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https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/29/were-hitting-rock-bottom-in-cyber-lets-do-something/?ncid=rss&utm_source=tcfbpage&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&sr_share=facebook When it comes to the cybersecurity problem, where is rock bottom? Was it WannaCry, a ransomware attack. Or similar and perhaps even worse attack that hit just weeks later? Was it the Yahoo breaches? Or Equifax and Uber? Intel and Apple leaving our computer management accounts wide open? Banking computer systems hacked and many millions stolen? Or critical infrastructure hackers →

http://realfarmacy.com/backwards-society-art/ Here is a collection of some of the most brilliant modern day art around. →

Slush advertisesises itself as The world’s leading startup event, Nov 30– Dec 1 in Helsinki. Slush connects startups & tech talent with top-tier investors, executives and media. I will not be there, but I will add links to some news from there in comments. →

https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/11/24/tldr-linux-man-pages-always/ Man — which is short for manual — retrieves documentation for a given program, but that documentation is not always easies to understand. TLDR documentation focuses on offering practical example-driven instructions of how something works. →

Here is view what is inside this old HASP software protection “dongle” that was designed to be plugged between PC Centronics printer port and printer. This is outdated technology because PCs have not had printer ports for many years. Inside views: Closeups shows that the main IC seems to be a custom made part for →

https://www.wired.com/story/crazy-viral-holiday-light-displays/  This article shows a selection of Christmas houses, spangled with lights flashing in time to everything. →

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42103058 A population of finches on the Galapagos has been discovered in the process of becoming a new species. This is the first example of speciation that scientists have been able to observe directly in the field. →

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/sophia-the-worlds-first-android-citizen-says-she-wants-to-have-a-kid/ This strange story becomes even more bizarre: Last month Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to an android called Sophia? Well, stuff just got a little bit stranger. In a recent interview with The Khaleej Times, Sophia suggested she wants to start her own family. Are we going to be replaced with robots in this science fiction fairy tale? Wild →

https://paperpile.com/blog/shortest-papers/ If you ever wondered about the shortest science papers ever published, or you just want to take the unique opportunity to read several papers in full within one minute, this post is for you. →

Light Dimmers are devices used to lower the brightness of a light. Light dimmers are generally used to control light output from resistive incandescent, halogen, and sometimes also compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Dimming LEDs have their own set of challenges and dilemmas. Modern dimmers are built from semiconductors that are often →