TIL about NovelWriter,
> A markdown-like text editor designed for writing novels and larger projects of many smaller plain text documents.
GPL 3.0
this photo-essay from the NYTimes encompasses so many things I've been thinking about
> We asked four photographers to show us how people are physically navigating a world in which awareness of our bodies — how much space we take up, whether we’re six feet from our neighbor — has become the norm.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/arts/dance/dance-is-everywhere.html
Signal’s hiring a Rust developer https://jobs.lever.co/signal/7aa1ff1f-bd43-4359-82c7-8703d8b842d9
news story on WhatsApp
Looks like WhatsApp is now delaying privacy changes, amid what NYTimes calls a "user exodus"
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/technology/whatsapp-privacy-changes-delayed.html
news story on WhatsApp
"This Was WhatsApp's Plan All Along"
https://gizmodo.com/this-was-whatsapps-plan-all-along-1846060382?rev=1610736861567
does anyone have strong or informed opinions about whether to use Argon2id as a KDF, as opposed to other variations of Argon2?
KeePassXC 2.6.3 released
> This update includes support for new KeePass2 features that increase the security of your database: XML Key File Version 2 and Argon2id [KDF].
"Signal's downloads skyrocketed 4,200% after WhatsApp announced it would force users to share personal data with Facebook"
oh jeez
"Dell’s new 40-inch curved ultrawide monitor is packed with pixels and ports"
One of my favorite projects from the last few months was making a passphrase wordlist using Google Books Ngram data
> An Italian court determined that companies can be held liable even if an algorithm unintentionally discriminates against a protected group.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7k9e4e/court-rules-deliveroo-used-discriminatory-algorithm
> BookWyrm is a social network for reading, reviewing, and talking about books. BookWyrm is ad-free, anti-corporate, open-source, and federated.
mdbook (Rust) security issue
> The Rust Security Response Working Group was recently notified of a security issue affecting the search feature of mdBook, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the page.
https://blog.rust-lang.org/2021/01/04/mdbook-security-advisory.html
If you're looking for an alternative to Amazon-owned GoodReads, The StoryGraph just officially launched
wrote a blog post about Rust's find_map
interesting talk on using Rust for scientific programming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEoPrMkg8W4
(h/t r/rust https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/kn2p2u/rust_for_stem_types/ghigt49?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
TIL about Rust's find_map method and it is
https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/iter/trait.Iterator.html#method.find_map
contrived example:
https://play.rust-lang.org/?version=stable&mode=debug&edition=2018&gist=0f46d9161e3df7c3099d41f632783f4b
Casually and non-expertedly interested in books, privacy, Rust, Linux (Kubuntu, atm), and Neovim. Work at CNN. Secure contact: https://gist.github.com/sts10/4a4e01021b3a5ad42e9b73e0abd7b7e3