https://utf9k.net/bookmarks/ You are online and logged on to my personal site Hugo en-us marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A supposed early warning system that triggers based on the number of private planes currently in flight. The idea is that all those with access to jets would take off immediately but this idea falls apart a bit when you think about response times for say; nuclear weapons attacks. Sat, 02 May 2026 13:19:36 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tool for introspecting prompts used for Claude Code and seeing what changes are introduced by Anthropic over time. It appears to have died recently due to the migration of the Claude Code binary from bundled JS to a native binary. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:29:52 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A JSON API for surfacing browser fingerprints based on various factors such as TLS ciphers. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:34:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A SaaS Platform that was used by one vendor in order to identify North Korean IT workers posting as American-based employees. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:02:09 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Google SRE talk on why heroism is bad, and something that actively sabotages the performance of a team, despite how it can feel in the moment. In particular, it talks about the virtue of letting systems fail if they are not properly staffed. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:04:45 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Google's ad portal that shows which advertisements are currently being run by various entities. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:05:36 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The Facebook Ad Library shows all active political advertisements currently running on Facebook. It can show various other interesting facts like what nationality the administrators of a given page are ie; for determining influence campaigns. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:05:29 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An online museum cataloguing thousands of various Chinese cigarette brands, with a strong visual aesthetic. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:42:56 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The Department of Internal Affairs is legally required to publish and maintain a Directory of Official Information, which can be a useful proxy for finding out which government agencies exist across the board. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:12:18 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A wiki dedicated to the American Freedom of Information Act. While not relevant for myself, it might contain some inspiration that can translate across to New Zealand's Official Information Act. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:20:30 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This website lets you flip through YouTube as if it were a series of TV channels. Great to stick on a spare monitor to discover new interests. Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:15:04 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tool that allows you to input a URL and query for archived copies across multiple archival providers. Much faster than doing it by hand. Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:27:00 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A manual curated index of newspaper clippings that talk about the Official Information Act. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:05:04 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A fairly extensive bibliography containing material that talks about the Official Information Act itself, as well as where it can be strengthened. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:04:55 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The National Security Archive, run by George Washington University, contains a vast collection of unclassified documents that give hints to how US policy was shaped over time. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:27:11 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A completely over-engineered dashboard that supposedly lets you track world events as if you were in a movie. Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:03:20 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) In addition to Oral Questions, there is a database of Written Questions that MPs have filed to be answered. It can be quite a useful source of information. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:07:12 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A UK company that famously made a SQL injection as a company name, only to have their company name banned by the Companies House. Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:43:23 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A special index that is useful for tracking the strength of solar storms. Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:45:05 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An extensive library of screenshots covering every major release of macOS right back to the beginning. Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:56:24 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An absurdly long variable name that represents a contact’s mother’s sibling’s daughter or father’s sister’s daughter. Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:28:12 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) As it says on the tin, this is an API for converting HTML into PNGs. It's probably great for rendering professional screenshots. Fri, 26 Dec 2025 12:17:03 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This file contains a hardcoded list of every single carrier supported by Android devices. Tue, 16 Dec 2025 23:44:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The PS1 is very well documented when it comes to the architecture of the system and this website goes to great length to document a lot of the various control signals emitted by the console. Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:17:20 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A collection of tools used for ripping audio streams from videogames, almost all created by the same user. Sat, 29 Nov 2025 22:30:19 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The handbook that new ministers in the New Zealand Government receive when being inducted into their role. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:15:56 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A PDF copy of the deskfile that gets provided to Ministerial Advisors by the Department of Internal Affairs upon appointment. Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:15:41 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A third-party tool for importing metadata into Musicbrainz from various providers such as Spotify, Bandcamp, Tidal and others. Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:06:03 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A public database, curated by the Responsible AI Collaborative, which seeks to catalogue various incidents that are considered to have been related to AI in some way. Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:40:06 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A "godzilla" cryptography tutorial from the infamous Peter Gutmann based here in New Zealand. Sun, 09 Nov 2025 18:47:31 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Habeas was a company from the 90s that would license haikus to companies. Those companies would embed said haikus in their email headers and then whenever an unlicensed spammer would clone their haiku header, Habeas would sue them for copyright infringement. Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:38:15 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A bizarre story from 1999 where a Dutch airline shredded 400 squirrels because the sender refused to receive them and there was no other viable alternative deemed possible. Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:32:29 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tool for breaking down Postgres explain plans in order to make them more parseable for humans. Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:07:03 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tool from Datadog that takes metadata about third party requests from across their userbase and aggregates them all into provider-specific status pages. Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:24:41 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A searchable list that contains every possible UUID. You can even mark your favourites! Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:24:08 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A locally-hosted web server that can ingest exports from various websites and render them all as one big timeline. Partly notable due to being created by mholt of Caddy fame. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:16:38 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An index containing all of the side material for Chaos;Child, a well-received entry in the Science Adventure franchise. Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:07:43 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A post from way back in 1996 lamenting that there wasn't a universally adopted binary format for logging. Fast forward almost 30 years later and nothing has changed. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:17:13 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This tool fetches the CloudFormation resource spec from each Region and compares them, allowing you to see differences in service parity. It also compares the APIs, EC2 Instance Types and RDS/Aurora database engines that are available in the two selected Regions. Mon, 22 Sep 2025 22:55:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Windows application for testing the latency experienced by other applications Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:25:54 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A handy reference site containing end of life calendar dates for a whole variety of services. Handy for automated checks that tell you when to bump some versions. Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:49:19 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A handy tool for exploring OCI container metadata and files Sat, 13 Sep 2025 15:40:46 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A dedicated site from AWS detailing their take on the best practices to follow when it comes to implementing Observability Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:02:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A guide to various patterns that help with composing internal API surfaces for frontend app usage. There are many different ways to slice the problem. Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:37:19 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A list of the top 1 million domains as queried against Cisco's umbrella network. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 14:31:59 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An interactive list containing all of the known Unreal Engine 4 console variables, along with a brief description of what each of them do. Handy for debugging or just messing around. Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:32:30 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A client-side tool for generating flamegraphs from HAR files. It's handy for identifying bottlenecks by analyzing request timings. Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:28:14 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A reference guide for developers wanting to use Ubuntu as their daily driver. The "Toolchain availability" is most useful, showing which versions of popular language toolchains ship with each version of Ubuntu. Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:53:53 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tool from Canonical for finding AWS AMIs relating to each version of Ubuntu. Quicker than having to search through the AWS Console for official public images. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 17:30:29 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A short story about an AI and how it replaces middle management, rather than the stereotype of replacing low wage work. The idea is that strategy is automatable while physical labour is less so. Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:01:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tutorial on Jujutsu, a Git-compatible VCS which can be used as an interface on top of Git. This Gitbook is a sizable introduction written by Steve Klabnick of Rust fame. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:36:22 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A React library for building interactive node-based editors which can be useful for exposing complex configuration to regular users. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 09:35:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive guide on how to build Kuberenetes operators, which can automatically manage and heal elements of a cluster. Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:45:03 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A story from the early days of Apple where some managers naively tried to use lines of code added as a measure of productivity. They quickly stopped when reports of negative lines added rolled in. Sun, 08 Jun 2025 11:53:25 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This page is the entrypoint for the RetroAchievements Junior Developer program. Personally, I could be interested to add a set or two for some niche titles but there's quite a bit of skillset involved to really start contributing. Even if you're not interested in achievements, it's probably a handy list to browse. Wed, 21 May 2025 11:46:41 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Pikuma has quite a few different game courses but this one on MIPS Assembly programming for the PlayStation is quite interesting I think. It's a full end-to-end course that personally I would find interesting just to understand in depth how the original PlayStation functioned. Wed, 21 May 2025 11:46:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An interesting historical artifact from the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. This particular item was an attempt at sending mail via cruise missile. Unfortunately it didn't really seem to catch on. Tue, 20 May 2025 20:16:33 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) It's a guide where, well, you get the idea. You make a database from scratch in Go. There's not much else to be said. Tue, 20 May 2025 20:16:17 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A combination of macOS and iOS apps that play music. Nothing fancy but intended for those who like to haul around music tracks on disk. I'm not there yet myself but eventually I might be. Tue, 20 May 2025 16:33:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A fairly simple macOS app that does what it says on the tin. It lets you edit metadata for music files. Handy if you like to curate your own library by hand. Tue, 20 May 2025 16:33:45 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An old-school webpage that talks about how Pseudo 3D in videogames worked. While I don't have the skill set to make use of it personally, it'd be an interesting thing to browse sometime. Tue, 20 May 2025 14:29:34 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This archive contains a whole bunch of cyberpunk inspired art by the artist known as ANTIREAL, who was recently given a spotlight unfortunately due to Bungie having quite literally copypasted their work into their currently unreleased game Marathon. Sun, 18 May 2025 11:12:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This law style guide outlines the format for writing a piece of legislation in New Zealand. It isn't personally useful for me but it does provide some insight to a curiosity that I've had around how people "know" how to write this stuff. Thu, 08 May 2025 00:32:29 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The comprehensive rulebook for how Parliament operates in New Zealand. It has been compiled over many years based on observed practices. Thu, 08 May 2025 00:32:16 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An open source intelligence platform that is used by journalists and non-profits (among other industries) to look up individuals and entities. Used in a recent 404 Media investigation if I remember correctly. Mon, 05 May 2025 14:01:16 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A minimal site that points out a handful of HTML meta tags that are no longer necessary in the present. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:47:15 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An angular-based webapp that makes it easy to edit subtitles and view the results in real time. