github.com/NCSC-NL/log4shell This repo contains operational information regarding the vulnerability in the Log4j logging library (CVE-2021-44228). For additional information see: NCSC-NL advisoryMITRE github.com/NCSC-NL/log4shell More: The Wall Street Journal: What Is the [log4shell] Vulnerability? thenewstack.io/log4shell-we-are-in-so-much-trouble As Bad as It Gets So how bad is Log4Shell really? As bad as it gets. According to the National Vulnerability Database …
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(WHO) Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern
who.int/news/item/26-11-2021-classification-of-omicron-(b.1.1.529)-sars-cov-2-variant-of-concern Matt’s Note: an abundance of caution must be exercised in trying to understand the impacts of a new Covid mutation at such an early stage and with such limited data. However: enough empirical evidence exists for the World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) to have labeled the B.1.1.529 SARS-CoV-2 …
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(Joel Spolsky) NDAs and Contracts you Should Never Sign
Matt’s note: I suspect this post will have limited relevance to most people Still, given my recent unfortunate employment situation I keep thinking back to this article. I increasingly believe more people (in any industry, technology or otherwise) can benefit from Joel’s advice: (And I’m happy I hired an employment lawyer before my last job) …
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(Rush Doshi) The Long Game
rushdoshi.com For more than a century, no US adversary or coalition of adversaries not Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, or the Soviet Union has ever reached sixty percent of US GDP. China is the sole exception, and it is fast emerging into a global superpower that could rival, if not eclipse, the United States. What does …
(United Nations) Climate Change AR6 Sixth Assesment Report – Summary for Policymakers
ipcc.ch/report/ar6/HBITwg1/ ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/ At 2°C global warming and above, the level of confidence in and the magnitude of the change in droughts and heavy and mean precipitation increase compared to those at 1.5°C. Heavy precipitation and associated flooding events are projected to become more intense and frequent in the Pacific Islands and across many regions of …
(The New York Times) How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol
As part of a six-month investigation, The Times synchronized and mapped thousands of videos and police audio of the U.S. Capitol riot to provide the most complete picture to date of what happened — and why. More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism Previously: Home
(Lina M. Khan) Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox
Lina Khan is a noted academic and legal scholar specializing in antitrust and competition law in the United States. Ms. Khan was named chair to the Federal Trade Commission in an unexpected move by the Biden administration, which speculators believe may implicate pending antitrust enforcement policy. She was confirmed to the seat on Tuesday, June …
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(Nassim Nicholas Taleb) Bitcoin, Currencies, and Fragility
Matt’s Note: Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a noted author, mathematical statistician, and financial risk analyst most famous for popularizing the term Black Swan. He is also known for having articulated an intuitive and mathematical approach to understanding how uncertainty and randomness impact people’s lives. (I’ll read his books eventually, I swear) fooledbyrandomnessdotcom.wordpress.com In its current …
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(Martin Feldstein) Inflation and the Stock Market
ssrn.com/abstract=253123 This paper explains why the level of share prices has failed to rise during a decade of substantial inflation. Instead, the share value per dollar of real pretax earnings fell from 10.82 in 1967 to 6.65 in 1976. The analysis here shows that the inverse relation between higher inflation and lower share prices during …
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(Claude B. Erb) Bitcoin is Exactly Like Gold Except When it Isn’t
Matt’s note: Claude B. Erb has co-authored papers with Duke Finance Professor and financial technologist Campbell Harvey on a few occasions to examine the financial properties of gold ssrn.com/abstract=3746997 Bitcoin is Exactly Like Gold Except When it Isn’t Bitcoin has been described as digital gold. The phrase digital gold may be a brilliant and highly …
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