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New York Student Selling His Private Data on Kickstarter
Federico Zannier is trying to find out. Emails, chat logs, location data, browser history, screenshots—you name it, the New York-based software developer is selling it all. With a Kickstarter campaign launched earlier this month, Zannier, a 28-year-old Italian-born master’s student at NYU, is offering to hand over a day’s digital footprint for a measly $2.
http://slate.me/10uxaon
This 17-Year-Old Coder Is Saving Twitter From TV Spoilers
Imagine you forget to watch a new episode of Game of Thrones the night it airs. Even if coworkers stay mum about important plot points, Twitter is abuzz with spoilers. Fortunately, there’s Twivo, a new program that allows Twitter users to censor their feeds from mentioning a certain TV show (and its characters) for a set time period. Jennie Lamere, a 17-year-old girl, invented the software last month—and won the grand prize at a national coding competition where Lamere was the only female who presented a project, and the only developer to work alone. Internet: Meet the reason we need more women in tech.
(From Mother Jones)
How To Tell If A Toy Is For Boys or Girls
Time to remind people…
(Need to remind people from http://scidoll.com/an-open-letter-to-tesco/)
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What ingredients does it take to make you? -
partysoft is made of Classical, sapphires, and desperation. With a dash of the South.
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rachael is made of dice, comics, and kindness. With a dash of the 90s.
anluan is made of mirrors, sugar, and lies. With a dash of cuddles.
Allegra is made of Trance, caramel, and shadows. With a dash of old school.Cheri is made of frowns, beer, and awkwardness. With a dash of fanfiction.
this is the most sadly accurate thing i’ve seen in my lifenonaraptor is made of Techno, Romance, and ammunition. With a dash of Dreamworks.
yeah could be worse :)
Cuy is made of Opera, hyenas, and kindness. With a dash of Godzilla.
Fuck yeah, Hyenas!
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