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:00:14 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An experimental dashboard for viewing Fitbit data. Bizarrely, the official Fitbit app does not support adding steps. It supports adding distance and will infer steps but that's it. This used to be a feature in the old Fitbit dashboard so in a pinch, this unofficial site supports adding by steps. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:38:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The Auckland Forecasting Centre is a joint partnership between Auckland Council, NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport that provides supporting evidence for infrastructure and mobility decisions, usually in the form of transport and traffic models. Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:14:09 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An algorithm that is able to generate a small blurred image, containing the colour palette for a given image. The representation is only 20 - 30 characters long, making it great for serving during app initialisation. Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:38:03 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An art project where machine learning would be applied to the livestream of Flemish Parliament in Belgium. It would detect each politician and draw bounding boxes around any cellphones that they were using. Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:55:29 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An absurd mailing list thread from 1997 with posters making fun of the Sony Playstation. Some things never change over time, like trolling. Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:47:52 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) David Mazières and Eddie Kohler submitted this joke paper to International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology after being continually spammed by that journal. Even funnier, the journal automatically accepted the paper instead of reading it properly. Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:48:50 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A transcript of a committee hearing with Stephanie McMahon. It's somewhat funny as she refers to Randy Orton and Batista as handsome while referring to CM Punk as being not particularly good looking. Tue, 25 Mar 2025 22:28:51 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An open-source specification for describing cloud costs in a standardised format. It means that tools only have to support one format that can be used across all cloud providers. Whether it is adopted by other tool providers remains to be seen. Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:43:10 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A site for receiving and debugging webhooks, although it can handle any general HTTP requests. A lightweight replacement for requestbin which became bloated after being acquired by Pipedream. Tue, 25 Mar 2025 10:42:16 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The NZISM is a big document that outlines all of the Information Security considerations for various government departments. You'll find things like the various threats posed by the use of Bluetooth devices. Given it is authored by the GCSB, it presumably contains useful hints about attack vectors that aren't likely to be used on the average citizen. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:40:18 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Pico CSS is a lightweight CSS framework that is designed to provide great accessibility and styling out of the box for plain HTML elements. Ideally, you don't need to write any CSS at all. Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:22:45 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An insanely responsible visualization of every known book. It won first place in an Anna's Archive content to see who could do the most impressive visualization of the known ISBN space. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:51:53 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A group of fans dedicated to reverse engineering their favourite videogames. At the time of writing, projects consist of a wide range of Pokemon games across various Nintendo platforms. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:48:47 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Two professors at the University of Washington spent 8 months developing a course on large language models, aimed at college freshmen. It's designed to teach everything they should know, and be wary of, as much as that's possible given the rapid rate of change happening currently. Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:26:20 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A helpful utility site that helps the user craft AWS IAM policies. Trying to remember all of the actions and ARN formats is a complete nightmare so this makes the job much easier. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:09:34 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This exhibit is part of the Eisenhower virtual museum and it details his cigarette lighter. The page claims that he drank an insane 24 cups of coffee a day, on top of 6 packs of cigarettes and 2 hours of sleep per night. Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:25:28 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A directory containing a number of PDFs, all of which detail the design of The Sims. These seemingly live on the personal website of Don Hopkins who did a lot of the core programming. Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:08:50 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A database containing all known variations of every game console that exists. Sorting by rarity results in some interesting units that I've never heard of, and I like to think I know a thing or two! Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:11:03 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A handy tool that continually makes requests to one of Google's static domains. As you move around, you may be able to increases (or decreases) in latency. It's handy for debugging connection quality but only one measure in an ocean of variables mind you. Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:49:53 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A relatively hidden page on the orange website that contains a curated list of interesting comments. If only there were an RSS feed for it, that would be quite nice. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:15:18 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tool designed for visually mapping out people, systems and other entities that have relationships. This can be a great help for investigations that quickly become hard to reason about. Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:47:24 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The ICD-11 is essentially a giant index containing the various health issues that can afflict a person. Particularly interesting is that a bunch of the codes can also be used to codify causes of death, if someone wanted to ask their local governmental health organisation about a certain category of death. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:34:46 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tool for comparing the cost and compute of EC2 instances. Amazon is generally not super transparent about all of the details so this third party tool is handy as the next best thing. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:46:26 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The United States National Archives has a Citizen Archivist program where citizens (and possibly even non-citizens) can work to flesh out information about the archive collection. A useful side quest for anyone who wants something meaningful to do. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:35:33 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A handy website for trying to find font stacks that work with modern browsers. Surprisingly, even "common" fonts like Arial are not guaranteed to be available on all modern operating systems. Fri, 17 Jan 2025 11:09:03 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) When the iPhone first launched, Nokia quickly put together this internal presentation about where they saw the market going and their need to react. They were mostly right but as we know, it didn't save them unfortunately. Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:28:36 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A custom Google Map by YouTube user Rambalac, who records scenic walks around Japan with no commentary. This map outlines all of the trains walked by Rambalac which is handy if you want to see a particular area of Japan. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:00:55 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A DIY kit for adding USB-C and Bluetooth support to the iPod Classic. A neat way to keep an older, perfectly good piece of hardware compatible with existing technology trends. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:56:04 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An unclassified memo, triggered in part by artist Trevor Paglen, telling National Reconnaissance Office employees to be careful with patch designs. The patches in question are often attached to uniforms and the designs of the logos may accidentally embed hints about still classified programs. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 23:19:26 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A credits page for an ancient fan dub called "This Is Otakudom". Keen eyed readers might notice that Terence Tao, winner of the Fields Medal aka the highest award in Mathematics, features in the middle of the page. Sun, 05 Jan 2025 23:55:14 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An interesting, very short finding from the New Zealand Ombudsman that found tweets are technically a valid way to file an official information act. Any medium is valid, as long as the request is explicitly stated as being an OIA request. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:23:58 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This blog post details one of CodePen's funding round. Of particular note is that Tim Sabat, one of the cofounders, is brothers with Chris Sabat. If that name sounds familiar, he's the English voice actor for Vegeta, Piccolo and many other Dragonball Z characters. He's also a steward of the series at this point as well. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:16:38 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An online manifesto advocating for adopting a permissionless lifestyle. Particularly, it outlines that a density of policies stiffle innovation so readers should ask for forgiveness instead of permission in order to progress society forward. Sat, 28 Dec 2024 18:42:34 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A group of dedicated ISS program employees are trying to build a miniature ISS that rotates its solar arrays and other panels to match the position of the ISS in real time. As a side effect, they revived an unloved livestream of ISS telemetry for the public to observe. Wed, 25 Dec 2024 13:14:16 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A database that tracks indicators of inequality across the board, split up by country. It's really just what it says on the tin. Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:32:24 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This website sells courses for learning music theory but more interesting than that is the landing page. It's interactive and a perfect example of how to explain to your audience what your product provides. A lot of websites are bizarrely bad at doing this. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:33:11 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive list of tools covering all of the various areas that may need consideration when launching a startup. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:25:47 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A website in the vein of Reddit, where users post perceived gaps that could be addressed by a new startup. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 13:25:35 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) PKL Lang is a configuration language from Apple that can compile to JSON, YAML and even plist. It's quite young but seems like a promising entrant that combines the benefits of other config languages. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 22:37:50 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) TLOxp is a tool that aggregates information about people from various sources such as credit report headers. A 404 Media investigation found that underground criminals often use TLOxp, by way of stolen credentials, to look up their targets. It was recently used to look up the details of Luigi Mangione and his family. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:19:25 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Baumol's cost disease basically states that all wages rise equally due to productivity gains in other sectors. This means that for certain sectors, wages increase but their productivity stays stagnant, forcing prices to increase. Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:39:14 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Pruneyard v. Robins was a Supreme court case that found that because California law has an affirmative view on free speech, it was constitutional for a group of high schoolers to peacefully exercise free speech within a shopping mall despite it being private property. This case has been cited in arguments around whether public platforms such as Twitter can be considered town squares that should stay uncensored despite being privately owned. Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:43:52 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive fan site mapping out arcades around the globe. Not only locations but also the particular machines they have as well. Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:52:41 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An interview with Mike Yeagley of PlanetRisk. It's mostly interesting as Mike, who was featured heavily in Byron Tau's Means of Control, talks openly about tracking individuals by way of data collected by ad brokers. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 23:58:37 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A post from Reddit user /u/biotinylated who posted about Theranos, way back in 2012 before it was public what was going on. A fascinating reminder that whistleblowers may be blowing their whistles actively, it's just that no one is seconding it. Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:40:02 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An exhaustive guide to everything you would probably ever want to know about the Curl command line program. What more is there to say? Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:57:40 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Documents requested from the NSA via the US Freedom of Information Act show a handful of complaints about the quality of the food in the cafeteria. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:56:44 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A post that breaks down all of the various parts of Apache Kafka through the lens of the videogame Factorio. Even if you don't play Factorio, it's a pretty good way to reason about Kafka. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:56:10 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A registered nonprofit that seeks to promote RSS usage by way of providing feeds for popular services that don't provide them. Users can donate to request a feed be created for a service of their choice. Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:25:53 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A map showing various geological landmarks around New Zealand that you might like to visit sometime. Each landmark has a ranking as well as an accessibility score. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:52:28 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Another project from Riley Walz that scrapes fast food prices, via mobile APIs, and maps out which states in the US have the highest prices for the same items. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:50:54 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A project from Riley Walz who hid an Android phone in the Mission, running Shazam 24/7. It seems to have stopped sending data at the time of writing but it's still a neat idea. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:50:28 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Matchstiq's panel regularly curates a list of the Top 50 startups in New Zealand that are considered the most interesting places to work at. They aren't necessarily the strongest picks but more of a snapshot of the industry. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:50:13 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A screencasting course by Aaron Francis, perhaps best known for creating the highly polished MySQL for Developers course over at Planetscale. