Python “is often described as being slow when it comes to performance… But is that truly the case?” writes Patrick Wohlschlegel, Arm’s senior product manager for infrastructure and high-performance computing tools. Slashdot reader igor.sfiligoi writes: Effectively profiling Python has always been a pain. Arm recently announced that their Arm Forge is now able to profile…
Addressable 7-Segment Displays May Make Multiplexing a Thing of the Past
[Sean Hodgins] has a knack for coming up with simple solutions that can make a big difference, but this is one of those “Why didn’t I think of that?” things: addressable seven-segment LED displays. [Sean]’s design is basically a merging of everyone’s favorite Neopixel RGB LED driver with the ubiquitous seven-segment display. The WS2811 addressable…
How Etsy Sellers and Big Business Make Money on Public Domain Art
“Some people have figured out how to turn reselling public domain content into side hustles,” reports Motherboard: On Etsy, there are thousands of listings for downloadable prints and lithographs that are in the public domain. The concept is pretty simple: these merchants round up and download the most visually beautiful art in the public domain,…
Legendary Mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah Dies at Age 89
“One of the world’s foremost mathematicians, Prof Sir Michael Atiyah, has died at the age of 89,” reports the BBC. “He has been described to me by more than one professor of mathematics as the best mathematician in this country since Sir Isaac Newton,” his brother tells the BBC. Slashdot reader OneHundredAndTen shared their report:…
German Police Ask Router Owners For Help In Identifying a Bomber’s MAC Address
An anonymous reader quotes ZDNet: German authorities have asked the public for help in surfacing more details and potentially identifying the owner of a MAC address known to have been used by a bomber in late 2017… The MAC address is f8:e0:79:af:57:eb. Brandenburg police say it belongs to a suspect who tried to blackmail German…
Electromagnetic 7-Segment Display Easy on the Eyes AND the Ears
We love electromagnetic displays: take the modern look of a digital readout, combine with the low-tech coil mechanism that you theoretically could create yourself, add a dash of random clacking sounds, and what’s not to like? Evidently, [Nicolas Kruse] shares our affection for these displays, because he’s taken it beyond theory and created a 7-segment…
Shutdown: Government sites with lapsed security certificates pose risk – CNET
The federal closure seems to have led to expired certificates, and without them, hackers can get between you and the website you’re visiting. …read more Source:: CNet
Do Social Media Bots Have a Right To Free Speech?
One study found that 66% of tweets with links were posted by “suspected bots” — with an even higher percentage for certain kinds of content. Now a new California law will require bots to disclose that they are bots. But does that violate the bots’ freedom of speech, asks Laurent Sacharoff, a law professor at…
Unprecedented DNS Hijacking Attacks Linked To Iran
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Facebook Staff Discussed Cashing In On User Data, Reports Say
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