Random Forest — Mystery Revealed

https://towardsdatascience.com/random-forest-mystery-revealed-69ca18b82ff5
The ins and outs of the Random Forest. Bears? Tigers? Lions?

A Simple Proposal to Help Fix Corporate America’s Cybersecurity Problem

https://medium.com/the-new-york-times/a-simple-proposal-to-help-fix-corporate-americas-cybersecurity-problem-f6f4c62ef963
Pretty well buried in the article, but good advice nonetheless.

Paper Airplane Designs A database of paper airplanes with easy to follow folding instructions.

https://www.foldnfly.com/index.html
If you want to amuse yourself or your kids.

An anonymous 4chan post could help solve a 25-year-old math mystery

https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18019464/4chan-anon-anime-haruhi-math-mystery
This has it all: anime, 4chan, anonymous poster, math, you name it.

The D in Systemd stands for 'Dammmmit!' A nasty DHCPv6 packet can pwn a vulnerable Linux box

https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2018/10/26/systemd_dhcpv6_rce/
More fodder for those of us who aren't big systemd fans.

Create compelling Documentation with Github Pages

https://medium.com/@thomas.reinecke/create-compelling-documentation-with-github-pages-16e4149efe9e
Kinda crazy, but a Vue.js front-end for GitHub documentation pages. 

Jerry Hargrove - Cloud Diagrams & Notes

https://www.awsgeek.com/
AWS services explained in graphics

What is Benford’s Law and why is it important for data science?

https://towardsdatascience.com/what-is-benfords-law-and-why-is-it-important-for-data-science-312cb8b61048
Obscure numeric law can serve as a great sanity check.

The lesser known amazing things VueRouter can do

https://medium.com/@NAPOLEON039/the-lesser-known-amazing-things-vuerouter-can-do-3fbb2c191c00
A part of Vue.je: the router

The World's Most Powerful, Yet Simple-To-Use Doodle Video Creator

https://www.doodly.com/special-one-time-price.php?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=img&utm_campaign=doodly&utm_term=interests&utm_content=video_editor
Interesting take on whiteboard animations

190 universities just launched 600 free online courses. Here’s the full list.

https://qz.com/1437623/600-free-online-courses-you-can-take-from-universities-worldwide/
Free online courses. Could be the start of a marketplace?

I analyzed 10 million podcast episodes to find the average length

https://blog.pacific-content.com/how-long-is-the-average-podcast-episode-81cd5f8dff47
Not saying what's right, just what's popular.

SeekTable online pivot tables, pivot charts and datagrid reports

https://www.seektable.com/
Online datagrid and charting tool

A detailed breakdown of Brian Dean's moving man link building tactic

https://tend.io/blog/breakdown-of-brian-deans-moving-man-method
Detailed walkthrough on implementing the moving man SEO technique.

The Definitive Guide To SEO In 2019

https://backlinko.com/seo-this-year
What's the latest trends in SEO: RankBrain and snippets

Flarum is the next-generation forum software that makes online discussion fun. It's simple, fast, and free.

https://flarum.org/
Wow! people are still writing new forum platforms.

Ship custom analytics for your users quickly & without headaches User-facing metrics

https://keen.io/
Streaming analytics platform. Wish they had more demos.

SeekTable online pivot tables, pivot charts and datagrid reports

https://www.seektable.com/
Interesting online table and chart tool.

Programming is Taught in Exactly the Wrong Way

https://medium.com/@dawsoneliasen/programming-is-taught-in-exactly-the-wrong-way-7c88181daa96
Interesting plea to teach OOP top-down, but precious short on actual pedagogy.

‘Logit’ of Logistic Regression; Understanding the Fundamentals

https://towardsdatascience.com/logit-of-logistic-regression-understanding-the-fundamentals-f384152a33d1
Pretty math-heavy article about logistic regression.

Stop Overlooking These Essential Skills

https://medium.com/@JohnMashni/stop-overlooking-these-essential-skills-b39714033602
Simple, basic lessons we all need.

Using Unsupervised Learning to plan a vacation to Paris: Geo-location clustering

https://towardsdatascience.com/using-unsupervised-learning-to-plan-a-paris-vacation-geo-location-clustering-d0337b4210de
Interesting (though maybe not totally successful) exercise in geographic clustering.

Secure Email Based in Switzerland

https://protonmail.com/
Interesting alternative to Gmail.

Apache Superset (incubating)

https://superset.incubator.apache.org/index.html
New visualization tool from Apache. Interesting one-table limitation.

Google Academy for Ads

https://academy.exceedlms.com/student/catalog
Google's latest training partner. Hopefully this goes better.

7 Counterintuitive Rules for Growing Your Business Super-Fast

https://medium.com/s/story/7-counterintuitive-rules-for-growing-your-business-super-fast-9dcdc2bfc649
Some interesting ideas here, though I dislike the term "blitzscaling"

Why every Data Scientist should use Dask?

https://towardsdatascience.com/why-every-data-scientist-should-use-dask-81b2b850e15b
Does Dask fill some of the same space as Databricks?

