This Is How the National Reconnaissance Office Plays Where’s Waldo

This Is How the National Reconnaissance Office Plays Where's Waldo

Some people take Where’s Waldo incredibly seriously—and then there’s the U.S. intelligence services. It’s all harmless fun until someone’s finger slips on the Dispatch Drone button. [XKCD]

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Free Speech Doesn’t Mean You Can Say What the Hell You Like Online

Free Speech Doesn't Mean You Can Say What the Hell You Like Online

Your right to free speech means that the government can’t arrest you for what you say, but it doesn’t means that anyone—anyone—has to listen the crap you come out with.

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This Cartoon Is the Simplest Explanation of Heartbleed Yet

This Cartoon Is the Simplest Explanation of Heartbleed Yet

You may have read some long explainers about how Heartbleed works , but this cartoon is the simplest description you’ll see of the bug.

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Even If Heartbleed Loses Your Data, You Still Have Your Thoughts

Even If Heartbleed Loses Your Data, You Still Have Your Thoughts

Heartbleed may be one of the biggest internet security flaws to date, and it may see you lose your emails, identity, passwords and who knows what else. But hey! At least you’ll always have your memories.

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Computers Are Only Great Because of the People Behind Them

Computers Are Only Great Because of the People Behind Them

Next time you’re sat mashing keys, wildly frustrated because something is proving so difficult to get done, remember that the majority of computing tasks are only straightforward because someone already made them easy.

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A Simple Flowchart to Work Out If You Should Take a Selfie

A Simple Flowchart to Work Out If You Should Take a Selfie

If you sometimes find it hard to read social situations and establish if it’s an appropriate time to be taking photographs of yourself with your phone, here’s a simple flowchart to make the decision making process a little easier. [Doghouse Diaries]

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A Guide to Programming for Non-Programmers

A Guide to Programming for Non-Programmers

Coding: how hard can it be ? Take a few ideas, type a few lines of letters and numbers, sprinkle with some rarely used punctuation marks and—boom—you have software! Right?

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Any Technology Whose Manual Needs a Manual Is Bad Technology

Any Technology Whose Manual Needs a Manual Is Bad Technology

Not all technologies are created equal: some are easy to use, some are tough to get to grips with, and others are downright impossible to get working.

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Not All Online Editors Are Made Equal

Not All Online Editors Are Made Equal

What you see is possibly perhaps maybe slightly tangentially almost related to what you may or may not get. Or, WYSIPPMSTARTWYMOMNG as I like to call it. [XKCD]

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The Time Everywhere, Right Now, Beautifully Visualized

The Time Everywhere, Right Now, Beautifully VisualizedToday’s XKCD really is wonderful: called Now, it’s a simple clock which shows you what time it is in the world right… now, and changes each time you check back on it.

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