzehnt eine „patriotische Parallelgesellschaft“ in Deutschland entstanden. Ein neues und einflussreiches neurechtes Netzwerk aus rund 150 Stiftungen, Vereinen, Medien und Kampagnen ist herangewachsen.
Silicon Valley’s inequality machine: a conversation with Anand Giridharadas.
“This is not the first generation of ultra rich people in history to seek to justify their own rule, but they’ve found a particularly ingenious way to do it, which is to seek to be the solution to the problem that they are still actively working to cause.”
By day, she visits morgues and studies pictures of crime scenes. By night, she turns nightmarish imaginings into precise, red-splattered miniatures.
How Much Does the Internet Weigh?
The internet is massive, with global online traffic predicted to exceed 1.1 zettabytes very soon. But have you wondered: how much does the internet weigh?
When "Zoë" ≠ "Zoë". Or why you need to normalize Unicode strings.
Never heard of Unicode normalization? You’re not alone. But it will save you a lot of trouble.
The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium, 2012–present.
(…) the company has typically hired and promoted the work of editors and writers who were already well known. Many of them were able to head back to legacy publications or other ventures when their Medium publications folded; people whose careers weren’t as established, or who were starting publications on Medium from scratch, often haven’t been so lucky.
The 2080s “Past is the Future”.
Imagine how your current favorite singers would look like in a 80s version.
Kommentar zur parlamentarischen Bürgerinitiative „fairändern“.
Frauen* in Österreich erleben unter Schwarz-Blau eine Regierung, die versucht, ihnen hart erkämpfte Rechte nach und nach zu nehmen – zugunsten eines konservativen Rollenbildes. Manches, wie die Bewertung von Arbeitssuchenden via Algorithmus, der Frauen und Minderheiten automatisch schlechter einstuft, geschieht unter den Augen der Öffentlichkeit. Anderes, wie die parlamentarische Bürgerinitiative “fairändern” wird im Verborgenen vorangetrieben.
Hint: security.
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