Boulth
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Comment · 6 years ago
Statistics by Freedman et al is a great introduction to statistics. It took me a year to fully read it but the exercises are fun, real world examples of applying statistical methods.
Comment · 6 years ago
I haven't seen any mentions or this extension that allows verifying pages before they are rendered: https://github.com/tasn/webext-signed-pages
Another thing is non exportable WebCrypto keys that can limit the damage even if the page is compromised.
Comment · 6 years ago
Ha, great to hear. I always assumed they went back to windows as part of some deal as around the same time Microsoft opened a big HQ in Munich.
Comment · 6 years ago
Whether the island o stability exists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability
Comment · 6 years ago
Great resource indeed, thanks! Too bad the latest one is 2 years old :(
Comment · 6 years ago
Right! I remember now buying the book just to read the chapter about Anders. Was not disappointed. (for the record other "masterminds" were also interesting).
Comment · 6 years ago
As someone that also used languages designed by Anders I'm also a huge fan of his work.
Too bad there are just a few quality interviews with him: https://www.artima.com/intv/anders.html
Comment · 6 years ago
Yep. Although in my opinion Programming Rust [0] is better even though dated. The word goes that the 2nd edition will be out by the end of the year.
[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Rust-Fast-Systems-Develop...
Comment · 6 years ago
> the monetisation strategy for New Vector is selling Matrix hosting (https://modular.im) and helping out big folks like Governments who want to jump on board Matrix. While the company is certainly not profitable yet, it certainly has a path to being sustainable (otherwise folks like Automattic wouldn't invest!)
Thanks for this info! Exactly what I was looking for.
Comment · 6 years ago
Nope, worse is that investors subtly want to extract value from them e.g. utilizing user data from identity server on vector.im or so.
Even if they just "went Keybase" not having people outside of the org working on it would slowly bring them the XMPP fate (irrelevance).
Comment · 6 years ago
Very cool. If you liked that check out their Sorcery series of games. I played them over and over for weeks. Highly addictive!
Comment · 6 years ago
> Matrix allows you to host your own server, federate messages in real-time between servers, and still benefit from end-to-end encryption between multiple client devices.
This sounds like XMPP so nothing new.
What sets the Matrix apart is that they have the money and spend time and effort to get their clients into good shape. The E2E verification is a prime example: looks simple and works well.
Comment · 6 years ago
VC money mixed with open source software again. It didn't end well for Keybase. I hope Matrix has a monetization strategy.
Edit: for people interested there are company docs at https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10873661/filing-h... eg. "25 Mar 2020 Total exemption full accounts" document (2.2) shows a yearly loss of almost 2M pounds.
Edit 2: it seems Matrix people no longer control 50% of their company shares, or I'm reading it wrong: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10873661/persons-...
Comment · 6 years ago
Pacman can remove dependencies that are not used: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#...
This is explicit rather than implicit but it works even on one package.
Comment · 6 years ago
Yes, totally. I've also migrated to Linux after decades of working on Windows.
Still, it's interesting development (nope, I won't be coming back).