Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites - ytdl-org/youtube-dl

Emacs found in unfamiliar situations

I recently created a tool called cutlet for converting Japanese to romaji.
While working on cutlet I was surprised at the difficulty of finding a good
guide to the difference between romaji systems, particularly their history and
usage, so I wrote this up.

its fun that Steam locked me out of my account and support won't respodn to me. my favorite thing is owning thousands of dollars' worth of games im not allowed to play

Today we reinstated youtube-dl, a popular project on GitHub, after we received additional information about the project that enabled us to reverse a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown. 

GDPR in the Wake of COVID Spread: Privacy under Pressure – Part 2 Our previous blog post in this series…

It is hard enough to chase one competitor. Imagine how hard it is to chase two different ones in different but complementary markets while at the same

The world's largest mass-produced cylindrical slide rules come from Loga-Calculator AG in Zurich/Uster, Switzerland.

The Internet is a dangerous place in the best of times. Sometimes Internet engineers find ways to mitigate the worst of these threats, and sometimes they fail. Every now and then, however, a major …

The phone numbers add tracking before connecting to a restaurant so that Grubhub can bill for a marketing fee.

Misconfigured Elasticsearch database to blame

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The least you need to know about Postgres

Writing emulators that bring old computer hardware back to life is a popular hobby, and one that I have been enjoying recently through my own goal of writing an Atari 2600 emulator. However, writing a CPU emulator can get a little repetitive and tedious,…

During her college break, the author went all in on solitude—living alone on a Down East island and working for one of the area’s few female skippers. Luna Soley reflects on a time of loneliness, hard work, and natural beauty.

Building a growth funnel for fun and profit.

Researchers fear that vaccines might not be as effective in people who are obese, a population already highly vulnerable to COVID-19.

When good science is suppressed by the medical-political complex, people die

Politicians and governments are suppressing science. They do so in the public interest, they say, to accelerate availability of diagnostics and treatments. They do so to support…