Crowds Cough Up More Than $12K for Facebook Hacker
- Aug
- 22
The hacker who uncovered a bug on Facebook earlier this week may indeed get a reward for his efforts, but not from the social network itself. After it became clear that Facebook would not pay Khalil Shreateh a bug bounty for his discovery, arguing that he had violated the site’s Terms of Service, a crowdfunding effort launched on GoFundMe to raise funds for Shreateh — an unemployed Palestinian programmer — independently.
Raspberry Strudel: My Raspberry Pi in Austria
- Aug
- 22
I remember my first colocated server rather fondly. It was a 1U Supermicro that had
been decommissioned from my employer after a few years’ service. Although it was too
old and slow for my company, the 800MHz CPU, 1GB RAM and 36GB SCSI storage was
perfect for my needs back in 2005. A friend was kind enough to allow me to colocate
the server at his facility for free. more>>
Open Source Meets Textbook Publishing – Much Cash Freed Up
- Aug
- 22
There’s no denying the growing impact of open source software in today’s business landscape, but for those who want additional proof of the open approach’s viability, there’s OpenStax College. Since 2012, the initiative has been producing peer-reviewed open source textbooks under a Creative Commons license. This year, the organization expects to save some 40,000 students about $3.7 million.