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Psychology of Intelligence Analysis - Chapter 1 - Thinking About Thinking

What it means for software to be fast, and why most software is not.

Assuming a triangle-subdivided sphere, map any 3D point on or above it to a triangle index in constant-time.

Facebook Inc.’s system for buying ads is acting up just days before one of the busiest online shopping days of the year.

On Ends-to-Ends Encryption: Asynchronous Group Messaging with Strong Security Guarantees - facebookresearch/asynchronousratchetingtree

A decade after the housing crisis, a new breed of risk-taker is investing in nonperforming loans and pushing borrowers to start paying on them again. For homeowners who hadn’t heard from a lender for years, it can come as a shock.

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Apple probably didn’t intend to let competitors take advantage of Siri Shortcuts this way, but you can now launch Google Assistant on your iPhone by saying “Hey Siri, OK Google .” But don’t expect a flawless experience — it takes multiple steps. After updating…

An interactive Git visualization tool to educate and challenge!

I think I've discovered Rust somewhere around the year 2012. Back then it was much different language than it is today. It had green-thre...

An in-depth look at the new secure boot feature found in T2 enabled Apple devices.

Content warning: this article explores in detail suicidal ideation and methodology. In 1912, the Washington Post reported that an “Esthetic Nobleman” named Count August Seymore had planned to const…

Can we be addicted to ideology? Gabor Maté is an world famous expert on addiction - in his book 'In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts' he talks about how addiction is best viewed not as a crime or illness but as a coping mechanism for a personal, spiritual crisis.…

(Updated 22 May 2020) This post discusses web security issues that I come across – so far thankfully mostly by reading about them. It is a work in progress which I’ll keep updating. The…