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:49:26 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A wiki containing most things you might ever want to know about modifying your ONT. Doing so is not recommended but it makes for an interesting educational resource. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:49:02 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) As it says on the tin, a guide to using SQLite for high performance operations, taught via a high quality video course. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:48:45 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The financial messaging standard used for EFTPOS and it's also what Visa and Mastercard's proprietary standards are based off of as well. This wiki entry breaks down parts of the spec. Being an ISO standard, the actual spec would cost you 96 CHF to purchase. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:45:37 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) When lobbyist's lobby in America, they have to disclose their efforts. You can browse these disclosures on the Senate website. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:43:07 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Migaku is a browser extension and app combo that integrates (unofficialy) with Netflix in order to learn languages through your favourite shows. I have no idea if it's any good, it just seems like a novel concept. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:42:35 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Louis "Studs" Terkel spent his life doing many things but is best known for preserving oral histories by interviewing many peoples, some famous and some not. Upon his death, most of his works were published as an online archive that spans all sorts of genres and personalities. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:27:37 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A project of the UK charity Global Change Data Lab, Our World in Data is a non-profit that publishes datasets about the big problems in the world such as poverty, hunger, war and others. Sun, 17 Nov 2024 10:27:13 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A seemingly complete list of all TOR nodes that exist, which is updated periodically. This can be useful to infer whether traffic coming from an IP may be malicious, using TOR as a cloak. Of course, not all TOR traffic is strictly bad! Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:56:16 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) One of a bunch of tools provided by c99, this subdomain finder does what it says on the tin. If you give it a domain, it'll find other known subdomains. Presumably in part by reading certificate transparency logs. Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:26:13 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A writeup from Wikipedia user Guy Macon about how Wikipedia consistently raises ever increasing amounts of money each year with no end in sight. Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:03:26 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Chrome extension from Bellingcat that surfaces the original filenames for images uploaded to Google Maps. It can be useful for OSINT investigations such as determining when a photo was originally taken. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:47:11 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tool hosted by NOC that can be used to see if your domain name is blacklisted by known DNS operators. It's possible if a domain was previously used for questionable content. Sun, 27 Oct 2024 17:12:45 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Translated as "Cognitive Focus Theory", it essentially states that your amount of luck is a function of how widely you think. Being selfish reduces your luck while thinking about the rest of the world increases it. Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:38:58 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Natural Earth is a public domain set of mapping information at different scales. Most useful is probably the county borders dataset, available as polygons which can be used for interactive mapping projects. Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:41:38 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The World Bank Group hosts a bunch of data sets relating to global development such as nutritional intake per country. Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:38:34 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Back in 2010, it was unveiled that the 33rd largest supercomputer was actually a cluster of 1,760 PlayStation 3 consoles run by the US Air Force Research Laboratory. It was also supposedly the fastest interactive computer accessible by the US Department of Defense. Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:56:34 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A web-based rule validation tool created by Apple. It's purpose is to help generate tags that nudge password managers into generating passwords that suit your system ie; if you don't support symbols or passwords longer than 16 characters. Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:05:55 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) WiGLE is a map showing WiFi networks and bluetooth devices all around the globe. It's populated by volunteers uploading the results of their scans. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:25:51 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A piece of software that can apparently find issues in scientific papers. It was used in at least one Science investigation to find large instances of image reuse, as well as doctored graphs in the backcatalogue of one particular researcher. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:25:25 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Part 2 of David Allen walking through his GTD setup. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:26:16 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An extremely well hidden gem of a video featuring David Allen, of GTD fame, who walks through his personal filing system. It's a rare glimpse into how the creator of GTD himself runs his own system. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:25:51 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A collection of tools compiled by Bellingcat that are handy to know about when it comes to performing open source investigations. Sun, 29 Sep 2024 19:13:25 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A website useful for saving video and audio from a large number of social networking sites such as Instagram, Twitch, YouTube and more. Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:48:40 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A channel attributed to David Boothroyd who appears to have uploaded ~1000 videos covers almost all corners of British politics over the last few decades. Sat, 28 Sep 2024 14:56:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A great post from Cedric Chin of Commoncog who analysed a number of business cases and essentially found no patterns between them in terms of success. His advice for anyone interested in discovering business ideas is to optimise for low-stakes tinkering. Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:47:26 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Breezewiki is a passthrough proxy for Fandom sites, which are infested with advertisements nowadays. Personally, I have Kagi (a search engine) rewrite search results to pass through Breezewiki and it's great! Especially for devices where using an ad blocker is less than straightforward such as Safari for iOS. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:11:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A somewhat famous video, often shared in language learning communities, showing a talk by Stephen Krashen. He talks about how immersion is really the number one thing in language learning, as it mimics how children learn. Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:06:13 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A gamified platform that allegedly makes it faster to learn Maths compared to a traditional class using an expert system that structures courses to best suit each student. Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:41:26 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Milan Cvitkovic presents a list of numbers related to neurotechnology that are worth keeping handy for reference. It's probably useful to review if you're practicing for a quiz night as well. Sun, 08 Sep 2024 22:07:46 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Given height, length and angle of a shadow, as well as a timestamp, this shadow finder can surface all of the possible points on earth where this shadow could occur. It's a Python library presented for public use via a Google Colab noteboook. Sun, 08 Sep 2024 22:07:26 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Kismet is a multi-purpose capture tool that can sniff WiFi, Bluetooth and RF signals among other things. Useful for analysing your environment to see what interesting things are around. Sat, 24 Aug 2024 18:20:09 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An extremely minimalist website that scrapes popular news websites and presents today's headlines in plain text. Sat, 24 Aug 2024 18:00:51 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) GPS Jam is a map that aggregates data from planes by their navigational quality. It turns out that where the data shows planes flying with degraded navigational systems, you're likely to find GPS jammers such as within warzones. Sat, 17 Aug 2024 10:32:36 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A website dedicated to the craft of creating movie titles. Fri, 09 Aug 2024 23:13:43 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A large scale dataset used for training machine learning models to recognise timeseries patterns. Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:16:57 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A new, relatively pleasant UI framework created by WorkOS. I might use it for a project sometime. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:10:01 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) FIRMS is a system that produces data about active fires around the globe, with near-real time results in North America and around 3 hours of delay worldwide. It can be useful to overlay with other data sets to see where fires may have broken out in facilities. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:19:33 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A completely wacky study that requested source excel files from a great number of journals, only to find that about 20% of them were unreadable out of the box due to errors where Excel had parsed gene names as dates. Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:54:21 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A completely nutty discussion between Jon Stewart and US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. The confusion of the Secretary as to why Jon is so hung up on the DoD being unable to pass an audit, and account for the billions of dollars it spends annually, is fascinating to watch. Sat, 08 Jun 2024 18:00:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A pretty alarming study that found microplastics in every human testicle that was in the study. A previous study found microplastics in every human placenta that it studies too. Scary stuff. Wed, 22 May 2024 01:58:13 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An extremely bad prediction on the part of the New York Times who predicted that it would take 10 million years to develop the first plane. A few months after publishing, the Wright Brothers came along. Tue, 21 May 2024 20:21:07 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A report on live in Kabul after the Taliban succeeded. It's darkly comedic given some of the various fighters are now doing "normal" jobs like traffic management which they find very boring. Mon, 20 May 2024 12:39:42 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A fascinating dataset that shows that across all countries, people have a tendency to rate themselves perfectly satisfied yet at the same time assume their country is highly dissatisfied. It goes some way to explaining how things can objectively good yet everyone has a negative outlook. Mon, 20 May 2024 12:25:27 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A memo written by David Mamet and given to the writing staff of his show The Unit. The general gist is that he implores his team to always have a reason for every scene to be occurring with "providing information" not being a valid reason in his view. Mon, 13 May 2024 10:03:26 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A fascinating deep dive by Bellingcat into how they unmasked Denis Sergeev as one of the perpetrators behind the 2018 poisonings of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Wed, 08 May 2024 20:32:48 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A single-serving site that outlines the numerous inventions that were pioneered by women. It's many more things than someone unfamiliar might expect, given how male dominated these industries now tend to be. Tue, 30 Apr 2024 22:35:43 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An absurd New York Times article about the outsourcing of prayers from the US to India. It's a funny example of what frugality might look like when taken to its logical extreme. Tue, 30 Apr 2024 08:39:23 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A classic thought experiment in the form of a fictional short story. It introduces the idea of a "basilisk" which is an image crafted such that it crashes the human brain. Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:12:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A 2024 court case that determined manipulating a suspect's finger to unlock their phone is constitutional. The general gist is that it's not unlike taking fingerprints for use as evidence. Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:19:06 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive summary of the book The Trial, itself an analysis of a merger court hearing. In short, book publishers are in the hits business, relying on one breakout star while 99% of books funded barely sell any copies at all. Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:42:06 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A deep dive (no pun intended) into the undersea cables that power the internet, as well as the obscure crews that do repair jobs to keep our society running. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:49:15 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A wild article about the CEO of Swedish firm Hexagon, who conducted a financial earnings call while under arrest. Those attending the call had no idea that police were in the room with the CEO as he conducted the call. Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:50:15 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A framework for reasoning about documentation. It splits things into four categories that each cover a different type of learning. The idea is that different categories meet people at different levels of experience. Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:20:46 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The Number Administration Deed (NAD) is the authority that administers phone number blocks within New Zealand. It can be useful to see what region a given phone number is tied to, if any. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:13:30 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An upcoming REST client that tries to cover the same feature set as Postman (and Insomnia) while striving to be Git friendly. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:42:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A site that aggregates various bits of media and surfaces how tough they would be to read through, given how proficient you are in Japanese. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:42:25 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This site proposes the idea that a lot of notable events all happened in 1971. Why that might be, and whether it's just a coincidence, is left up to the reader. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:43:09 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An interesting tool that lets you determine domains associated with Azure Active Directory through a public query. Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:21:13 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A neat digital dashboard that is probably better suited to the entrance way of a corporate building but it would be fun to have as a hub in any given house. A bit overkill perhaps. Sat, 17 Feb 2024 14:41:15 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) As it suggests on the tin, this is the official place to learn about how much the United States is spending and on what. Mon, 29 Jan 2024 21:09:50 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A timeless comment by tangerine, a user on Metafilter, describing the idea of "Ask vs Guess culture". It's the sort of framework where it seems completely obvious in hindsight yet is never explicitly communicated in most groups. Sat, 27 Jan 2024 18:50:33 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A fascinating deep dive by the author into debugging DNS resolving done by the Spotify client on macOS. A great primer on the lower levels of the macOS networking stack. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:28:17 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A useful tool that tests out various methods of serving ads and checks to see how many of them are blocked by your ad blocker. Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:25:02 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An interesting, if not scary tool that fingerprints your browser and checks to see how unique it is compared to previous visits of the site. Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:24:32 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Nathan Peck, Senior Developer Advocate at AWS, provides an overview on the various factors that you should and shouldn’t take into account when designing a good scaling policy. Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:37:47 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A morbidly fascinating paper on home food preparation businesses and the contaminations that can arise from them. It contains some really great imagery. Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:17:55 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Beej is back with another comprehensive, yet accessible guide. This time it’s about IPC. Not much else to say really! Sat, 09 Dec 2023 14:54:31 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The San Francisco Maritime National Park Association hosts a bunch of navy documents. Among them are apparently some very accessible guides on electronics. Sat, 09 Dec 2023 14:53:38 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Matt Webb’s side project categorising each episode of In Our Time by where it would fall within the dewey decimal system. It can be a good jumping off point to learn about topics given how many episodes have been released over the years. Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:31:05 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A macOS tool for deep-linking files as text. I’ve heard a lot about it over the years but personally haven’t tried it. Mon, 20 Nov 2023 19:03:46 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A graph visualisation platform. As far as I know, it’s the tool responsible for a bunch of interesting graphs like “The Internet Visualised”. They usually appear in tech publications with little background information. Mon, 20 Nov 2023 19:01:09 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An ongoing attempt to require NZ companies to disclose their "beneficial ownership". In other words, who ultimately controls any given company regardless of any shell companies that may exist in between. Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:38:05 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A handy tool that translates CURL commands into various other programming languages. Thu, 02 Nov 2023 16:24:38 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Normally macOS recommendations for remapping keys lead to third-party software. This single serving site generates a plist which will let you do rebinding at an OS level. Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:12:29 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A single-serving site that helps you generate fake JSON data. The structure can be entirely arbitrary and there are plenty of helper functions for generating data types like addresses and phone numbers. Tue, 24 Oct 2023 08:31:13 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A set of troubleshooting scenarios where real, ephemeral Linux servers are spun up in broken states. Your challenge is to figure out what is wrong with them and bring them back to life. Unix kata in other words. Tue, 04 Jul 2023 13:23:31 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Samal writes about the slow decline of Mapbox after it was acquired. It's the usual story but captured pretty concisely. Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:58:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive guide that, as it says on the tin, helps you learn Go through the use of writing tests. Even if you know Go, it can be useful to see how you might approach testing certain bits of logic like reading files for example. Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:10:00 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A deep dive into the guts of the Python import system. If you've used Python for any amount of time, this should help to dispel a few myths and clarify how it all wires up. Sun, 17 Apr 2022 11:13:13 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An extremely verbose name for a Java class. I'm not really sure what else needs to be said. Sat, 16 Apr 2022 21:55:25 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tour of the basic "security" elements which any fresh start startup should invest in to make their lives easier when applying for SOC2 down the line. The reality is that some amount of it is theatre for auditors who are non-technical but some of it is good practice generally. Sat, 16 Apr 2022 21:32:45 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author takes a very detailed look at their past stint as a sex worker. There are plenty of graphs and other analysis on various details of the profession. Sat, 16 Apr 2022 20:40:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) In this excerpt from Communications of the ACM Vol. 13 No. 6 from June 1970, the author outlines what we now know as the relational database model for storing data. Sat, 16 Apr 2022 20:19:42 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A good crash course in how to wire up alerts for SLOs, such that they don't erroneously page engineers. The included illustrations also give a good idea of how to reason about SLOs for newcomers. Sat, 16 Apr 2022 20:08:52 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An utterly bizarre story about Jerome Kerviel, convicted for doing rogue trades while at Societe Generale. His response was to embark on a 900 mile pilgrimage as a stand against "the tyranny of the markets" Thu, 30 Dec 2021 22:17:54 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Multiple tips from Anthony Bourdain including his infamous "Nerd fury" recommendation. When looking for the best of anything, you can get there quicker by provoking those who are very pedantic on message boards. Thu, 30 Dec 2021 22:14:26 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A job listing appears for a job with Amazon that says "join us in reinventing database systems for my butt!". It seems the author had the "Cloud to Butt" Chrome extension enabled. Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:58:10 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A relatively user-friendly introduction that still manages to stay RFC compliant. It does a pretty good job on presenting things in simple language. Mon, 04 Oct 2021 22:11:03 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A catalogue of various articles and resources related to aviation operations and safety. It contains a bunch of incident investigations. Sun, 03 Oct 2021 13:25:07 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A rant that was accidentally made public, outlining the organisational differences between Google and Amazon. In particular, Amazon's investment in making everything a service and how that gives them the upper leg in the cloud fight against Google. Sun, 03 Oct 2021 13:20:38 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Mark E. Haase conducts a lot of research to answer this seemingly simple question. Interestingly, a lot of developers were in favour of support but the discussion was closed. Simply put, no one pushed on. Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:01:15 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Chris Siebenmann on how a number of Unix tropes make perfect sense logically. In fact, they could be considered robot logic because they're not helpful to any actual human who makes mistakes often. Sat, 26 Jun 2021 12:06:14 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Tom MacWright on his increasing skepticism of Single Page Applications in general. He points out that the most high performing parts of MapboxGL and Observable are vanilla Javascript. Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:01:50 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A childrens storybook that explains the premise of Apache Kafka using Otters. It really is a book that children could read while still explaining the concepts nicely! Fri, 18 Jun 2021 12:28:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) In short, what percentage of operating costs for public transport must be covered by passenger fees. Perhaps of note is that Japan, who have nice trains, also have a very high recovery ratio. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:48:33 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Exactly what it says on the tin, it's a handy utility for finding brand colours. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:45:17 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An explainer about the difference in how traditional companies view software engineers compared to Silicon Valley. It boils down to freedom and respect really. Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:15:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A model for thinking about configuration and the cycle that it seems to take. In short, hardcoded values are increasingly abstracted until a worse clone of the original configuration is invented. Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:01:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A post about the usefulness of Gemini's uselessness. Personally I'm indifferent to Gemini but this post contains an interesting excerpt from the book "How to Do Nothing" that is worth a read. Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:42:03 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An archive via from Bell Labs explaining the nature of the UNIX Operating System. Brian Kernighan provides a demo of pipelining in simple, accessible language that helps it all click conceptually. Sat, 12 Jun 2021 14:36:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Bryan Cantrill, of DTrace fame, once posted an infamous reply to comp.sys.sun.hardware back in 1996 and it has continued to haunt him ever since. Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:56:24 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A handy toolkit for testing various SSL issues and encryption ciphers. Primarily useful for checking that bad configurations are properly detected when building software that performs HTTP requests. Tue, 25 May 2021 13:01:07 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Ken Thompson's infamous lecture that was presented in response to winning the ACM award in 1984. Ken plays out a "What if" scenario where the C compiler is altered to inject trojans into otherwise normal code. Mon, 24 May 2021 19:33:03 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) As it says on the tin, a quick refresher on every new feature that has been added to Javascript (ES6) in the last 10 years. Even if you've been following along, it's a handy reminder. Mon, 24 May 2021 14:29:27 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A now deleted entry in Gamer Escape's Loremonger series for Final Fantasy 14 that serves as a transcript and summary of the findings of the gigantic CG Midlander thread. Mon, 24 May 2021 14:28:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An almost 1000 page epic detailing the journey taken by the protagonists of the original Final Fantasy 14 CGI trailers. Mon, 24 May 2021 14:26:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Martin Keary a.k.a Tantacrul provides a masterclass on how to respond to a community with clear, simple and approachable language. For context, having only just started his role, it's not his mess he is cleaning up. Mon, 24 May 2021 13:59:40 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Geoff Huston writes about one of the hidden battlegrounds of the internet: transport encryption. Plenty of software relies on being able to inspect packets they shouldn't otherwise be concerned with. Mon, 24 May 2021 13:52:17 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An early interview with Steven Blum, who is a prolific voice actor particularlly in the games industry. He makes a brief allusion to Season 3 of Digimon likely going over the heads of the target audience. Sat, 22 May 2021 21:11:19 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A 2001 interview with Jeff Nimoy, director of the majority of Digimon Adventure and Adventure 02. Jeff and his business partner Bob Buchholz were responsible for the highly underrated English dub script. Sat, 22 May 2021 21:10:06 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A blog post detailing the data model behind Notion, as it says on the tin. Something I've been curious about for a while since from the outside, it can feel quite cludgy. Wed, 19 May 2021 11:11:48 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Hacker News thread recounting the (brief) history of Prometheus and how Borgmon, the project it was reimplementing, has been "deprecated" within Google for quite some years now. Fri, 14 May 2021 13:15:28 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A yearly report issued by the United States Director of National Intelligence. Of note is the section warning that the world remains "vulnerable to [...] large-scale outbreak of a contagious disease". Thu, 13 May 2021 17:37:19 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A study that had 4 military platoons engage in mindfulness training while another 4 acted as a control group. It found that the mindfulness group had faster recovery from stress than the control. Fri, 07 May 2021 22:45:40 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Anton Zhiyanov walks through some of his favourite features of SQLite, that may be lesser known to the audience, such as the ability to import data natively from a CSV or JSON file. Fri, 07 May 2021 22:39:40 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The transcript of a talk from Bert Hubert, cofounder of PowerDNS. It covers outsourcing and how, given enough time, businesses will lose all knowledge of how to make things in their own industry. Fri, 07 May 2021 22:24:22 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A lengthy blog post, completed with interactive 3D models and animated diagrams, showing how an internal combustion engine works. A masterpiece of teaching, using the web. Fri, 07 May 2021 16:15:45 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A PDF manual walking through the logistics of replacing billboards with art or satirical posters. Fri, 07 May 2021 13:53:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A handy tool for scaffolding out a README for those who are particularly new to open source and don't have a template ready to go (like me). Fri, 07 May 2021 13:44:14 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A report analysing the responses to an online survey run by the CDC. Bizarrely, 19% of respondants claimed to have washed fruit, vegetables or other foods with bleach to deter COVID-19. Fri, 07 May 2021 13:43:11 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Chris Schulz explores the seemingly abandoned SkyWorld Entertainment Centre in Auckland and starts to investigate what happened in later entries of this series. Fri, 07 May 2021 13:28:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Craig Hockenberry recounts the history of the word "tweet" and how it came about during the development of Twitterrific Fri, 07 May 2021 13:25:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An email from the co-author of RFC 1918 explaining that 10/8 was the range for ARPANET at the time. It was freshly disabled so Jon Postel suggested reusing it as the private address space we know today. Thu, 06 May 2021 22:30:50 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An extremely comprehensive wiki entry on how to explore and extract file formats, such as dumped videogame ROMs. Wed, 05 May 2021 14:30:47 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A timeless reminder that you're not ahead or behind of anyone, especially not hypothetical, flawless versions of yourself Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:03:14 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A glossary of words that Google has opinions on how they should be presented, if at all. Useful to learn terms that you might not be familiar with, or to get inspiration on how to present UI elements. Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:34:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A name of the concept where, if you think too much about an action you're performing, you start to forget how to do it and things fall apart. Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:20:11 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) In which it is revealed that the concept of a "carbon footprint" is actually the result of a marketing campaign funded by BP. Individual footprints pale in comparison to industry. Fri, 30 Apr 2021 12:05:31 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Lyft debuts Lyft Shuttle, a service where a shuttle travels along predetermined routes during commuter hours, at a fixed rate. Definitely not a bus! Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:16:12 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A maintainer on the netdev Kernel mailing list announces their withdrawal. Their employer, IBM, states that they are not allowed to contribute outside of work hours. Fri, 30 Apr 2021 10:40:11 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Ezra Stevens writes about the creative accounting employed by Amazon, when claiming that they have created billions of dollars of value out of thin air. Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:39:43 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A 2011 article from The Mary Sue chronicling how OKCupid's values seemed to change conveniently, as soon as they were acquired by Match.com. Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:56:22 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A really interesting search engine, whose quirk is that it removes popular results. Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:22:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Zach Tellman on being stuck in an industry that conflates business problems with technical ones. Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:02:54 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A somewhat infamous comment from Mitchell Baker, CEO of Mozilla, stating her belief that executive compensation is actually 75 - 80% below what it would be according to the market. Fri, 16 Apr 2021 19:08:43 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A handy post from Sebastian Jambor about the joys of fzf and how it can make your life easier. It does more than just search files! Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:47:49 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An episode of Sway, hosted by Kara Swisher, where she interviews Tim Cook about a number of topics from App Store pricing to why Apple doesn't allow sideloading. A transcript is included. Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:46:33 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A handy showcase demoing a number of pre-built Tailwind components that can be used or edited for websites. I actually used some of these for my own site. Source code is licensed under MIT. Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:46:15 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An insane ticket that sped up Windows tests on Firefox by simply not writing 50GB (!) of I/O every time. It's always fun seeing such huge payoffs from single line fixes. Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:46:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author demonstrates a problem with authoritative sources, in that if they were supplied with false information way back when, the web of references that follow cement it as an unchangeable fact going forward. Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:46:15 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author calls the story of why the prefix for long options was decided to be two dashes rather than some of the other suggested alternatives. Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:27:57 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The gist of it is that while small teams may build an understanding of how a piece of software lives, passing that understanding on to another team is essential to keeping it alive and healthy. Fri, 09 Apr 2021 09:10:42 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comment from Brendan Eich explaining that if he hadn't built Javascript in the 10 days he had, "something worse" would have taken its place, which is hard to imagine. Mon, 05 Apr 2021 20:51:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A toolkit for inspecting BGP peering and other things. It's handy but I don't really understand most of it yet. Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:40:11 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Naoki Yoshida, director of Final Fantasy XIV, outlines the general progression that players are expected to follow in the game. In short, casual players take longer than hardcore players. Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:54:34 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Hiroshi Minigawa, UI lead on Final Fantasy XIV, explains the pseudo-random number generator used in the game, and why it can feel unfair to players. In short, logical fallacies. Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:52:29 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A roundup of comments by Naoki Yoshida, director of Final Fantasy XIV, explaining the troubles with the games enormous amount of save data and how the developers have trouble expanding some systems. Sun, 04 Apr 2021 21:50:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) It turns out that a lot of symbols for genes resembled dates, such as MAR1. This made life annoying for scientists who use Excel so rather than fix Excel, it was easier to just rename the genes...! Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:14:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author outlines his personal list of operational footguns when it comes to operating SQL databases at scale. Sat, 03 Apr 2021 17:54:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) OKRs tend to focus on leading indicators such as "Complete a 10km marathon" when we're better suited to lagging indicators such as "Go for a run three times a week" Sat, 03 Apr 2021 16:01:29 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An article from Harvard Business Review giving some insights into how organisations can encourage collaboration that expands across the boundaries of any single silo. Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:03:37 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A reminder from the W3 about what constitutes a cool URI. Mainly that the actual hyperlink doesn't change format once you've published it. Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:58:38 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Mark Seemann explores the dark side of being "passionate" in the software industry and how it may not always be beneficial in the long run. Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:35:50 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Matt Stancliff gives a recount of his time at Pivotal Software. In short, sales and marketing runs the entire place to the point of basically being a scam. Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:16:13 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) UNESCO has a committee that maintains a list of "cultural practices and expressions" from every country. It's a good way to discover what practices are beloved around the world. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:53:29 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) If you stick a list tag within an h3 tag, it doesn't render properly. This has been a bug for over 20 years. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:25:19 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Cal Newport recounts the rise of Getting Things Done, Merlin Mann's 43 Folders and the advent of "productivity porn". Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:16:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Mike compares Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke's strategy to that of Starcraft's Zerg. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:16:01 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A 1988 New York Times article suggesting that drinking a coke in the morning could somehow possibly be healthier than drinking coffee Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:15:08 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author details how you can't really tell people anything if they don't have a mental model to go about understanding the implications and potential benefits of said thing. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:13:58 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A light weight introduction to the concept of VLAN tagging and the tradeoffs between handling tags within software versus hardware. Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:51:16 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Opening remarks from Chairman Jay Clayton of the SEC, where he touched on the legality of ICOs for the first time publically. Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:33:09 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The story of a Wikipedia administrator who went all out in creating 80,000 boob-related redirects. Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:30:29 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A theory that we live in a gift economy, where value is accrued through social status. How do you gain that? By giving away things of value. Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:30:03 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Coda Hale giving a talk on the value of metrics from first principles. Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:28:51 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) OVH announced that there is a degradation in performance followed by an announcement that the entire building is on fire Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:06:33 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) HN user intrepidhero on the idea that most developers love to program and don't care about the problem they're claiming to be solving. Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:10:25 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A mobile application in India suddenly starts making 90 million requests per day for a specific image of a flower. The team tracks down the source with very little information to go off. Sun, 07 Mar 2021 11:42:50 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A science fiction short story from Ted Chiang. It's about a device called the predictor and how if we ever realised free will doesn't exist, we'd probably lose our drive to do anything. Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:30:17 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A series of blog posts that recount and analyse stories of failed enterprise software projects. They're collated by Henrico Dolfing, a consultant for troubled software projects. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:20:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An epic rant, in the form of a code comment, about how the Adobe PSD format is awful. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:02:44 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An excerpt from Skin in the Game, a book by Nassim Taleb. It covers the power of the minority to force change where the wider majority is entirely indifferent. The result is that the most picky (or intolerant) group ends up being catered for widely. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:30:27 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Camillo Visini on how you might go about structuring a FastAPI application to ensure each module is nicely separated from the rest. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:29:37 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tongue-in-cheek request to have Gentoo users labelled as such when opening IRC so that the user can automatically block them. Sat, 23 Jan 2021 10:33:25 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Mapbox tutorial for showing changes on a map over time. I used it to build my proof of concept Parnell parking heatmap. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:28:17 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Benjamin Reinhardt shares his tips on networking for the less adept. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:28:04 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Facebook blog post that details their use of Erlang to power Facebook Chat. They've probably moved on but it's validation that Erlang seems to scale nicely for certain needs. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:27:35 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Venkatesh Rao's series of posts on how The Office perfectly encapsulates organsational power dynamics Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:26:14 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The Grugq talks about how propaganda is no longer "opaque" as its effect online can be measured in near real time, unlike with physical propaganda. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:09:10 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Kevin Kwok on the future of collaboration. Namely, Slack should only get more and more redundant as it becomes friction in between apps where work is actually done. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:05:39 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Dr. Sean Brady on the perils of expertise. He recounts the fire of Mann Gulch which claimed all but those would could drop their mental tools. Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:05:24 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Coda Hale on an epic semi-rant about how the only feasible way to scale a business, is through force multipliers Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:51:46 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) HN user Pandabob describes the differing influencer tiers, where surprisingly bigger isn't always best Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:53:37 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) apenwarr on the actual role that executives play within a company Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:51:20 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) HN user motohagiography points out that those without a degree can not be seen to uphold cognitive dissonance as they have to rely on skills and performance (ie competence) rather than credibility. Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:50:49 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Hugo Landau on the intended use cases for XML, which is a document markup language and not a data storage format Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:49:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Tumblr user attempts to recreate source code shown in the original Digimon series Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:49:38 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The way to scale in the presence of errors is automated recovery... or burnout Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:49:19 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Ian Miell on his learnings from managing Site Reliability teams, and for maintaining documentation Sat, 11 Jan 2020 15:47:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A very colourful glitch art hoodie created by Dataerase Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:00:34 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A website that lets you listen to live air traffic controller feeds Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:30:20 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Gergely Orosz on the power of writing engineering proposals Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:18:10 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Anne-Laure Le Cunff on how to be more intentional with your time, rather than succumbing to the fear of missing out Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:17:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Various members of the Titanfall 2 team talk about the infrastructure powering the game Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:17:42 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Gergely Orosz believes that the ability to write prose is an undervalued superpower for engineers Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:17:26 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A style of writing that can aid not only in editing, but also comprehension for the reader Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:16:23 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Alex Nixon on how writing not only informs others, but creates a clearer understanding for the author when forced to convey their ideas as a compelling narrative Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:57:28 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive roundup of every tech-related social issue that affected San Francisco in the last decade Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:21:38 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Jeremiah Lee, lead Web API developer for Fitbit, talks about why you should consider JSON as your default choice rather than eg; GraphQL Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:14:42 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A great Hacker News thread detailing the various architectures used by different AAA games Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:56:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Blizzard adds buffer overflow emulation to StarCraft: Remastered, in order to support old custom maps Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:48:57 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A random pattern is generated based on keyboard input Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:46:22 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Alan emphasises that the design of messaging between objects is much more important than objects, and their contents themselves. