The realities of building open source software have changed. Today, we're relicensing CockroachDB with a committment to building an open core product.

On June 4th, Firefox will be rolling out this feature, Enhanced Tracking Protection, to all new users on by default, to make it harder for over a thousand companies to track their every move.

It almost certainly doesn’t involve Amazon employees selecting products they think are the best.

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  When Mark Massie and I started Transatomic in April 2011, the future of nuclear power was uncertain. In the wake of Fukushima, all bets for a nuclear renaissance were off, and starting a venture-funded advanced nuclear technology startup seemed like an…

An analysis of both IMDB and Google Trend data for the Chernobyl tv series.

Some of my security stuff and vulnerabilities. Nothing advanced. More to come. - numirias/security

Hacker News turned 12 last February. Here's the traffic since the beginning — or a dozen-years brief internet history: https://t.co/FTTDTUjHNv Disclaimer: except for tremendous love and respect, I have no affiliation with @ycombinator.

My friends and I found hidden spaces where we could be teenagers again. We must be allowed to keep them.

Finding take-up lacking academic blogging lacking, Duncan Green outlines the major arguments for taking blogging seriously. and suggests reading a blog should be like listening to the person talk, but with links.

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Being a financial middleman is a lot easier than creating great art

HZDR press release of May 27, 2019: The Sun follows the rhythm of the planets // New study corroborates the influence of planetary tidal forces on solar activity

International undergraduate students write a letter to President Eisgruber on behalf of all international students affected by the Optional Practical Training (OPT) work authorization processing delays.

About three years ago, I published a story about how the Twitter app I built in high school, Follow, reached 150,000 downloads in two…

The measure is for people who “think their furniture is more important than their cat,” a supporter said. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would have to sign it.

Random stuff from the fingers of Christer Weinigel.