Brian Conway @blocknonip@mastodon.sdf.org

resflash 6.5.0 released, premade images available: https://www.freelists.org/post/resflash/resflash-650-released-premade-images-available #OpenBSD

Why we left Medium, and how: https://blog.elementary.io/welcome-to-the-new-blog/ #notme

YAML: not so great after all - https://arp242.net/yaml-config.html #actuallyawful

Opinion - How to Build Good Software: https://www.csc.gov.sg/articles/how-to-build-good-software

Briefly looked at a Tesla Model 3. In a state with three months above 100F, I'm expected to pay an extra 2 grand to get a car in white? Better luck next time.

Apple will soon treat online web tracking the same as a security vulnerability: https://thenextweb.com/privacy/2019/08/16/apple-will-soon-treat-online-web-tracking-the-same-as-a-security-vulnerability/

Google plans to deprecate FTP URL support in Chrome: https://www.pixelstech.net/article/1566007822-Google-plans-to-deprecate-FTP-URL-support-in-Chrome

What's Behind A Cluster Of Vaping-Related Hospitalizations? https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/16/751823475/whats-behind-a-cluster-of-vaping-related-hospitalizations

This AI startup claims to automate app making but actually just uses humans: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/14/20805676/engineer-ai-artificial-intelligence-startup-app-development-outsourcing-humans

Why Do Irish Pubs Work So Well? There's A Formula To It: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/08/15/738445244/video-why-do-irish-pubs-work-so-well-theres-a-formula-to-it

Rate Limiting HTTP Requests in Go based on IP address: https://pliutau.com/rate-limit-http-requests/ #golang

From email to phone number, a new OSINT approach: https://www.martinvigo.com/email2phonenumber/

3 Kinds of Good Tech Debt: https://engineering.squarespace.com/blog/2019/three-kinds-of-good-tech-debt

Interfaces Explained: https://www.alexedwards.net/blog/interfaces-explained #golang

Using #LoRaWAN to Make a Cheap Item Tracking System: https://tsukuru.club/posts/adventures-in-lorawan-1/

With warshipping, hackers ship their exploits directly to their target's mail room: https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/06/warshipping-hackers-ship-exploits-mail-room/

#measles

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Don't use VPN services: https://gist.github.com/joepie91/5a9909939e6ce7d09e29 #snakeoil