Is
this the excuse Putin is waiting for? May depend on how hard the
Ukraine crushes them? May depend on what Putin had for breakfast.
Ukraine
launches ‘anti-terrorist’ campaign against pro-Russian gunmen
… To Ukrainian
officials, it looked like the beginning of a replay of the Crimea
takeover by Russia, which began with men in unmarked uniforms
storming the regional parliament, then spreading their control
throughout the peninsula. But on Sunday it was clear that, in this
case, Ukraine was preparing to fight back.
Ukrainian special
forces and pro-Russian militia exchanged gunfire in the small city of
Slavyansk, the Associated Press reported, citing Ukraine’s interior
minister, Arsen Avakov.
… Thousands of
Russian troops — American and NATO officials put the number at
40,000 — are nearby, conducting a long-running exercise on their
side of the border.
Avoid potential
problems? Probably too late for that, but still a good idea.
Heartbleed
Update: Sites That Tell You Which Passwords You Should Bother to
Change
… In addition to
some of the other test sites already mentioned (at LastPass,
Possible.lv,
Qualys,
Filippo.io),
check out the very convenient guide provided by the security
firm IVPN.
… Update:
xkcd has a
wonderful visual explanation of how the bug actually works.
At
least one magistrate takes his job seriously. I think the government
frequently bases their legal arguments on what their enforcement
types have already done, rather than the law. But is the EFF the
best resource to clarify the law?
Nice. Jack Bouboushian
of Courthouse News reports that a federal magistrate judge in the
District of Columbia has asked EFF to file an amicus brief on the
technology and constitutional issues implicated in government
requests for historical cell site location information:
There
are 87 opinions publicly available that address cell site
information, but these decisions “are impossible to
reconcile,” U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola wrote.
The
judge’s call for input by the digital rights group comes on the
government’s renewed petition for disclosure of a particular
telephone number’s historical cell site information (CSLI).
Facciola
had rejected the government’s petition last year.
Read more on Courthouse
News. The court’s opinion is here
(pdf).
How
does this happen? Some US Attorney, trying to make a name for
himself, charges ahead in the best tradition of George Custer?
Feds
try hacker in wrong state, conviction tossed
… The U.S. Court of
Appeals in Philadelphia said Friday that Auernheimer’s crimes,
violations of the Computer
Fraud and Abuse Act and identity theft, had no
connection to the Garden State and thus tossed the conviction,
according to Bloomberg.
… Auernheimer was
sentenced to 41 months in prison in 2012. Since that time, he’s
been chilling his heels at the Allenwood Federal “Club Fed”
Correctional Complex in White Deer, Penn. Auernheimer’s
attorney,Tor Ekeland, said his client
was being held in solitary confinement
almost 24 hours a day.
Their conclusion seems
to be that good writers can write in any media. (So can us bad
writers.)
Pew
– The Growth in Digital Reporting
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on April 12, 2014
What
it Means for Journalism and News Consumers by Mark Jurkowitz: ”At
a time when print newsrooms continue to shed jobs, thousands of
journalists are now working in the growing world of native digital
news—at small non-profits like Charlottesville Tomorrow, big
commercial sites like The Huffington Post and other content outlets,
like BuzzFeed, that have moved into original news reporting. In a
significant shift in the editorial ecosystem, most of these jobs have
been created in the past half dozen years, and many have materialized
within the last year alone, according to this new report on shifts in
reporting power. Since the fall of 2013, there has been a dramatic
and conspicuous migration of high-profile journalists to digital news
ventures.
… The pace picked
up again in January 2014, when the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein
took his Project X journalism concept (now known as Vox.com) to Vox
Media. And in February, former New York Times executive editor Bill
Keller announced that he would become editor of The Marshall Project,
a new nonprofit focusing on criminal justice issues.”
“So, you don't like
it when we close a few lanes? Try a whole bridge!”
Pulaski
Skyway closure: No access to NYC for 2 years, commuters scramble for
options
… Tomorrow is the
start of the first workweek without the Pulaski Skyway as an option
to get to Jersey City or Manhattan.
The two northbound
lanes of the iconic but decrepit 3½-mile-long bridge between Newark
and Jersey City will be closed for two years while the Skyway
undergoes a major rehabilitation. A study by a Stevens Institute of
Technology professor in nearby Hoboken predicts the
commute time for an average person will increase by 30 to 40 percent.
I'd call this a design
failure. Perhaps they should have considered circuit breakers?
Squirrel
causes $300,000 damage at US building
… The squirrel got
into the electrical equipment of the building, causing a massive
power surge that damaged the heating and air conditioning systems and
some parts of the boiler system, Fort Wayne Parks Department
officials said.
Officials said the
squirrel did not make it out alive, 'The Journal Gazette' reported.
So simple, you could
pass them off as wisdom. Perhaps I'll baffle my students with
buzzwords...
– are brain gems for
decision-makers, and a free resource by ribot to help you make better
products. They distill the latest behavioural economics &
consumer psychology research down into helpful little brain gems,
such as the Cognitive Miser, Hedonic Adaptation, Anchoring Bias, IKEA
Effect, Hyperbolic Discounting, Negativity Bias, and many more.
I still find it
funny...
… I’m happy that
I escaped academia without much of a Rate My Professors
record. I’m even happier now that there’s Draw
Your Professor. [Too cruel. Bob]
… Quora,
the Q&A site founded by Facebook’s first CTO Adam D’Angelo
has raised
$80 million in funding from Tiger Globa, Benchmark, Matrix,
Northbridge and Peter Thiel. This brings to
$141 million the total raised by this free website. [Free
does not come cheap. Bob]
… Looking to put
your college degree to work? Grade
standardized tests for Pearson
and others. [Business must be good if they are
turning to “Kelly Temps” for help. Bob]
… “What’s The
Evidence on School Devices and Software Improving Student Learning?”
asks
Stanford prof Larry Cuban.
Guess the answer. Go ahead. Guess.
Might be a way to
handle handouts for my students. (Or try some things for the website
class.)
– is a service where
you can make quick and easy webpages. The template is already
prepared and ready. All you need to do is enter the text, the
colors, and the images. If you don’t register for
free, then the page will expire one week later. But if
you register for free, you can keep the page forever.
Something to entice my
Math students...
WolframAlpha
– a little fun!
Yeah, but where and why
would this work better than regular doors?
Geometry
+ Doors
There is nothing too
simple to rethink. Thank you, geometry!
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