I recently got into general-purpose zero-knowledge proof systems (cryptographic primitives that allow you to prove the execution of a program without revealing some of the inputs), specifically the state-of-the-art PLONK proof system. This is a series of…

OCE economists and their collaborators conduct a variety of policy relevant research and make their preliminary findings available as working papers.

Learn how to build an automated mushroom cultivation system as well as cultivate mushrooms, with a Raspberry Pi Zero and my open source software Mycodo. I walk through the process from foraging wild mushrooms, developing a laminar flow hood and environmental…

Mass exploitation of Atlassian Confluence CVE-2021-26084 is ongoing and expected to accelerate. Please patch immediately if you haven’t already— this cannot wait until after the weekend.

It’s hard to keep up with the ever-growing body of literature on the opioid crisis, which has killed nearly as many Americans in the last two decades as the Civil War and is still getting worse. We…

Researchers found that surgical masks impede the spread of COVID-19 and that just a few, low-cost interventions increase mask-wearing compliance.

Improve Docker’s performance on macOS by using a Linux VM

And some ideas on how to improve it

The evidence for fungal intelligence is in: they can operate as individuals, make decisions, learn, and have short-term memory

Nature - The ZyCoV-D vaccine heralds a wave of DNA vaccines for various diseases that are undergoing clinical trials around the world.

How this gadget figured in the shady Rubicon spy case

It’s not a joke anymore. McDonald’s ice cream machines are broken so much of the time that the FTC is now investigating what’s going on in the kitchens of one of the world’s most popular fast-food chains, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Too many inexperienced project managers and not enough DevSecOps

The e-commerce giant is advising truck fleet operators to advertise they don’t screen for marijuana use, saying it will boost the number of candidates.