Basic Time Series Manipulation with Pandas

https://towardsdatascience.com/basic-time-series-manipulation-with-pandas-4432afee64ea
Time series with Pandas in Python

Learning How to be Original

https://medium.com/swlh/originals-how-non-conformists-move-the-world-adam-grant-4b3baa55780
You're more creative than you think: just get stuff out there.

Modern PHP Developer - Iterator

https://www.startutorial.com/articles/view/modern-php-developer-iterator
Good introduction to an under-used pattern: The php Iterator class.

e107 v2 Bootstrap CMS

https://e107.org/
Yet another open source PHP CMS. This one actually has plugins and themes. 

How I’ve Attracted The First 500 Paid Users For My SaaS That Costs $5/mo

https://blog.inkdrop.info/how-ive-attracted-the-first-500-paid-users-for-my-saas-that-costs-5-mo-7a5b94b8e820
How to bootstrap your SaaS startup.

Reusable Vue / Vuetify components

https://medium.com/@nickp34/reusable-vue-vuetify-components-79c4d2f8b130
A new way to reuse vue components.

Secure your web application with these HTTP headers

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/secure-your-web-application-with-these-http-headers-fd66e0367628
Security headers, some old, some new.

Jupyter Magics with SQL

https://towardsdatascience.com/jupyter-magics-with-sql-921370099589
Cool intro to using SQL magics in Jupyter notebook. 

A Big Tech Company Is Working to Free the Internet from Big Tech Companies

https://medium.com/mit-technology-review/a-big-tech-company-is-working-to-free-the-internet-from-big-tech-companies-df2d8aceee47
We'll see if the Interplanetary File System gets critical mass.

2018 State of Progressive Web Apps

https://medium.com/progressive-web-apps/2018-state-of-progressive-web-apps-f7517d43ba70
Between app and web page, progressive web apps are the way to go, imho.

Take Control 2018 Survey Results

https://www.takecontrolbooks.com/blog/take-control-2018-survey-results
Survey results on what kind of technical books Mac users want.

Unit testing your API in Laravel

https://medium.com/@mscherrenberg/unit-testing-your-api-in-laravel-5-6-7172bcdc593d
Unit testing an API in laravel. I need this.

Open Source Audio PROJECTS

http://www.electronics-lab.com/projectcategory/projects/audio/
kinda uneven site, but some useful projects here.

The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/oct/14/the-lost-art-of-concentration-being-distracted-in-a-digital-world
tl;dr: what? 

1 Super Rare Sign That Proves You Are Meant to Lead People (But It May Cause a Gag Reflex for Most)

https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/this-rarely-seen-leadership-practice-is-now-linked-to-happier-workplaces-motivated-employees-says-research.html
tl:dr: Be Kind

Top 5 Contemporary Software Engineering Books

https://medium.com/ki-labs-engineering/top-5-contemporary-software-engineering-books-8b5ca6a28e83
I've put a couple of these on my amazon wish list.

Combobox

https://vuetifyjs.com/en/components/combobox
this is the vue.js combo box i want to use on an upcoming project. 

The Ultimate Guide to Making Smart Decisions

https://fs.blog/smart-decisions/
How to make better decisions

Systems Monitoring: top vs Htop vs Glances

http://tech.marksblogg.com/top-htop-glances.html
Opensource python tool claims to give better view than htop

Circular Audio Wave — JS Library for Audio Visualization in Circular Waveform

https://medium.com/@kelvinau4413/circular-audio-wave-js-library-for-audio-visualization-in-circular-waveform-49afe0aa87a
Interesting visualization of audio.

Using Request and Response Macros

https://pineco.de/using-request-and-response-macros/
Using macros in Laravel. I've never done it, but it could be useful.

The 8-dimensional space that must be searched for alien life

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612232/the-8-dimensional-space-that-must-be-searched-for-alien-life/
Has SETI failed, or not quite started?

The high-risk, high-reward world of selling stuff on Amazon

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/09/tech/amazon-sellers-marketplace/index.html
Selling on Amazon? Is Amazon really your partner? 

ECharts

https://ecomfe.github.io/echarts-doc/public/en/index.html
fairly amazing-looking JavaScript charting package from the baidu people.

Dive into PCA (Principal Component Analysis) with Python

https://towardsdatascience.com/dive-into-pca-principal-component-analysis-with-python-43ded13ead21
ML classification with Principal Component Analysis. Moderately deep dive. 

Tcpdump Primer and Tutorial With Examples

https://danielmiessler.com/study/tcpdump/
Very nice TCPdump tutorial.

Sans Forgetica

http://sansforgetica.rmit/
Interesting neuroscience: make a font that's hard to read to you have to concentrate on the material.

SimpleSAMLphp is an award-winning application written in native PHP that deals with authentication.

https://simplesamlphp.org/
A SAML library written in PHP. Doesn't get as much press as OAuth or LDAP.

