Guido van Rossum: “I'm basically giving myself a permanent vacation from being BDFL”
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-committers/2018-July/005664.html
Record terminal sessions as SVG animations
https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg
“Stylish” browser extension steals all your internet history
https://robertheaton.com/2018/07/02/stylish-browser-extension-steals-your-internet-history/
Unified access to the best community-driven cheat sheets repositories
https://github.com/chubin/cheat.sh
Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at EU copyright law
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44696302
Google to developers: We take down your extension because we can https://palant.de/2018/07/03/google-to-developers-we-take-down-your-extension-because-we-can
China Finds Zen: Begins Production Of x86 Processors Based On AMD's IP
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/china-zen-x86-processor-dryhana,37417.html
The oldest, active Linux distro, Slackware, turns 25
https://opensource.com/article/18/7/stackware-turns-25
How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/how-a-microsoft-font-brought-down-pakistani-prime-minister-nawaz-sharif/article35828938/
Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon Edition - See What's New
Maslow open source cnc machine
http://www.maslowcnc.com/
Learn how to design large-scale systems.
https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer
MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros
Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing?https://williambharding.com/blog/technology/linux-touchpad-like-a-macbook-goal-worth-pursuing/
Digital Exile: How I Got Banned for Life from AirBnB
https://medium.com/@jacksoncunningham/digital-exile-how-i-got-banned-for-life-from-airbnb-615434c6eeba
Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager
https://bitwarden.com/
ESLint compromised, may have stolen your credentials
In short: Someone has published a version 3.7.2 of eslint-scope that contains unwanted code. The code tries to read your credentials and send them to some tracking pages.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17513709
Amazon’s share of the US e-commerce market is now 49%, or 5% of all retail spend
Prime Down: Amazon’s sale day turns into fail day
https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/16/prime-down-amazons-sale-day-turns-into-fail-day/
3:30pm EDT: It’s 30 minutes past the launch of Prime Day and the landing page and deal navigation page is still down.
Jeff Bezos Becomes the Richest Man in Modern History, Topping $150 Billion
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-16/happy-prime-day-jeff-amazon-ceo-s-net-worth-tops-150-billion