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http://www.pcworld.com/article/3197628/linux/fight-ransomware-by-running-windows-in-linux-as-a-virtual-machine.html Running Windows as a virtual machine in Linux may seems like unnecessary work until something like the Wannacry ransomware scare comes along.  Despite its headaches, desktop Linux rarely is the target of malware. (When it is, it can generally present a smaller attack surface.)  And if you need to run applications in Windows, run →

https://www.google.fi/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2017/05/24/microsoft-now-uses-git-and-gvfs-to-develop-windows/amp/ Microsoft today announced that virtually all of its engineers now use the Git version control system to develop its Windows operating system.  →

https://workfutures.io/10-work-skills-for-the-postnormal-era-2c07a1009a25 World Economic Forum’s skills list is way out of date. We need new ways to think about — and talk about — this rapidly changing world. Deep generalists can ferret out the connections that build the complexity into complex systems, and grasp their interplay. In postnormal times creativity may paradoxically become normal: an everyone, everyday, everywhere, process. →

This article can be seen as continuation to my Powering microphones document and  PC microphone phantom powering improvements blog posting. Jon Blackstone said in comment: Tom – I’ve got a solution for this that’s very simple, and is working for me. I connect the ECM capsule (cheesy computer mic) directly to pins 2 and 3, →

https://www.sparkfun.com/news/2392 Let’s look at those tried and true IoT projects that just keep on coming back (with good reason!) →

https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2017/05/16/it-takes-more-than-a-circuit-breaker-to-create-a-resilient-application/?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Topics such as application resiliency, self-healing, antifragility are area of interest for many. This article is trying to distinguish, define, and visualize these concepts, and create solutions with these characteristics. So what does a typical resiliency pitch look like: use timeouts, isolate in bulkheads, and of course apply the circuit breaker pattern. I agree with all →

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/59309/mobile-2/google-play-protect.html →

https://industrialinternetnow.com/ Here is an on-line publication with some interesting industrial IoT articles. →

https://www.atlassian.com/blog/software-teams/17-ways-get-kids-coding-holiday-season?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_campaign=atlassian_content_q4fy17&utm_content=17-ways-get-kids-coding Interesting list. →

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/this-spray-can-turn-any-surface-into-a-touch-screen/ This looks interesting. The technology, called Electrick, was developed by scientists from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, with the findings published in an open access paper. The spray consists of an electrically conductive carbon-based material. By applying electrodes to the object, and then measuring the voltage at different points, the position of a person’s finger can →