Technology Commentary

Sometimes software pretends to be other software.

At long last revealed.

Software culture and the abuse of data

I opened the draft, moved to its index, searched for the word lambda at that page, and proceeded to successive matches until, at the 5th match, I found Bond James Bond, [expr.prim.lambda.capture] ...

Discussing power outlets, both very old and in current use, whose charge veers far from the norm. I plug all my devices into EmPower connectors.

A possible improvement to a John Cook graph.

I’ve long imagined a tool that would enable a teacher to help students learn how to write and edit. In Thoughts in motion I explored what might be possible in

Note: This episode contains references to adult language, and might not be suitable for younger listeners. You’ll likely know within the first fifteen seconds if this episode is appropriate for your children. There’s a particular one-kilohertz tone that is universally understood to be covering up inappropriate words on radio and TV. But there are other

Should we drop “social” from social media? There is nothing social about this social media. And most of these platforms are essentially networked information distribution systems, and m…

The Atari 2600’s joystick port survived for nearly two decades on numerous systems, from the Sega Genesis to the 3DO. Not that cross-compatibility is perfect.

One of the first & best lessons you get as a young business reporter: follow the money. I have never forgotten that. It is a handy lens – you can zoom in or out when trying to understand …

Google is not bound by the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments, but its actions in a false positive CSAM case show that it is flouting the spirit behind them.

Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world's largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal…

Posted on 2022-08-25

The ongoing fight against tape hiss has proven a useful creative tension for the music industry—even if you’re not into lo-fi music recorded on a four-track.

In the spirit of falsehoods programmers believe about names and time, here’s some falsehoods about email which are all too common.

Exploring the math behind hash collisions.

“Situation: There are x+1 competing standards.” If you’re reading this, I assume you know which meme I’m talking about. But my problem with that comic, or rather with those

The “silent majority” was used by President Richard Nixon during his presidency and his campaign. In this usage, it referred to those Americans who did

As someone who is interested in systems programming, and has experience working with Go, but not with C or C++1, The Odin language is a great fit. Proper systems language Odin is a systems langauge…