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“In 1934, H G Wells arrived in Moscow to meet Soviet writers interested in joining the international PEN Club, of which he was then president. While there, Stalin granted him an interview. His deferential conversation was criticised by J M Keynes and George Bernard Shaw, among others, in the New Statesman. First published as a special NS supplement on 27 October 1934.” - × × ×

“Technology and market conditions change so quickly. What worked last year or even last month, may not be applicable today. But one thing remains constant: People. An understanding of how people think — their motivations, biases, way of thinking — can yield “super powers” to designers, marketers, and product builders. Here is a list of resources and reference guides to better understanding the human mind.” • #схватил_за_мозг - × × ×

“Flickr for iOS dropped a major update late last week. It’s an impressive redesign worthy of attention from photographers and designers alike. I’m excited about Yahoo’s renewed energy in the mobile space, and judging by the work that went into this update, it’s clear that their designers aren’t cutting any corners.” • #редизайн - × × ×

«Организаторы протестной акции утверждали, что рядом со строящейся часовней на Стартовой улице накануне Пасхи Христовой происходит не традиционное освящение куличей, а несанкционированный митинг. И чтобы разогнать несколько сотен жителей окрестных домов с куличами и пасхами, они вызвали сюда подразделение ОМОНа и наряд полиции! Затем вместе с кучкой агрессивных молодых людей крепкого телосложения участники протестной акции начали расталкивать людей и даже наносить удары». - × × ×

Омон против православных — это сильный хак системы, уважаю. - × × ×

По горизонтали идут столбики каждой из целей, все разных цветов, некоторые пёстрые под берёзу, некоторые подёрнутые рябью. А там, в небесной вышине хрустальным потолком над ними — недостижимый и идущий параллельно оси абсцисс Порог Активации. - × × ×

“Security nightmares sparked by the Heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability continue. According to Mandiant, now a unit of FireEye, an attacker was able to leverage the Heartbleed vulnerability against the VPN appliance of a customer and hijack multiple active user sessions. The attack bypassed both the organization's multifactor authentication and the VPN client software used to validate that systems connecting to the VPN were owned by the organization and running specific security software. "Specifically, the attacker repeatedly sent malformed heartbeat requests to the HTTPS web server running on the VPN device, which was compiled with a vulnerable version of OpenSSL, to obtain active session tokens for currently authenticated users," Mandiant's Christopher Glyer explained. "With an active session token, the attacker successfully hijacked multiple active user sessions and convinced the VPN concentrator that he/she was legitimately authenticated." After connecting to the VPN, the attacker attempted to move laterally and escalate his/her privileges within the victim organization, Mandiant said.” - × × ×

Больше ада на каждом звене и повороте. Больше ада. - × × ×

Если у тебя в двери дыра со здорового мужика, то модный двухфакторный замок тебя спасёт примерно никак. - × × ×

“The sportswear company has decided that only software has a future in Nike’s technology vision. That means cutting the FuelBand, including a slimmer version planned for the fall.” - × × ×

Инженеров-то Apple подберёт, небось. Особенно с учётом того, что кого-то из руководителей фуелбенда они и схантили (и интересно, как это связано с остальной движухой про разочарование и закрытие хардверного блока). - × × ×

Манера «когда всё плохо, видеть конструктив и хорошее» считается не столько европейской, сколько просто взрослой. Типа, паника на корабле никому не поможет, а когда экипаж плохо работает и не справляется, то пороть его эмоциями, криками и стеком — только портить, а мораль поднимать нужно не абстрактными поглаживаниями, а конкретными похвалами за реальные достижения, правильные выборы и хорошие решения. Это якорит и отдельных людей, и группу в целом, и даёт команде точку опоры. А заодно даёт правильную рамку «достижения важнее неудач». - × × ×

То, что это «свойственная европейцам манера», много говорит не столько о европейцах, сколько о нас. ( - × × ×

Британские учёные, между прочим. Что не должно нас удивлять, я думаю. - × × ×

Меж тем, весьма практическое исследование-то, на повседневные темы секса, еды и аллергии. - 9000

“Google X head Astro Teller embraces failure. Sometimes literally: In group meetings, he has been known to give hugs to people who admit mistakes or defeat.” - × × ×

“What I want is a way to flatten articles to accomodate my own particular knowledge gaps. I want related terms to be explained to me inline, and just deep enough for me to grasp them and not get distracted from the main article.” - × × ×

"Twitter has acquired Gnip, the social data provider that has long provided access to public Twitter data, and that has deepened its relationship with the social network over the years through a series of product and partnership announcements. The acquisition will lead to Twitter offering even more of its data to Gnip’s customer base, and existing customer relationships with Gnip will continue unchanged." - × × ×

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«Группа студентов филологического факультета МГУ начала борьбу за чистоту русского языка. Они создали тайную орфографическую полицию, которая воюет с нарушениями правил пунктуации и орфографии на вывесках, баннерах, памятниках и в объявлениях. Молодые люди уже добились того, что правительство Москвы демонтирует по всему городу оформленную с ошибкой рекламу сайта «Наш город», а правительство Владимира меняет информационные указатели». • #граммар_наци - × × ×

“The color red used on the cards is Pantone 130C. This particular red was chosen, because of it's close proximity to Pantone 18-1663 TPX. This is the color of the soles of Christian Louboutin's iconic high heels, which were worn by Claire Underwood in Netflix's House of Cards.” - × × ×

Тамблер одобряет: https://www.tumblr.com/tagged... - × × ×

"The digital-comics reading experience on Kindle is definitely not as good as the one offered by Comixology, so that’s one area where Comixology’s technology could upgrade Amazon’s experience. But the companies are probably a good fit in terms of their audiences: While Comixology offers “digital trade” collections, its stock-in-trade is single monthly issues from most of the major comics distributors, and its audience is more likely to think of themselves as comics fans. Amazon’s reach is much broader than Comixology’s, and the company will be able to take advantage of Comixology’s relationships within the comics industry as well as its reading technology, which was developed explicitly for the visual storytelling medium. Comixology also has a strong presence worldwide, because the comics industry is less encumbered with region-specific contracts. Amazon’s international presence has been spotty in many areas, but in comics the company should have a leg up." • #прокниги - × × ×

Из комментариев: «This sounds like my ex-husband on being a good husband. lol» - × × ×

"The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said." - × × ×

“The agency’s reported decision to keep the bug secret in pursuit of national security interests threatens to renew the rancorous debate over the role of the government’s top computer experts. The NSA, after declining to comment on the report, subsequently denied that it was aware of Heartbleed until the vulnerability was made public by a private security report earlier this month.” - × × ×