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map.ipviking.com

completely awesome attack map for network attacks --- sooooo coool

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itworld.com/article/2854036/unix-tricks-with-history.html
tricks with unix history


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themanual.org/read/issues/4/paul-ford/article

Paul ford on file formats


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enterprisetech.com/2014/11/14/rare-peek-massive-scale-aws
how gigantic AWS infrastructure actually is -- custom gear (5 million servers?),
custom networking stuff (networking is a huge problem for them, and a rising cost)

this is interesting because these people are managing things on a scale that doesn't
exist anywhere else on the planet right now.
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radar.oreilly.com/2014/12/where-apps-end-and-the-system-begins.html

following a simple print call down the stack
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itworld.com/article/2857130/unix-best-time-savers.html#tk.rss_unixasasecondlanguage

awesome shortcuts and clever commands that you can use as aliases
the bash shortcut table is totally worth it alone


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linuxvoice.com/nethack

cool history of nethack -- shoutout to dwarf fortress :-)


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dec0de.me/2014/11/remote
remote work for engineers

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curlpipesh.tumblr.com
blog.emillon.org/posts/2014-12-27-on-the-curl-sh-pattern.html

lots of trendy software being installed with curl $URL | sh
-this is stupid and insecure
-criticisms of that assertion, and responses
-apt-get authenticates FILES -- curl, at best (over https), authenticates a connection
(bad guys can crack the site and replace downloads with evil, etc.

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code.google.com/p/acme-sac
a programmer's editor, shell, and UI -- yes, running in a virtualized operating system
(inferno) running on windows.

I think emacs is going to get jealous.


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sbnation.com/2014/12/18/7382525/breaking-madden-johnny-manziel-browns
funny stuff.

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dinosaurspen.tumblr.com

Amazing pictures of old computers, important computer history stuff, etc. Check out margaret hamilton


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linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
linux command line book (online)

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codeschool.org

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