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Monadic futures in Java 8: How to organize your data flow and avoid callback hell
(zeroturnaround.com)
We asked some of our smartest friends in the web design and development communities what new skills they planned to master, or what new focuses they intended to bring to their work, in the new year. ... We got what we asked for—and more.
AI and ML -- a blog series from a professor of Machine Learning at the Univ. of Sheffield, UK.
Another story of Unix Trojan: Tsunami (IRC/Bot) w/ Flooder, Backdoor at a hacked xBSD (2013)
(blog.malwaremustdie.org)
Sorry for the altered title. I had to remove part of it for the (2013) tag. I think the article is relevant with the Linux Mint news as apparently the same code was used on the modified ISO's.
The secret rules of the internet: The murky history of moderation, and how it’s shaping the future o
(theverge.com)
I'm not really sure this is a good fit for here, but it is a long and thought-out article exploring how different companies have reacted to the needs of moderation and censorship in their businesses.
If nothing else, it's a nice reminder that this kind of activity is *very much* a human one, and ...
This is a sister story to the [GVFS](https://lobste.rs/s/wryjrc/announcing_gvfs_git_virtual_file_system) one.
The Backstory Behind Carder Kingpin Roman Seleznev’s Record 27 Year Prison Sentence
(krebsonsecurity.com)
NSA backdoor discovered in the wild: The strange story of “Extended Random”
(blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
Some printers have been found using NSA BSAFE, with the Dual EC DRBG backdoor, and an activated extension that caused the endpoint to generate even more "random" data, to help ease the exploit.