The 50 Best Anime Series of All Time

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/10/the-50-best-anime-series-of-all-time.html
A few of these I've see, and definitely agree with #1.

Using Spaced Repetition to Supercharge Your Habits

https://betterhumans.coach.me/using-spaced-repetition-to-supercharge-your-habits-9f4f0d31bd3b
Stress and relax to exercise your learning.

How to use APIs with Pandas and store the results in Redshift

https://medium.com/@ericsalesdeandrade/how-to-call-rest-apis-with-pandas-and-store-the-results-in-redshift-2b35f40aa98f
From python notebook to persisting the data in Redshift.

Laravel/Vue.js simple form submission using Vue components.

https://medium.com/@mscherrenberg/laravel-5-6-vue-js-simple-form-submission-using-components-92b6d5fd4434
Intro to making Vue.js and Laravel play nice together.

Yes, I coded a Semaphore and no, I am not an OS developer.

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/yes-i-coded-a-semaphore-and-no-i-am-not-an-os-developer-c721650e1887
Intro to C semaphores.

Cities Held For Ransom — Lessons From Atlanta’s Cyber Extortion

https://medium.com/forbes/cities-held-for-ransom-lessons-from-atlantas-cyber-extortion-59af7ce866e1
Sorta short on details on Atlanta's cyber hijacking.

Create an RSS feed from any website using Apify

https://www.mozzafiller.com/posts/create-an-rss-feed-from-any-website-using-apify
For those few platforms that don't provide an RSS feed, here's a webscraper to create one.

JavaScript Frameworks, Performance Comparison

https://medium.com/@ajmeyghani/javascript-frameworks-performance-comparison-c566d19ab65b
Comparing the performance of modern JS frameworks, some I've never heard of.

Welcome to Solid

https://solid.inrupt.com/
SIr Tim B-L's latest project. I'm still not sure I get it, or what the uptake will be.

A Google intern built the AI behind these shockingly good fake images

https://www.fastcompany.com/90244767/see-the-shockingly-realistic-images-made-by-googles-new-ai
Cool what you can do with a near-infinite amount of compute power.

Why I chose Vue.js over React

https://medium.com/@luistinygod/why-i-chose-vue-js-over-react-509ad12d7b53
Less learning curve and friction.

Python HOW: Connect to, and Manage a Database

https://medium.com/@DrGabrielA81/python-how-connect-to-and-manage-a-database-68b113a5ca62
Intro to database manipulation via the python odbc library.

Backlinks: The Definitive Guide

https://backlinko.com/backlinks-guide
The best guide for building the highest-value SEO: backlinks.

How to rapidly test dozens of deep learning models in Python

https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-rapidly-test-dozens-of-deep-learning-models-in-python-cb839b518531
Put the creation of neural networks in a for loop and see which is best.

7 Things You Can Do to Reignite Your Creative Spark

https://medium.com/the-mission/7-things-you-can-do-to-reignite-your-creative-spark-70e3a0d4ba59
In short: mix things up.

Note Taking Apps Showdown: Evernote vs. Microsoft OneNote

https://zapier.com/blog/evernote-vs-onenote/
Evernote vs. Onenote. Pros and Cons

Why a Tennis Ball Goes Flying When Bounced on a Basketball

https://www.wired.com/story/why-a-tennis-ball-goes-flying-when-bounced-on-a-basketball
First encountered this in the Flying Circus of Physics. Complete with Python code. 

The New Startup South

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-06-21/the-textile-town-becoming-the-silicon-valley-of-the-south
Greenville, SC as case study in transforming an economy.

Deep Work: How to Develop the Most Valuable Skill of the 21st Century

https://medium.com/swlh/deep-work-how-to-develop-the-most-valuable-skill-of-the-21st-century-5ab655e13a42
Will deep work be the only kind of work that's not automated soon?

The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002106
Excellent journal article about statistical fudging in scientific papers. 

30 Days to a Smarter Brain (How to Rapidly Improve How You Think)

https://medium.com/personal-growth/30-days-to-a-smarter-brain-how-to-rapidly-improve-how-you-think-5a5fca4db3cc
Push, read, write, move, rest.

How Books and Television Affect Your Brain Differently, According to Science

https://medium.com/@melissachu/how-books-and-television-affect-your-brain-differently-according-to-science-34ca8be1493
Yes, books and TV affect us differently. Any guesses as to which one's better?

11 Javascript Data Visualization Libraries for 2018

https://blog.bitsrc.io/11-javascript-charts-and-data-visualization-libraries-for-2018-f01a283a5727
JavaScript visualization libraries. Some of the top contenders from years past, with a few new ones.

Extra Can Never Be Enough

https://artplusmarketing.com/extra-can-never-be-enough-8a2248096c9f
Hints on uncluttering

Bossies 2018: The Best of Open Source Software Awards

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3306843/open-source-tools/bossies-2018-the-best-of-open-source-software-awards.html
Infoworld's annual open source awards. In cloud computing, everything's coming up containers.