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The American SAFE Act and Paul Ryan's Broken Promise to Fix the House - The Atlantic

The American SAFE Act and Paul Ryan's Broken Promise to Fix the House - The AtlanticInteresting thesis that the insta-age we find ourselves in is to blame for politicians wanting to centralize power. Somehow the Internet and modern media has led to fear being in great supply these days. We

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The kernel of the argument over Linux's vulnerabilities

The kernel of the argument over Linux’s vulnerabilitiesFantastic article by the Washington Post on security and Linux. Discovered via former colleague while at Canonical, Kees Cook, who is quoted and photographed within. Well worth the time it takes to read it.

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Computer engineer wins 1,000 Twitter contests with Python script

Computer engineer wins 1,000 Twitter contests with Python scriptThis made me smile. Coder just wants to win, doesn’t care about he swag.

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The Best Online Storytelling and Journalism of 2014

The Best Online Storytelling and Journalism of 2014 This year new digital tools and networks seemed to influence every aspect of the storytelling process. From sensors to structured journalism, crowdsourcing to podcasting, new modes of journalism that have been emerging over the last decade took huge strides forward this year.

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'JIF' Is the Format. 'GIF' Is the Culture

‘JIF’ Is the Format. ‘GIF’ Is the CultureA modest proposal It will always be hard-G gif to me, but I admire Andy’s attempt (and informative post).

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BBC News - Net neutrality threatened by court

BBC News - Net neutrality threatened by courtThis is terrible. Also, I imagine it’s much more damning to startups than to any other group, including general consumer freedoms. We will see.

Writing

Call me an optimist, but the future of journalism isn't bleak

Call me an optimist, but the future of journalism isn't bleakDan Gillmor writes about why he’s hopeful about journalism going into the new year. Good points throughout, and my read of it is that journalism is much like the web itself now – lots of variety, a bit of junk,

Gaming

EA's Peter Moore clarifies stance on online games, says not every title will require your console to be online

EA's Peter Moore clarifies stance on online games, says not every title will require your console to be onlineSo many people get upset about these always connected console statements from game devs, but 1) it’s the future and can’t be avoided and 2) they’re only doing this