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July 7, 2019

Mozilla SSL Configuration Generator
Hacking Digital Calipers
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Problem: It's tedious to write down digital caliper measurements while working with research samples since you have to set the calipers down each time to record the value.

Solution: Use SAM32 to read the caliper measurement, decode the protocol, and emulate keystrokes over USB to enter data into spreadsheet.

Debian 10 "buster" released

After 25 months of development the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 10 (code name "buster"), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and of the Debian Long Term Support team.

Dear Agile, I’m Tired of Pretending - Columbus’ Egg

The Manifesto served a purpose, but it’s not going to get you where you need to go.

Google still keeps a list of everything you ever bought using Gmail, even if you delete all your emails
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  • Google Gmail keeps a log of everything you buy.
  • Google says this is so you can ask Google Assistant about the status of an order or reorder something.
  • It also says you can delete this log by deleting the email, but three weeks after we deleted all email, the list is still there.
Introducing Equiano, a subsea cable from Portugal to South Africa | Google Cloud Blog
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Today we are introducing Equiano, our new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe.

The Zero-Sum Bias: When People Think that Everything is a Competition – Effectiviology

The zero-sum bias is a cognitive bias that causes people to mistakenly view certain situations as being zero-sum, meaning that they incorrectly believe that one party’s gains are directly balanced by other parties’ losses.