No Calls
Zeke Gabrielse, founder of Keygen, advocates a 'no calls' policy in enterprise sales, promoting email communication to enhance clarity, trust, and efficiency while addressing common client concerns without traditional methods.
Starship Flight 7
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft, launched by Falcon 9, performs system checks and maneuvers to dock with the ISS, ensuring a successful mission through advanced technology in human spaceflight.
Is the world becoming uninsurable?
The article highlights the insurance industry's crisis due to escalating natural disaster losses, unsustainable political solutions, and the impact of climate change, making many resources increasingly unaffordable and uninsurable.
PostgreSQL Anonymizer
PostgreSQL Anonymizer is an extension that masks PII in databases, allowing developers to define rules, supports various methods, and enhances GDPR compliance while maintaining data confidentiality during testing.
Nepenthes is a tarpit to catch AI web crawlers
Nepenthes is a tarpit software that traps web crawlers, generating endless pages to consume resources. It can be configured defensively or offensively and may cause CPU overload and search visibility loss.
Bypassing disk encryption on systems with automatic TPM2 unlock
Vulnerabilities in TPM2 disk encryption systems can allow attackers physical access to encrypted data. Proper LUKS identity verification and using a TPM pin are recommended to enhance security.
Issues with Color Spaces and Perceptual Brightness
John Austin addresses challenges in color spaces like CIELab and its variants, highlighting issues with brightness perception in saturated colors and introducing L_EAL for improved accuracy in color representation.
Trusting clients is probably a security flaw
The article highlights security flaws in the McDonald's app, emphasizing that client trust can create vulnerabilities, as checks can be bypassed, leading to false positives and poor user experience.
2k-year-old wine and the uncanny immediacy of the past
In 2019, a Roman tomb in Carmona, Spain, revealed the oldest known wine, alongside well-preserved artifacts, emphasizing ordinary lives and challenging traditional historical narratives focused on famous figures.
Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation
Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation is a key textbook on photorealistic graphics, integrating theory and practice, featuring GPU ray tracing, and available for free online.
Test-driven development with an LLM for fun and profit
The blog post highlights integrating Test-Driven Development with Large Language Models to improve software practices, emphasizing clear specifications, iterative debugging, modular design, and caution regarding AI advancements.
I ditched the algorithm for RSS
The article advocates for RSS feeds over social media algorithms, highlighting their ability to curate quality content, reduce information overload, and providing guidance on setting them up for various platforms.
Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam
Canon has launched a subscription model for its EOS Webcam Utility software, requiring $4.99 monthly for full features, despite previous software issues being resolved and ongoing download difficulties due to server errors.
Five years of React Native at Shopify
Shopify has transitioned all its apps to React Native, improving productivity and performance. The company plans to restart the React Native Working Group in 2025 to address ecosystem challenges.
David Lynch has died
David Lynch, influential director of surrealistic films and "Twin Peaks," passed away at 78. He received an honorary Oscar in 2020, leaving a lasting impact on cinema and storytelling.
Six day and IP address certificate options in 2025
Let's Encrypt plans to introduce six-day certificates and support for IP address certificates in 2025, enhancing web security and reducing compromise risks. Rollout begins in February 2025.
FFmpeg by Example
FFmpeg By Example is a community-driven platform showcasing various multimedia techniques using FFmpeg, inviting contributions, and allowing users to try examples online, supported by community donations.
Why the weak nuclear force is short range
The weak nuclear force operates at very short distances, with its limited range attributed to the stiffness of associated fields, not the mass of W and Z bosons.
Why is Cloudflare Pages' bandwidth unlimited?
Cloudflare Pages offers unlimited bandwidth for static sites in its free tier, promoting a fast internet while encouraging user retention and potential upgrades, highlighting the need for diverse hosting options.
Lambda Calculus in 383 Bytes (2022)
SectorLambda is a 383-byte binary lambda calculus implementation featuring a virtual machine with garbage collection and lazy lists, suitable for education and data compression, with compact program examples provided.