Author: Aditya
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[LinkBlog] 10 Lessons from 10 Years of Amazon Web Services
A great piece by the Amazon CTO
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Lemmings for the robot overlords
Pretty much explains why people just follow anyone who takes the lead irrespective of demonstrated competence.
Source: We may all happily follow our robot overlords to disaster | Ars Technica
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3DNes Emulator – Beta Release – YouTube
NES games turned to 3D and all playable in a browser.
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[LinkBlog] Why Are We Fighting the Crypto Wars Again?
If the US government wins the case, everyone across the globe including the government ultimately loses. Unless of course you are a hacker looking to exploit the weaknesses.
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Spellcheck and bank heists
Why you should pay attention in the language classes:
Attempting to transfer $20 million to a Sri Lankan non-governmental organization called the Shalika Foundation, the hackers instead attempted a transfer to the Shalika “Fandation.” Staff at Deutsche Bank spotted this error and got in contact with the Bangladeshis to ask for clarification. The ruse was discovered and the remaining transfers were canceled.
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How to lie with statistics
The correlation of unrelated statistics raise eyebrows in a series of funny graphs – just the kind of cases covered in the eponymous book.
Source: “Spurious Correlations” Reveal Why Not All Graphs Should Be Trusted | The Daily Buzz
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Security in the times of 3D printing
Another lesson in why you should never show pictures of sensitive keys on the Internet:
The TSA is learning a basic lesson of physical security in the age of 3-D printing: If you have sensitive keys—say, a set of master keys that can open locks you’ve asked millions of Americans to use—don’t post pictures of them on the Internet.
A group of lock-picking and security enthusiasts drove that lesson home Wednesday by publishing a set of CAD files to Github that anyone can use to 3-D print a precisely measured set of the TSA’s master keys for its “approved” locks—the ones the agency can open with its own keys during airport inspections. Within hours, at least one 3-D printer owner had already downloaded the files, printed one of the master keys, and published a video proving that it opened his TSA-approved luggage lock.
Source: Lockpickers 3-D Print TSA Master Luggage Keys From Leaked Photos | WIRED
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Virtual makeup and art on face projection
All done using currently (almost) available consumer tech
