today's leftovers
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Walled Culture, the book, now freely available: what that means, and how you can help
Much of the book draws on the interviews that have appeared on the blog over the last year, and on blog posts. But it is supplemented by a huge array of additional material. Testimony to that are the book’s 750 references to further information online. For all the digital versions, there are live hyperlinks to allow readers to check details and pursue further research on topics and ideas of interest.
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Data Visualization Tools for SQL
SQL is a high-in-demand programming language used in domains like business analytics to interact with relational data. Professionals widely use it for tasks such as data manipulation, data analysis, and data visualization.
Interacting with data is one thing, but to be able to translate that data into meaningful information is a challenge in itself.
Data visualization is the art of converting information from data into visual contexts to make it easier and understandable for the human brain. Data visualization may include creating maps, graphs, and charts so that it is easy to pull meaningful insights from the data.
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Surprise! People are shelling out for IoT subscriptions
IFTTT, which lets users link connected devices and web services to other connected devices and web services, has achieved $6 million in annual recurring revenue from 150,000 subscribers two years after it announced a subscription plan. Linden Tibbets, the CEO and co-founder of IFTTT, told me the company has reached break even on its revenue and that, going forward, it plans to focus solely on paid subscriptions from users.
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Hippotat (IP over HTTP) - first advertised release
The result is that, in practice, currently Hippotat has to be built with (a) a reasonably recent Rust toolchain such as found in Debian unstable or obtained from Rust upstream; (b) dependencies obtained from the upstream Rust repository.
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Comet Lake based PC available in barebone and customizable options
The Mitac E410-13CMI is an industrial grade embedded system powered by the Intel Comet Lake 10th Gen processor. This fanless PC provides support for dual 4K displays, up to 64GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Wi-Fi 6/Bluetooth 5.1 and several other peripherals.
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Reclaiming Digital Privacy
The advancements of the digital age has gifted us with the ability to search and access world’s information sources within a few seconds. However, Big Tech companies still make it hard for users to control their own privacy when accessing digital products and services.
The problem is deeper for our kids or elderly parents, who are bombarded with all kinds of content without the ability to control their security preferences easily. It’s like driving a car on the free way (or the highway) without its brakes working properly. They need secure devices that safeguard their privacy from the get-go.
When Founder and CEO, Todd Weaver, saw his kids interact with digital devices, he was concerned about their privacy online. He decided to start the movement of respectful technologies for the next generation. After a lifetime of work as an engineer, developer, architect, and advocate for Free and Open Software, it was his role as father that solidified his next business mission. Purism started in 2014, with the focused intent to build secure products that respect digital freedom.