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:43:10 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Alan explains his thought process what OOP means to him, with the core tenant being a focus on messaging. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:39:16 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A programming font designed with code and retina displays in mind Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:29:32 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A site for test driving different programming fonts. It lets you paste code snippets and see how they render, with the appropriate syntax highlighting. Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:28:53 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A real time log analyzer that runs in the terminal Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:26:23 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A repository of over 2 million curated, royalty-free icons Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:23:47 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A memo sent from Dave Goldberg to Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton. It was released as part of the Sony hack. Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:40:28 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) David Perell lists the best things he discovered in 2019 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:36:59 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A dataset containing emails from (mostly) senior management at Enron. Initially released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, it was later cleaned up and released for public consumption Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:34:33 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A behind the scenes feature post on the creation of the default wallpaper shipped with Windows 10 Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:30:42 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A joint report from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England on the importance of service reliability within the financial sector. Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:29:21 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Craig Larman and Victor R. Basili on the long history of software development practices Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:24:26 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Andreas Zwinkau details the mistunderstood history of waterfall. It was meant to be a two part process but the DoD only took the first part. Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:20:40 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An issue of Red Herring Magazine from June 1998. It predicted that "the Internet's impact on the economy [will have] been no greater than the fax machine's." Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:18:29 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Rob Pike tells the history of dotfiles, and the can of worms opened by their flawed implementation Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:16:15 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Lorelei Lee's epic on the the war against sex work, from all directions Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:13:55 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Hiten Shah details the flawed product decisions that reduced Evernote's brand to that of a "failed unicorn" Sun, 05 Jan 2020 17:10:13 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Jonathan Blow details how software is slowly degrading, as the numerous layers of abstraction cause generations to forget how CPUs work Thu, 02 Jan 2020 13:48:22 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A suite of software tools released by GCHQ, the primary Intellgience organisation for the UK. Think of them like the NSA of the United Kingdom. Sat, 31 Aug 2019 17:16:04 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An appeal from Brendan Eich that software publishers should not be inherently trusted, but verified, since they could, at any point, be compromised by governments. Sat, 31 Aug 2019 17:15:11 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This RFC teaches you what makes a good name for a computer (and also what doesn't make a good name) Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:20:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author talks about the importance of keeping a human logbook, to track progress and establish habits Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:20:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) One of the most fascinating talks I have ever watched. Perhaps best taken with a grain of salt, "The Grugq" goes on a whirlwind tour of the three major superpowers and their spying style Sat, 10 Aug 2019 20:14:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A list of phone numbers that Pagerduty will call you from, should you have phone calling enabled as a contact method. Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:48:09 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An audio forum tried to determine the speaker setup used by Jerry Seinfeld in, well, Seinfeld. Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:29:21 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A behind the scenes look at Slack's newest, and largest refactor, released in 2019 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:37:34 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Andy Gavin, co-founder of Naughty Dog, discusses the Making of Crash Bandicoot in this first of a multi-part series Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:37:18 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A PEP that discusses Python wheels and the manylinux1 platform tag Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:45:01 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author outlines their alternatives to Gmail, and a few other Google services Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:34:34 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Fair, a vehicle subscription app, outlines how they broke up their monolith into microservices Thu, 18 Jul 2019 10:24:16 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An article exploring how to create something that is better than the price tag of "free" Sun, 24 Sep 2017 21:04:42 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A humorous excerpt from the fourth Hitchhiker's entry So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish about how society often doesn't use the power they hold Sun, 24 Sep 2017 21:03:29 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An TCP/IP guide that is designed to be comprehensive whilst still being comprehensible Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:41:31 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) What's the biggest image, by pixel size, that can be accomplished in the fewest number of bytes? Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:39:42 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An article about Uploadcare's stack which includes Python and Django Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:38:17 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A user who recommended that a Code of Conduct be added to awesome-django repo, despite no instigating circumstances that required one Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:36:51 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An amazing look into the meta of Smash Bros gameplay, and also pretty daunting as far as how in depth it is Sun, 24 Sep 2017 19:54:55 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A blog post from Intoli about using Scrapy to pull reviews from the Steam store Sun, 24 Sep 2017 19:53:13 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A bunch of monospaced bitmap fonts suitable for terminal use Sun, 24 Sep 2017 19:50:05 +1300marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A useful little reference site for using strftime in Python programs. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:00:35 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A useless blog post detailing how to reverse engineering a mysterious h.264 encoded MP4. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:59:33 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Dewhurst Security walk through disabling certificate pinning for the Facebook Android and iOS apps. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:57:59 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) ProFont is a monospaced, bitmap font. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:52:35 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Brandon Invergo is a believer in using GNU Stow for dotfile management and this is his setup. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:51:27 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This proposal from Khaled Omar outlines IPv10, a successor to IPv6 which would incorporate IPv4. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:49:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) D. J. Bernstein believes that IPv6 is a complete mess and outlines his reasons why. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:46:24 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Twitter thread where different game developers chime in with hidden mechanics that aid the player. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:44:34 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) It's something that I couldn't really answer and this SQLite clone tutorial seems to remedy that. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:41:59 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Karl Popper puts forward the paradox that if society is tolerant without limit, their ability to be tolerant will either eventually be seized or destroyed by the intolerant. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:39:31 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This PDF details the changes in ES6 and what security folk should know about it. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:36:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Habitat was a graphical multi-user dungeon developed by LucasArts. This writeup details what lessons were learnt after release. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:35:00 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) It's Raymond Chen's highly acclaimed blog. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:11:53 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Hacker News outline their favourite developer blogs. Useful for when you're craving some RSS content. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:10:21 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Dave Meltzer recommended the match between Fedor Emelianenko and Mirko Cro Cop. I can't remember why though. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:08:46 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Nikita Voloboev outlines his favourite macOS applications. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:07:35 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A 2002 article about the initial launch of FastMail. Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:55:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Google tool for viewing how often a word or phrase has appeared in literature over the years. Thu, 31 Aug 2017 11:07:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Russell Keith-Magee recounts his experience setting up his company and the slow decline that lead to it being shut down. Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:52:22 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An almost perfect example of how to produce an informative, compelling breakdown on a technical topic. Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:09:50 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Laura Sullivan brings a special NPR report investigating the Red Cross failure in handling the cleanup of Haiti. Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:06:37 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) PRI reports on the result of integrating a leader from the for-profit business world into a charity. Thu, 31 Aug 2017 10:04:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A ProPublica investigation into the Red Cross and their failures handling the aftermath of Superstorm Handy and Hurricane Isaac Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:47:50 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A nice beginner starting guide for reverse engineering device firmwares Wed, 23 Aug 2017 01:06:22 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The community explains how the posters assembly can be slower than that of a higher level language. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:49:28 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An Xposed module for Android that disables SSL pinning for applications. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:36:21 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A blog post detailing how to reverse engineer an API and undo certificate pinning. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:35:52 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An informative guide on how to setup a systemd service that can be applied to anything besides Deluge. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:35:17 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) You don't need some crazy big database because you're not Google! Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:34:52 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author lays out why they believe MapReduce isn't all it's cracked up to be. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:33:27 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The story of Bill Gross and his Twitter client buy out. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:32:03 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) I mean, it is what it says on the tin. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:31:35 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author talks about why text is the most stable communication technology. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:29:38 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A site with lots of programming examples to fix. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:29:13 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A list of programming projects that can be implemented in any language. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:26:18 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A list of useful Elixir resources. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:25:53 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A small, fast, modern HTTP server for Erlang. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:25:31 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A VS Code setup recommended by @requisite0. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:24:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A framework recommended by @requisite0. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:24:02 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A language that leverages the Erlang VM. Used by iwantmyname and recommended by @requisite0. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:23:39 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A lossless JPEG resizer. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:22:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A PNG optimizer that recompresses images to a small size. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:22:24 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Hacker News commenters list books they consider worth checking out. