JSON is everywhere you look these days. The `jq` tool makes it easy to slice, dice, and transform JSON from the command line. It can be hard to map the official manual to real-world applications, so let's look at some practical examples of `jq` and its cousins…

We don’t know why the universe appears to be expanding faster than it should. New ultra-precise distance measurements have only intensified the problem.

There's a Twitter account I like called @happyautomata, which periodically posts randomly-generated finite-state machines. Followers of this account make a hobby of turning the FSMs into regular expressions. This is always possible, because (strictly regular)…

One of the first things I bought when I moved to college was a rice cooker. It was simple, the kind that costs 20 bucks at any old appliance or homeware store a…

Congress looks to provide relief to U.S. citizens and small businesses, but the omnibus bill includes some legislative priorities for the entertainment industry as well.

Arielle Jackson has experience crafting marketing campaigns at Google, Facebook and Square. This is her messaging toolbox.

Elif Batuman was duped by a source’s fabrications about the country’s rent-a-family industry. What went wrong?

Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?

Generally it’s a bad idea to generate your own randomness. Whether you are pulling things randomly out of your brain or using a physical…

A few months back I gave a talk in which I shared a list of my personal engineering axioms – things that, over the years, I've come to think of as generally true and useful to have in mind when writing code, building things, and working with others.

Turns out what's good for the world is bad for Mark Zuckerberg’s bottom line.

"These types of decisions should never be made in closed-door negotiations between politicians and industry or rushed through as part of some must-pass spending package."

The company is awaiting a lawsuit from the U.S. securities regulator over its digital token, XRP.

Before we get into Horcruxing, here's a quick prologue on online security hygiene. You can skip to the Horcruxing section if it seems redundant.
Rules for Strong Online Security
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Longer passwords (atleast 16 characters) are better than shorter on...

Life-threatening responses seen in at least eight people could be linked to polyethylene glycol, known to trigger reactions to some drugs

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Facebook and Google agreed to “cooperate and assist one another” if they ever faced an investigation into their pact to work together in online advertising, according to an unredacted version of a lawsuit filed by 10 states against Google last week.