There are more slaves today than ever before in human history. And ~600M people are vulnerable to becoming slaves. Ashes Ashes offers an intro to this situation in their latest podcast episode: https://
If you ever want to get out of Berlin for some quiet work time in nature, I can highly recommend CoCoNat. Having crowdfunded it years ago, I just came here for the first time yesterday, and it's already on the list for our next company retreat. http://
If anyone in Berlin is interested in cycling the entire Berliner Mauerweg (~150km) this Sunday, you're welcome to join us! Easy pace. Heading out from Brewdog at 8am: https://
"Remotely hacking ships shouldn't be this easy, and yet ..." https://
Interesting thoughts about Slack (or any group chat for that matter) as a group mind, comparing it to brain functions, and explaining how it's more like a herd mind than a hive mind: https://
NASA just announced dates and astronauts for the first-ever commercial crew flights to the ISS. Boeing a bit vague, SpaceX a bit less so: SpaceX Demo-1 (uncrewed): November 2018; SpaceX Demo-2 (crewed): April 2019 https://
Bad news for all CI companies out there: Google and GitHub just partnered up for fully integrated and automated CI, and they'll shove it in everyone's face soon: "Smart CI recommendations will be rolled out to all GitHub users on a phased basis." https://
Mars Express found liquid water on Mars, hidden under the South Pole ice cap: http://
The location for Hacker Beach #7 has been decided today. Join us on an island in the Philippines next January: https://
'Calling this new Gmail mode “confidential” is misleading. There is nothing confidential about unencrypted email in general and about Gmail’s new “Confidential Mode” in particular': https://
Rode down to Schönefeld Airport on Mauerweg for the first time today, passing the unused new BER runways as well. Lots of small, brand-new, empty roads through the country down there. And Mauerweg is all new and buttery smooth as well. Definitely a great way to get out of the city quickly and with only a couple of traffic lights.
TIL: Both England and Russia had a tax on wearing beards in the past. The Russian one having been introduced "to bring Russian society in line with Western European models". https://
Someone ported Vim to WebAssembly: https://