DSHR Blog Comments

Ross Marchand at Real Clear Policy looks into Waymo's reported numbers: "The company’s headline figures s... http://blog.dshr.org/2017/11/techno-hype-part-1.html?showComment=1519068622772#c3942660605798272953 …

One thing blockchains were good for was "pump & dump" schemes such as Long Island Ice Tea's but alas ... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/02/do-you-need-blockchain.html?showComment=1519054432553#c5866781385718830316 …

The Browsealoud hack netted all of $24, according to Jordan Pearson at Motherboard: "Sunday, hackers orch... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/web-advertising-and-shark-revisited.html?showComment=1518890295672#c6829211041828364588 …

The gross from the Browsealoud hack was just $24!.... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/02/correlated-cryptojacking.html?showComment=1518890406879#c807302669696575070 …

"Microsoft's new compiler feature will insert an instruction to block speculation in code that the compil... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/meltdown-spectre.html?showComment=1518731481015#c8370770829300361778 …

"In a research paper – "MeltdownPrime and SpectrePrime: Automatically-Synthesized Attacks Exploiting Inva... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/meltdown-spectre.html?showComment=1518736522157#c9112140132314229477 …

"A growing number of Coinbase customers are complaining that the cryptocurrency exchange withdrew unautho... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/the-2b-joke.html?showComment=1518736759305#c4627276780269338351 …

Stephen Williamson of the St. Louis Fed asks Is Bitcoin a Waste of Resources?: "Potentially, Bitcoin coul... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/02/do-you-need-blockchain.html?showComment=1518793288064#c7333649652973282691 …

Tim Bray's tweetstorm starts: "1/ Suffering from disorientation and cognitive dissonance around blockchai... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/02/do-you-need-blockchain.html?showComment=1518712726529#c6876917719517921945 …

"It’s http://Salon.com  this time — if you go with an ad blocker, you get this notice, giving you the option to s... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/web-advertising-and-shark-revisited.html?showComment=1518645952569#c1724922305731089379 …

Chuck McManis points me to rowland Manthorpe's Google’s nemesis: meet the British couple who took on a gi... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/it-isnt-about-technology.html?showComment=1518635363340#c317855101145847884 …

A year or so ago I bought a great pair of Merino wool pants from Icebreaker's store in Santana Row. In fa... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/web-advertising-and-shark-revisited.html?showComment=1518541098178#c3856866571159546501 …

"Bitcoin-mining operations are set to overtake domestic residential energy consumption in Iceland later t... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/the-2b-joke.html?showComment=1518481148475#c4991363779581549869 …

"Unilever's chief marketing officer Keith Weed used his keynote speech to blast the Mark Zuckerberg-run F... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/web-advertising-and-shark-revisited.html?showComment=1518478885131#c2372860405095965069 …

German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by Hans-Edzard Busemann & Nadine Schimroszik... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/it-isnt-about-technology.html?showComment=1518465160075#c870646409222673823 …

Brendan Gregg has a very detailed look at the performance impact of KPTI, the Linux fix for Meltdown: "Pr... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/meltdown-spectre.html?showComment=1518457924708#c2499684721433552240 …

"A leaked set of disclosures made by Equifax to the US Senate have revealed that the breach of 145.5 mill... http://blog.dshr.org/2017/10/not-whether-but-when.html?showComment=1518232549891#c7462141156934278329 …

Prof. Scott Galloway continues his argument for breaking up the FAANGs in Esquire. It is long but really ... http://blog.dshr.org/2018/01/it-isnt-about-technology.html?showComment=1518272016527#c6673388489997748892 …

"Later this year Micron plans to release quad-level cell flash drives that encroach on the nearline disk ... http://blog.dshr.org/2017/12/updating-flash-vs-hard-disk.html?showComment=1518301152962#c6004514161142776429 …

Tom Morris' tweet succinctly sums up the mismatch between cryptocurrency aspirations and reality. David G... http://blog.dshr.org/2017/11/techno-hype-part-2.html?showComment=1518319633524#c5430026698435454484 …