Thursday, December 14, 2017

I'm Playing Minecraft

The most dramatic cybersecurity story of 2016 came to a quiet conclusion Friday in an Anchorage courtroom.
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WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE
THE MIRAI BOTNET'S HUMBLE ORIGINS
How A Dorm Room Minecraft Scam Brought Down The Internet
wired.com
The most dramatic cybersecurity story of 2016 came to a quiet conclusion Friday in an Anchorage courtroom.
USING PORN SITES, OF COURSE
How To Create Web Traffic 'Out Of Thin Air'
buzzfeed.com
Unscrupulous ad networks and publishers have come up with a way to generate massive amounts of fake traffic and ad impressions. And like many things on the internet, it traces its origins to porn.
INTERNET OUTRAGE, PRE-TWITTER
The Park Slope 'Blue Hat' Incident, 10 Years Later
thecut.com
One winter day in 2006, a good Samaritan named Alice posted to a community listserv: "Found: Boy's Blue Hat." The moment she clicked "send" unwittingly precipitated an iconic moment in modern Brooklyn parenting and early social media.
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RETAIL HELL
THIS IS APPALLING
Clothing Companies Are Trashing Unsold Merchandise Instead Of Donating It
theoutline.com
Retailers like H&M worry that donating unsold clothing would undercut their business — why pay full price for an H&M shirt if you can just get one at a thrift store?
THE ACTUAL REASON FOR THE SEASON
The 2017 Hater's Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog
adequateman.deadspin.com
While this catalog may look like a talisman of yuppie waste, designed to lure in aspirational marks who have already ceded to living the bulk of their lives in monstrous, crippling debt… I'm here to tell you this catalog is THERAPY. It is an escape.
NOTTY INTO IT
I Hate My Squatty Potty
gizmodo.com
It helps you poop, but is it made for the modern bathroom?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
NOT IDEAL
Plane Takes Off From An Aircraft Carrier... Directly Into A Wave
digg.com
A 1971 clip from the USS Ticonderoga shows a submarine tracking plane running straight into a rogue wave.
IN THE NEWS
Disney To Acquire Some Assets Of Fox For $52.4 Billion
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock Admits To History Of Sexual Misconduct
Music Mogul Russell Simmons Is Accused Of Rape By Multiple Women
PBS Suspends 'Tavis Smiley' Following Sexual Misconduct Investigation
What We Know About The Drama Surrounding Omarosa's Sudden White House Exit
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21 Gifts Your Dad Actually Wants
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Dad may say he doesn't want you to get him anything, but what he really wants is for you to get something on this list.
Folks, it's Thursday. Have a good one, okay?