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:21:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A look back at mid-2000 era site designs. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:20:35 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Useful for naming projects. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:20:09 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This book will teach how to build macOS and iOS apps. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:19:42 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A book that steps through how to build a Kanban application in React. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:19:16 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A list of common myths in programming. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:18:37 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A guide to using vim and tmux on macOS. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:18:14 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A collection of exercises for learning Python. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:17:46 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Nice looking Python colours. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:16:38 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A useless list of y'know, what the title says. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:16:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A great timeline based overview of SSL/TLS's past and future. Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:15:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A nice looking graphing library. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:29:01 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An useful site for visualising the Javascript event loop. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:28:41 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) 2D Tetris would be enough I think. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:27:40 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A starting guide to using Three.js. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:19:54 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A searchable database of certificates. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:19:28 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A go-to source for unix jargon Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:18:39 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Great for testing purposes. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:17:50 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) What better way to learn about programming languages than to make your own? Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:17:25 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An interesting breakdown of Google's API responses. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:16:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Just use simple words! Silly economists. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:16:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Did you know that there is a subset of people who strive to be amputees? This among with other types of disorder that are unknown. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:15:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Knowledge Base of major security issues. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:10:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Ever wondered how old that map is? Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:10:36 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) NeoGAF lists out a bunch of franchises that I may not have heard about. I haven't read the list. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:10:09 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A guide to building various Javascript build environments. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:09:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Well, it's worth asking! Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:08:35 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A unique form of warfare that some accuse Russia of employing. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:07:34 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A relatively obscure Japanese title that still hasn't received an English patch unfortunately. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:01:26 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A great read exploring the idea of an AI that strives for maximum efficiency. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:59:47 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) What would happen if you took Twitter's character limit and applied it to Javascript? Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:59:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Yup, what it says. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:26:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive list of database dumps. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:26:12 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An improved resume service I should try out. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:24:27 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A very cute (and cheap) moon shaped lamp. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:23:17 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Google Drive repository of Retsupurae's popular Dahir Insaat videos. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:22:46 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A compilation tape of four experimental adventures. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:22:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Useful to finding out what you don't know that you don't know. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:21:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A tool for visualizing cloud architecture layouts. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:20:27 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A program for debugging, dumping and viewing digital stream information sent via satellite, cable or terrestrial. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:19:37 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Pretty much everything you could want to know about operating system development. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:19:13 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Niel Cicierega's wacky photoshop script. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 22:18:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A guide to strengthening Lets Encrypt certificates. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:39:34 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An interesting example model of supply and demand. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:32:43 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Yup, you can do that. Here's a quick overview of the commands. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:25:35 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author lists their favourite programming books as you might expect. Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:24:33 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A list of books that programmers like to throw around but haven't actually read. I should probably read them. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:58:34 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive list of audio commentaries usually reserved as special features for DVDs. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:49:03 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Everything you could ever want to know about lasers! Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:44:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A step by step breakdown that roughly explains how Git works. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:43:53 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Exactly what it says on the tin. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:41:23 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A collection of support tickets from an aggravated helpdesk worker. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:39:09 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) No matter where you move your mouse, this site will find it for you. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:38:03 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This site will take you to a randomly chosen useless website. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:36:53 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A guide to CSS where each entry is accompanied by a visual example. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:36:17 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author explores the various issues that stem from computing. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:35:09 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A step by step guide to writing your first system call for fun! Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:12:43 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A thread keeping a comprehensive list of possible practice programs. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:12:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An overview of the protocols used for most of the world's telephone networks. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:11:36 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This service lets you check that your email won't be rejected as spam. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:10:41 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Scott Hanselmen talks about the unseen developers who aren't using bleeding edge tools or interesting languages. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:10:00 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author explores the idea that society is an endless back and forth between both political extremes. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:09:14 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) While CSS may not be ideal, we could have had it worse. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:08:26 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A rare look at the behind the scenes of the opening FMV. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:07:25 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A site that uses GIFs and images in an interesting way. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:03:59 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) It turns out that /dev/urandom and /dev/random aren't to be treated the same. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:02:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Google's guide for designing their own services which they generalised and released to the public. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 17:02:09 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A live action Japanese adaption of The Drops of God manga. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:59:45 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) He's the Dave Meltzer of wine or is Dave the Robert Parker of Wrestling? Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:58:57 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A series of open source books detailing elements of Javascript in depth. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:58:03 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An explainer on why Unix systems have directories like /bin and /usr/bin. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:57:15 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The principle that reforms should not be made until the reasoning behind the existing state of affairs is understood. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:56:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Thomas Sowell explores why the same people tend to disagree on a multitude of topics that have no political affiliation. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:55:16 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:50:16 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A T.V sketch show set in the future looking back over the beginning of the 21st century, between 2005 and 2030. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:34:07 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A classic NPM bug where showing the progress bar would result in performance slowdowns of up to 50%! Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:31:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) As the title suggests, a user breaks down why operations in the famous "wat" video work at all. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:31:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A blog featuring very sarcastic weekly roundups of Hacker News content. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:30:45 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A how-to guide on network programming using sockets. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:29:17 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A service from Thomson Reuters that assigns unique IDs to businesses, founders and so on for information processing. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:27:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A 184 step guide to building your own text editor in C. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:26:46 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A great resource for possible project names. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:26:01 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A very detailed writeup about using Mutt for macOS. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:22:59 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author explains how Markov chains work and how they built an automated wine reviewer using it. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:22:21 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The first ever React IDE which looks like Atom and React Dev Tools had a baby. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:21:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A cute lightweight tooltip library. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:52:54 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive answer regarding the recommended number of iterations to use when encrypting passwords. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:51:39 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A guide to best practices with Javascript compiled from numerous developers and organisations. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:24:47 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A roundup of various design patterns to consider when creating a module or library. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:24:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A complete guide to using SSH securely. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:23:22 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The idea that modules shouldn't have to depend on each other but instead on abstractions. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:22:35 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Hacker News commenters weigh in with useful endpoints for getting financial data. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:19:23 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The standard format for storing emails. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:13:38 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Paul Graham examines how PR firms influence news publications, in this case through the seemingly endless return of "suits". Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:12:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) I don't remember why I bookmarked this but it must be pretty good? Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:12:01 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Another blog from Kai Hendry with a focus on more technical bits. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:11:31 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Kai Hendry's personal blog. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:07:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A philosophical title where the author attempts to identify a relationship between language and reality. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:06:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A global news database that would be useful for applying again different sectors like finance to track response from the public to news events. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:06:11 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) For those who are looking for a step by step guide to the Go programming language. