GraphicsMagick Image Processing System
Check http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ for the latest version of this page.GraphicsMagick is the swiss army knife of image processing. Comprised of 267K physical lines (according to David A. Wheeler's...
View ArticleA Map of the World Won Japan’s Prestigious Design Award
The 2016 Good Design Award results were announced recently with awards going to over 1000 entries in several different categories. But the coveted Grand Award of Japan’s most well-known design award,...
View ArticleAtomBombing: A Code Injection That Bypasses Current Security Solutions
Our research team has uncovered new way to leverage mechanisms of the underlying Windows operating system in order to inject malicious code. Threat actors can use this technique, which exists by design...
View ArticleThomas Piketty's Capital in the 21st Century, in 20 minutes [video]
Piketty's bestselling economics book is seismic, a vital infusion of data into the ideological debate over economics -- but it's also 700 pages long. That's not because the argument is difficult to...
View ArticleESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company History
The biggest business story in American sports this fall isn't the declining NFL ratings or anything that's happening on the field, court, or ice, it's the collapse in ESPN subscribers, which reflect a...
View ArticleTotal Nightmare: USB-C and Thunderbolt 3
Did you buy the new MacBook or MacBook Pro? Maybe the Google Pixel? You’re about to enter a world of confusion thanks to those new “USB-C” ports. See, that simple-looking port hides a world of...
View ArticleFacebook Peering
About FacebookFounded in February 2004, Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that...
View ArticleICANN’s First Test of Accountability
Last month, in a much heralded international event, the agreement that ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) held with the United States Department of Commerce was permitted to...
View ArticleDear Matt Mullenweg: An Open Letter from Wix.com’s CEO Avishai Abrahami
Dear Matt,We were all very surprised by your post, as you have so many claims against us. Wow, dude I did not even know we were fighting.First you say we have been taking from the open source community...
View ArticleDoubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops
Figures from the United States Department of Agriculture show herbicide use skyrocketing in soybeans, a leading G.M. crop, growing by two and a half times in the last two decades, at a time when...
View ArticleAdaptive Hardware: Context Aware Interfaces (2013)
What concept could interest the Microsoft Applied Sciences Group for a decade? Adaptive hardware: input devices that can change visually, and even potentially physically, based upon the relevant...
View ArticleDon’t go to art school (2013)
After Thomas MoranI’ve had it.I will no longer encourage aspiring artists to attend art school. I just won’t do it. Unless you’re given a full ride scholarship (or have parents with money to burn),...
View ArticleDMCA exemptions for modifications and research on your vehicle come into effect
Hoist your wrenches into the air, folks. As of today, October 28, you can now hack, repair, and conduct security research on your own car—or tractor!—without risking jail time for copyright...
View ArticleShow HN: Fast Style Transfer in TensorFlow
README.mdFast Style Transfer in TensorFlowAdd famous painting styles to any photo in a fraction of a second! You can even style videos! It takes 100ms on a 2015 Titan X to style the MIT Stata Center...
View ArticleWssdl – WireShark-Specific Dissector Language
README.mdWireShark-Specific Dissector Languagewssdl.packet { message : u8(); definition : i32(); done : utf8z(); easy : ipv4(); }What is this?wssdl is a domain specific language on top of lua built...
View ArticleDjango SQL Explorer
README.rstDjango SQL ExplorerSQL Explorer aims to make the flow of data between people fast, simple, and confusion-free.Quickly write and share SQL queries in a simple, usable SQL editor, preview the...
View ArticleThe Checklist (2007)
If a new drug were as effective at saving lives as Peter Pronovost’s checklist, there would be a nationwide marketing campaign urging doctors to use it.Credit Illustration by Yan NascimbeneThe damage...
View ArticleSocial Log-Ins – Security Issues and Common Mistakes
One of the most common reasons why software developers and architects add a backend to their frontend(s) is the need for user management. In order for user management to work, signup and sign in...
View ArticleA Silent Cause of Bad Business Decisions
What’s going on when smart, analytical leaders make awful decisions? It turns out good logic and data aren’t enough to guarantee good decisions. Here’s how to spot bad reasoning and how to avoid...
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