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Recommended Watch: Why is North up?
Nice and short explainer on why is North up, history of map orientation and more
ProLinks #64 – Cookies, How to Survive Apocalypse, Fall of Rome and more
Tech Ubuntu 21.04 is here Ubuntu machines can join an Active Directory (AD) domain at installation for central configuration. AD administrators can now manage Ubuntu workstations, which simplifies compliance with company policies. Data Brokers Are a Threat to Democracy The… Read More »ProLinks #64 – Cookies, How to Survive Apocalypse, Fall of Rome and more
ProLinks #63 – Machine Learning, Hyperinflation, Red Bull and more
Tech Machine Learning: The Great Stagnation Any fundamental discovery involves a significant degree of risk. If an idea is guaranteed to work then it moves from the realm of research to engineering. Unfortunately, this also means that most research careers… Read More »ProLinks #63 – Machine Learning, Hyperinflation, Red Bull and more
ProLinks #61 – Brains, data, hackers and more
Tech What Happens When Our Faces Are Tracked Everywhere We Go? Clearview has now raised $17 million and, according to PitchBook, is valued at nearly $109 million. As of January 2020, it had been used by at least 600 law-enforcement… Read More »ProLinks #61 – Brains, data, hackers and more
ProLinks #60 – Trust, Exercise, Constitution and more
Tech 5 peculiar cases of identity theft and how they could have been prevented Andorrie Sachs, a mother of four children, had left her wallet in a car which was later broken into, and her wallet stolen. The thief turned out to be… Read More »ProLinks #60 – Trust, Exercise, Constitution and more
ProLinks #59 – Terrible men, Facebook and SOCOM
Tech You’re Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype What is less obvious is why Shoshana Zuboff, an emerita professor of Harvard Business School, so uncritically repeats the digital industry’s marketing materials, nor why she never points to… Read More »ProLinks #59 – Terrible men, Facebook and SOCOM
ProLinks #43 – Lessons for Product Managers, Recruiters, Coders and more
IT Write clean code and get rid of code smells with real life examples – It is common that developers are kind of lazy, which is very good in so many ways; however, being lazy and copy/past lines of code… Read More »ProLinks #43 – Lessons for Product Managers, Recruiters, Coders and more
ProLinks #40 – Ultimate cheat sheat, winning culture, thinking in bets and lot more
IT Siren Real-Time Performance | Project Spotlight | Unreal Engine Tools – The who, what, where, when, and how of social media data cheat.sh – The only cheat sheet you need As Technologists, It’s Time That We Upgrade The Ethics… Read More »ProLinks #40 – Ultimate cheat sheat, winning culture, thinking in bets and lot more
ProLinks #38 – About Microsoft calling for regulation, a bull with most descendents and more
IT Microsoft calls for facial recognition technology rules given ‘potential for abuse’ – President Brad Smith warns authorities might track, investigate or arrest people based on flawed evidence. Source: Wikimedia They Watched Us With Webcams And Rewrote Our Code! – … Read More »ProLinks #38 – About Microsoft calling for regulation, a bull with most descendents and more