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:03:04 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An analytics library that can record detailed heatmaps of user sessions. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:02:37 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author details his time cleaning up code for The Witness and general C++ best practices. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:02:11 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A nice looking theme for use with Ubuntu. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:01:39 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A nice bitmap font that's free to use. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:00:58 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The online version of the Wrestling Observer which is also home to Wrestling Observer radio. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 15:00:31 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author explains how to use question based brainstorming to come up with ideas that are more likely to work. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:59:46 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Apparently New Zealand has our own "pro-wrestling news source". Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:57:24 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A computational method intended to simulate social behaviour. It has a neat GIF. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:56:31 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Well, it is true after all! Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:55:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The longest running email system on the internet! Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:29:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Hacker News user creates a webhook library only for other commenters to weigh in with their own libraries. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:26:01 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Hacker News commenter davidw explains what he believes to be a misunderstanding of the realities surrounding H1B holders. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:25:22 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Important to know if you're building a compiler, which I'm not. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:24:38 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) I always forget how to do this so it's a useful guide to consult. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:23:51 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This site compares the two aforementioned databases. Spoiler: He hates MS SQL. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:23:24 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author discusses why he believes that Go handles errors better than most other languages. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:22:49 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Reddit user has compiled a list of essential Tetsuya Naito matches to watch. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:22:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A strange thread about Gran Turismo 2 on the GameFAQs forums. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:21:36 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Hacker News commenters discuss the 1939 Worlds Fair and what was left as a result. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:20:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Hacker News commenters weigh in with business advice for software developers. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:18:28 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The process of reducing data redundancy and improving integrity. Put simply, making sure your data doesn't become a tangled mess. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:17:42 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author built a 500 line Git client using Python and explains each step in this post. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:12:33 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) It's /that service/ companies use to autocomplete your address when you buy something. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:10:11 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Well, I didn't pay anything but I feel a lot more enlightened on pointers now! Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:09:37 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Surprising to find on Github, user zmatilsky901 has constructed a list of recommended Hip Hop songs. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:05:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) As it says in the title, a quick guide to securing your HTTP headers. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:04:02 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Aaron Bieber's blog. He writes about emacs a lot. In fact, I think every post is about emacs! Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:02:01 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) My results from the 8values political scale. Apparently I'm closest to being a Social Libertarian. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:01:16 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Looking to get all the trophies for Final Fantasy X-2? This is what you should be checking! Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:00:31 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A comprehensive list of Louis Theroux's documentary specials. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:59:47 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's scale for emotional "liveliness". Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:59:18 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Noopkat writes about her development environment on Windows. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:58:06 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A simple chart that maps out Big O in an easy to grasp manner. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:47:43 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An article from Troy Hunt that is exactly what it says on the tin. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:46:33 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A text only copy of a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel detailing the life and death of "computer genius" Phil Katz, pioneer of the zip file. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:20:41 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This post details a number of design decisions to consider when creating a user login. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:17:19 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The "Standard for the format of ARPA Internet Text Messages" now known as email. Section 5.1 shows that "+" is a valid delimiter in an email address. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:16:41 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author details how to get SSL certificates working with Offlineimap for macOS. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:15:45 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A band that I keep hearing mentioned but know nothing about. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:15:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A GNU/Linux port of Little Snitch, a whitelist based firewall. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:14:20 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A minimal, responsive CSS framework. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:13:29 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A story covering the life of a survivor in Haarlem during World War II. The Baudelaires mention it as being their favourite book. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 13:11:50 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Paul Houle examines the XMP specification used in various applications, such as explorer.exe, and how an Adobe metadata spec can lead to whitespace of at least 20%! Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:27:18 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Max Mautner discusses interview tactics with Paul Carleton of Stripe. The transcript is very lengthy. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:25:07 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Juho Snellman's writeup about how slow PS4 downloads can be attributed to a small TCP receive window. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:22:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Toggl's backend developer test. Sun, 20 Aug 2017 00:00:51 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The concept of reasoned discourse and how people perceive it? I'm still hazy on the concept. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:58:02 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Playstation 1 skateboarding title that apparently has a really good soundtrack. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:57:05 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A post detailing the basics of extracting an APK from an Android device. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:56:17 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author details how he went about reverse engineering his fitness tracker. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:55:45 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author of the quote responds to Tim Berners-Lee's comments on net neutrality. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:55:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Bunraku Sake that Hulk Hogan was once drinking on Twitter. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:51:55 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A currently existing Mangafox Node library I might try to rewrite in the future. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:51:13 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Google spreadsheet comparing various authentication techniques for APIs. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:50:36 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A list of lesser known commands for use with NPM. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:49:55 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A book exploring the relationships between reality, symbols and society. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:48:30 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A concept in Japanese aesthetics that focuses on accepting imperfection. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:48:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A number of heuristics you should strive for when designing a user interface. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:46:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Although it goes without saying, an article explaining why you should never expect a developer to work on your idea for free. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:44:43 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) This site explains the history of failed startups and breaks down what went wrong. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:43:15 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) You can use dircolors to specify the colour of file extensions in bash. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:42:45 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A group of CSS icons available for reuse. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:42:08 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A series of repeatable SVG patterns available for reuse. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:41:37 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A date time library where the functions are modularised. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:41:06 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An immutable date and time library. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:40:11 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Javascript utility library for working with native objects. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:39:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A password hashing function that I should probably check out. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:36:55 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Hacker News commenter explaining why our ideas seemingly become more and more simple. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:36:16 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author details some neat uses for Git. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:35:18 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A quote from Michael Crichton describing how you might read a story, scoff at it and then turn the page only to presume the writer is an expert. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:34:24 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Github comment in which it is determined that Facebook has no interest in relicensing React. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:32:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) I discovered Crawl after Crowbcat used the song Toccata. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:12:32 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) I particularly like Scuttle Town. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:12:00 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author explains that a number of unix commands are used in ways that are redundant. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:10:25 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A large list of useful unix commands. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:10:04 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The author's father supposedly predicted a president similar to Donald Trump back in 1985. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:09:27 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An article about how intelligent individuals try to substitute a lack of information with supernatural explanations. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:08:29 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A nice one column Jekyll blog theme. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:07:13 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An article on lessons learnt from software postmortems. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:06:28 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A guide to Unicode in regards to foreign languages. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:01:10 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An article discussing why companies who seemingly progress so little publicly require so many employees. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 23:00:12 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A novel about a woman who joins an Internet company that starts out great but begins to fall apart. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:58:18 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Project Itoh novel about a world transformed into a surveillance hell. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:57:19 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The idea that a speaker's world view is influenced by their primary language. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:56:39 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) An interesting example of a Jekyll portfolio. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:55:46 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A Gitbook detailing the Linux kernel booting process. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:54:48 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The documentation for the Linux kernel. Well over my head but it should be an interesting read. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:53:56 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) Wes Bos's automated font bot. A good example of how to use Twitter's stream functionality. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:52:44 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) The user dhouston would go on to make Dropbox as we know it. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:52:03 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) A fun site that does exactly what it says on the tin. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:50:57 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane) It's about the preparation required for conference talks and how they're not so straight forward. Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:49:37 +1200marcus@utf9k.net (Marcus Crane)