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Jul 27, 2023

Crypto and the US government are headed for a decisive showdown →

Gary Gensler, whom Joe Biden appointed to chair the SEC, has for years made clear that he believes most crypto assets qualify as securities. His agency is now putting that belief into practice.

Jul 27, 2023

CNET's Article-Writing AI Is Already Publishing Very Dumb Errors →

CNET is now letting an AI write articles for its site. The problem? It's kind of a moron.

Jul 26, 2023

If other media companies thought about brand equity the way Elon Musk thinks about Twitter's (er, X's) →

Elon Musk has decided to throw away more than a decade of brand equity by changing the name of Twitter to ... the letter X. Imagine if more media executives followed his lead.

Jul 26, 2023

An obituary for the man who saved North Carolina from nuclear disaster →

Dr. Jack ReVelle disarmed two hydrogen bombs that accidentally fell out of a B-52 bomber over Eastern North Carolina during the Cold War.

Jul 25, 2023

There's a reason every hit worship song sounds the same →

A new study found that the most popular worship songs come from a handful of megachurches with a knack for writing pop songs about what God will do for you.

Jul 25, 2023

LinkedIn and Microsoft Entra introduce a new way to verify your workplace →

Today, we're thrilled to announce that by the end of this month, LinkedIn members will be able to verify where they work with a Microsoft Entra Verified ID credential. By simply looking for a verification checkmark, companies and professionals can now be confident that candidates, recruiters, and opportunities are truly who and what they say they are!

More of this, please!

Jul 25, 2023

How Pingora Keeps Count →

In this blogpost, we explain and open source the counting algorithm that powers Pingora.

Always fun to learn about new algorithms, in this case count–min sketch (CM sketch) estimation.

Jul 25, 2023

The Power of the Check Point Mafia →

A brief look at how a few security companies got to define the present state of the industry.

Jul 24, 2023

Twenty-Five Years of White House Cyber Policies →

Despite the various iterations of cyber strategies (and the effort of those who worked to create and implement them) over the years, many underlying cyber problems facing the United States today are worse than they were in 1998. Accordingly, something needs to change if the impact of this strategy is going to be any different.

Comparing the new strategy with those of the past decades highlights how U.S. cyber policy has changed and where this strategy most represents continuity or change. The most important topics of comparison are the promise and threats of cyberspace, getting markets to deliver security, partnerships between the public and private sectors, and countering adversaries.

Jul 24, 2023

Coastal Cities Priced Out Low-Wage Workers. Now College Graduates Are Leaving, Too. →

Educated workers, dating to even before the pandemic, have been migrating away from the most prosperous parts of the country.

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H. Parker Shelton

I'm just an ordinary thirty-something who's had some extraordinary opportunities. I graduated from Johns Hopkins University, work for Microsoft in Silicon Valley, code websites and applications, take the occasional photograph, and keep a constant eye on current events, politics, and technology. This blog is the best of what catches that eye.

 
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