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The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog)
We have a name for the kind of person who collects a detailed, permanent dossier on everyone they interact with, with the intent of using it to manipulate others for personal advantage - we call that person a sociopath.
culture  design  social 
november 2011 by randombit
Locals and Tourists - a set on Flickr
Blue points on the map are pictures taken by locals (people who have taken pictures in this city dated over a range of a month or more). Red points are pictures taken by tourists (people who seem to be a local of a different city and who took pictures in this city for less than a month).
visualization  photography  maps  design  culture  awesome 
june 2010 by randombit
RFC 5218: What Makes for a Successful Protocol?
The Internet community has specified a large number of protocols to date, and these protocols have achieved varying degrees of success. Based on case studies, this document attempts to ascertain factors that contribute to or hinder a protocol's success.
ietf  rfc  protocol  design  networking 
july 2008 by randombit
It Can Be Done
Finally Andre took his neat final pencil copy to a terminal and typed the whole program in. His first compilation attempt failed; he corrected three typos, tried again, and the code compiled. We [...] tried it out, and it worked the first time.
people  history  computing  awesome  design 
july 2008 by randombit
On Extract-then-Expand Key Derivation Functions and an HMAC-based KDF, by Hugo Krawczyk
A fully specified HMAC-based KDF that makes minimal assumptions on the hash.
crypto  algorithm  design  kdf  rng  hashfunction  hmac  prf 
june 2008 by randombit
The Almighty Thud
aka, why I do not like Doxygen
design  process 
june 2008 by randombit
BON method
The BON method for analysis and design of object-oriented software was developed 1989-93 by Jean-Marc Nerson and Kim Waldén as a means of extending the higher-level concepts of the Eiffel programming language into the realm of analysis and design aided b
book  design  analysis  lang:eiffel 
january 2008 by randombit
Great Hackers
It's pretty easy to say what kinds of problems are not interesting: those where instead of solving a few big, clear, problems, you have to solve a lot of nasty little ones. The distinguishing feature of nasty little problems is that you don't learn anythi
architecture  design  essay  productivity 
october 2007 by randombit
Bookpool: Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models
Looks sort of interesting, but the TOC makes it sound painfully dry
c++  book  patterns  design 
february 2006 by randombit
Minty MP3
Some crazy MIT EE made herself her own MP3 player, including writing all the software/firmware. Very cool.
hardware  music  design  diy 
february 2006 by randombit
Essay: Python Is Not Java
Some interesting observations on a Python app written by developers using the Java worldview
java  design  python 
december 2005 by randombit

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