Audio / Audio Engineering Magazine

https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Audio-Magazine.htm
Great source of vintage audio info

How (not) to use Machine Learning for time series forecasting: Avoiding the pitfalls

https://towardsdatascience.com/how-not-to-use-machine-learning-for-time-series-forecasting-avoiding-the-pitfalls-19f9d7adf424
Yeah, projecting time series can be really tricky. 

Program a Baofeng Radio with CHIRP Copyright © GeekPrepper.org Read more at: http://geekprepper.org/program-a-baofeng-radio-with-chirp/

http://geekprepper.org/program-a-baofeng-radio-with-chirp/
Using CHIRP with a Baofeng

Six things that make a great software developer

https://blog.usejournal.com/six-things-that-make-a-great-software-developer-9369ecb6ce3
Surprising perspective in that logic and mathematical prowess are absent.

WireGuard VPN review: A new type of VPN offers serious advantages

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/08/wireguard-vpn-review-fast-connections-amaze-but-windows-support-needs-to-happen/
If it's easier than OpenVPN, I'm in.

Down the Security Rabbit Hole

https://medium.com/s/the-firewall/down-the-security-rabbit-hole-31327f47743d
Tails vs. Whonix

How we avoided if/else and wrote extendable code with Strategy Pattern

https://itnext.io/how-we-avoided-if-else-and-wrote-extendable-code-with-strategy-pattern-256e34b90caf
The strategy pattern looks a lot like dependency injection. 

The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5nzx4/what-was-the-first-blockchain
Claims to be a paper blockchain, more like a hash. 

A sysadmin's guide to containers

https://opensource.com/article/18/8/sysadmins-guide-containers
How docker works for us old sysadmins. 

The Laravel Admin Panel That You Need

https://www.codewall.co.uk/the-laravel-admin-panel-that-you-need/
How about an open-source Laravel Admin Panel?

The Milky Way Died 7 Billion Years Ago And Came Back To Life

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/deep-space/a22823197/the-milky-way-died-7-billion-years-ago-and-came-back-to-life/
Is the Milky Way a two-stage galaxy? Could be...

Psychologists have surprising advice for people who feel unmotivated

https://qz.com/work/1363911/two-psychologists-have-a-surprising-theory-on-how-to-get-motivated/
Interesting twist on how to get motivated. Give Advice. 

Why do startups fail? A postmortem of 256 failed startups.

https://hackernoon.com/why-do-startups-fail-a-postmortem-of-256-failed-startups-fb157a16d98b
Great survey of failed startups. Tl;dr Money and Product

Laravel Nova vs Laravel Backpack: a review of the features

https://medium.com/@nico_34239/laravel-nova-vs-laravel-backpack-a-review-of-the-features-6ce8b8639fab
Use cases for Laravel Backpack vs. Nova

How to use SSH properly and what is SSH Agent Forwarding

https://dev.to/levivm/how-to-use-ssh-and-ssh-agent-forwarding-more-secure-ssh-2c32
SSH forwarding and SSH Agent howto

Best Open Source Tools For Developers

https://dev.to/sarthology/best-open-source-tools-for-developers--300f
Surprisingly, I'm unfamiliar with most of these.

Modern JavaScript Explained For Dinosaurs

https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/modern-javascript-explained-for-dinosaurs-f695e9747b70
Yes, modern JavaScript development can turn into a hot mess. 

A battle-tested marketing strategy any company can use

https://medium.com/swlh/a-battle-tested-marketing-strategy-any-company-can-use-95810d4fb796
Get the word out. 

Robot security guards will be pointless until they’re terrifying

https://theoutline.com/post/5959/who-watches-the-bot-men
Security guards are supposed to be active deterrents, not passive detectors.

The Fight to Secure Vulnerable Medical Devices From Hackers

http://nymag.com/selectall/2018/08/insecure-medical-devices-vulnerable-to-malicious-hacking.html
There's little standard for securing medical devices.

WTF is a supply-side platform

https://digiday.com/media/wtf-supply-side-platform/
Details of online adversiting

‘Peak Car’ and the End of an Industry

https://www.bloomberg.com/hyperdrive
Are the glory days of the auto industry over?

Podcasting websites made simple

https://ironmic.fm/ 
Interesting concept: taking a podcast RSS stream and turning it into a website. 

Steve Jobs Was Right When He Said Podcasts Were The Future Of Audio

https://www.forbes.com/sites/montymunford/2018/08/16/steve-jobs-was-right-when-he-said-podcasts-were-the-future-of-audio/#2e8559bd2025
Yes, the future of listening is Podcasting, even without iPods.

The seL4 Microkernel Security is no excuse for poor performance!

http://sel4.systems/
Interesting - a provably secure microkernel.

9 telescopes that will change how we see space

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/blogs/6-new-telescopes-that-will-change-the-way-we-see-space
Not all the new telescopes coming online are huge.

Using AWS EC2 instance store vs EBS for MySQL: how to increase performance and decrease cost

https://www.percona.com/blog/2018/08/20/using-aws-ec2-instance-store-vs-ebs-for-mysql-how-to-increase-performance-and-decrease-cost/
How to speed up MySQL on AWS, but there's some downsides.

A Look at Vim, a Text Editor for the Ages

https://thenewstack.io/a-look-at-vim-a-text-editor-for-the-ages/
Some of the history of Vim.

So Should I Follow My Passion or Not?

https://medium.com/@matt.tanner/so-should-i-follow-my-passion-or-not-e6af83d60479
There's more to satisfaction than "follow your passion"

Podcasting websites made simple

https://ironmic.fm/
Interesting concept: taking a podcast RSS stream and turning it into a website.