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It was because I didn't get a Sob story. Sadly, people ask for money and then you find out they have custom furniture in their offices and drive a Rolls Royce etc. [on what made him donate]
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Blog Essay: H.264 is Magic

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Nice long blog post about a ubiquitous video compression algorithm.

"H.264 is Magic"

H.264 is a video compression codec standard. It is ubiquitous - internet video, Blu-ray, phones, security cameras, drones, everything. Everything uses H.264 now.

H.264 is a remarkable piece of technology. It is the result of 30+ years of work with one single goal: To reduce the bandwidth required for transmission of full-motion video.

Technically, it is very interesting. This post will give insight into some of the details at a high level - I hope to not bore you too much with the intricacies. Also note that many of the concepts explained here apply to video compression in general, and not just H.264.


https://sidbala.com/h-264-is-magic/


24hrs of live board game playing streamed by my favorite players

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One of my favorite youtube board game channel is a group called "Game Night".  They are a bunch of nerds from board game geek (bgg) that do full playthroughs of board games.

They are going to play 24hrs of board games today (November 5) (noon GMT -8, 2pm forum time?) and stream it live.  Might be worth checking out:

STREAM: https://www.twitch.tv/boardgamegeektv

INFO: https://boardgamegee...-2016-livestream-nov


2016 Interactive Fiction Competition (classic text adventure games, etc.)

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The RockPaperShotgun blog has a nice blog post up today heralding the unveiling of the entries in the 2016 Interactive Fiction Competition (classic text adventure games, etc.).

This year, IF Comp 2016 opened with 58 entries, the largest selection of new games in its history. The presence of all these great new games is only part of what makes IF Comp exciting. It’s also a time when the IF community comes together to comment, review, and give feedback... And now you’re invited, at whatever level of involvement you like. You can play any of the games for free.

https://www.rockpape.../10/05/if-comp-2016/


HP "timebomb" prevents HP inkjet printers from using non-HP ink cartridges.

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Yahoo! accounts hacked... two years ago!

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Yahoo just announced yesterday about this hack that took place 2 years ago:

http://www.nytimes.c...y/yahoo-hackers.html

Yahoo announced on Thursday that the account information of at least 500 million users was stolen by hackers two years ago, in the biggest known intrusion of one company’s computer network.

In a statement, Yahoo said user information — including names, email addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, encrypted passwords and, in some cases, security questions — was compromised in 2014 by what it believed was a “state-sponsored actor.”


from New York Times


Super-sized Newsletter for Sep 18, 2016 - Codename: Catching Up with Cody

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Greetings!  It's been just over a year since the last DonationCoder newsletter -- way way too long (if you check in the user-to-user section below you'll read about one of the reasons why).  As usual, you'll find below a selection of some of the top recent threads from our discussion forum, along with a sprinkling of news about the website.  You'll also see a very belated section devoted to last year's NANY (New Apps for the New Year) 2016 event, and since this newsletter was so long in coming, you'll also see an item about the upcoming 2017 NANY event.  I promise the next newsletter will not be so long in coming.

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