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With my luck, this would have been a story from my life! But as I always say, there are no "should have's" in life; there are "did do" and "didn't do". Life is too unpredictable to think "what if". It reminds me of the Matrix when Neo is in the Oracles kitchen and Neo knocks the vase over after the Oracle told him "Don't worry about the vase." Neo obviously confused says "How did you know I would break it?" and she finishes with "What really is going to bake your noodle is would you have still broken it had I not said anything?" No point in wasting energy on things that never happened.

I found this article very interesting. I do always wonder why we pretend this isn't happening though? That's not ignorance, that's just plain stupid.

After seeing some really impressive stuff, I cannot wait to test this stuff on my own! I mean seriously, a retail Xbox One as a devkit? That is so amazing I can't even comprehend it!

Now does this mean that iPhones can be hacked? The government has said that in the vast majority of cases it will disclose security vulnerabilities, though in a small handful it doesn't. It would be good for everyone’s security if they disclosed, but they probably won’t

I completely understand why Apple is not backing down on this. Even if this backdoor is for one phone, the possibility of having that backdoor stolen is too great a risk to produce. When looking at the big picture, Apple is looking at the side effects this backdoor could produce and doesn't want to take the risk. I can hardly blame them either!

This is such a shame... I really enjoyed PriceZombie to display old prices, even though they shouldn't have been doing this. I wonder why Amazon changed their mind after 3 years?

Finally! I've spent the last month or so on Docker to learn about it as I am somewhat new in this environment. I'm just excited to try it out and have a more broad range of tools.

My first internship used Google Drive for their database (small start up) and there have been numerous times where I have almost lost a substantial amount of work/information. This article brought back that feeling of anxiety. But that is a lesson to be learned, even if it was the hard way. Everyone goes through that at some point in their career.

Andy Grove: the man, the myth, the legend, but the first? Companies were around before Intel, but Andy Grove was the one who revolutionized Silicon Valley. He was the Wayne Gretzky of hockey.

At jobs like this article is referring to, we need to remember that you’re never going to improve in life if you keep competing with people who stink. No offense, those who are not well versed. You gotta challenge yourself. If you don’t, complacency sets in. And bad things happen when you become complacent.

Wow, I really liked this article. The entire process looked great and the explanation was rather simple.

Unfortunately, I believe that this is the case. GitHub was once a great place where signing up was your choice but it looks like GitHub has fallen prey to the "We need to get more signups" fad that a lot of companies are following.

I find it hard to believe that the All Writs Act can still be used/relevant in today's society. The All Writs Act was created in the 18th century when the technology was nearly nothing. How can we reference this act when technology has changed exponentially? If the FBI can force Apple to build a key, you can be sure authoritarian regimes like China and Russia will turn around and force Apple to hand it over to them .... And who knows what happens next, they could use that key to oppress their own people.

I have yet to drive a "self-driving" or even "self-monitoring" car and the thought of doing so terrifies me. I know technology is good and it can do great things, but helping me drive is something I don't enjoy the idea of. What happens if, however unlikely, someone were to hack my car? They could potentially crash my car and leave without a trace. I think we really need to take a step back and ask if the benefits outweigh the potential costs/risks.

This is absolutely incredible. This is why mathematics is so amazing, that something so small can be missed for centuries. All about how to look at things!