Akhil V Menon

Learning and unlearning

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How a book written in 1910 could teach you calculus better than several books of today

[Calculus Made Easy, by Silvanus P. Thompson, 1910 - full text pdf: https://t.co/W4gspJoGQc or with the table of contents: https://t.co/55dkZAeGmv]

[April King 🌀 @CubicleApril]

Let’s say I have two cameras pointed at the front door of your house. One is mounted outside of your house, and the other inside.

They only turn on and record when someone enters or leaves your house, and are intended to accomplish the exact same thing.

Are they the same?

[Feross @feross]

@Apple This @EFF write-up explains why this backdoor is a disaster:

"To say that we are disappointed by Apple’s plans is an understatement."

"It is a shocking about-face for users who have relied on the company’s leadership in privacy and security"

https://t.co/TL3Fdnq9yV

[Feross @feross]

Now that Apple has willingly built spyware into iOS and macOS, within 10 years this tech will:

(1) be mandated by government in all end-to-end encrypted apps; and
(2) expand to scan for terrorism, disinformation, "misinformation", then eventually political images and memes.

1/5

[RetiredEngineer® @chiakokhua]

And also this:

[DuckDuckGo @DuckDuckGo]

Proving all the skeptics wrong, we've been profitable since 2014 and today, our revenue exceeds $100 million/yr, without ever tracking our users.

We're using these resources to build new ways to give users even more privacy for free, hold on to your feathers:

[Feross @feross]

🤩 Exciting news! I'm ready to share the project I've been working on for the past 2 months.

✨ Wormhole – the fastest way to send files ✨

Wormhole lets you share files with end-to-end encryption and it's super fast.

Send a file in just 2 seconds: https://t.co/7E1gTVWfBB

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

Note the timestamp

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

Even the fanciest people in the mid-1800s had NONE of these things. In 1920, most people still had none.

By 1960, everyone had the first batch of things and were all pleased, not knowing there were all these other things they didn't have yet.

What things do we not have yet?

[MIT CSAIL @MIT_CSAIL]

"Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the murderer." - Filipe Fortes

[MIT CSAIL @MIT_CSAIL]

Programming languages ranked by how much electricity they use: https://t.co/jO8JRoTOoX

(v/@DavidCasselTNS @thenewstack)

[Onur Mutlu @_onurmutlu_]

The full set of my Spring 2020 undergraduate digital design & computer architecture course lectures at ETH Zurich is online with all videos, slides & course materials.

Course schedule: https://t.co/alnoAxLsW2

Youtube lectures: https://t.co/68vIBDTfxy

@ETH_en @CSatETH @ETH

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

We know how important it is for our customers to stay in touch with those they love and the world around them. We can’t wait to connect with our customers and expand support in India with the Apple Store online on September 23! 🇮🇳https://t.co/UjR31jzEaY

[Steak-umm @steak_umm]

if you don’t have the time or ability to fact check unsourced information then don't share it

[Ryan Holiday @RyanHoliday]

“What happens to one man may happen to all.” Publius Syrus

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

We’re excited to announce the launch of the YC Startup Library: https://t.co/kqI7RuSXMy.

Over the past 15 years, we’ve created videos, podcasts and essays as resources for startup founders -- and we've built a central location where you can access and search all these resources.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Today David Silva will make his 309th and final Premier League appearance.

He's been reflecting on a brilliant 10 years with Man City.

👉 https://t.co/0JUGcIhTqH #MCFC

[Satish @satishs]

BBMP sealing done in our building for a confirmed Covid case. Lady with 2 small children, next door neighbours are an aged couple. What if there is a fire, @BBMPCOMM ? Understand the need for containment, but this is an extremely dangerous fire hazard - please address urgently.