Keith Wagner

Reading Log - October 2, 2023 (#46)

This week I read about why analytics are a privacy nightmare and not worth it, NASA seeing what they got back from the asteroid, the FTC going after Amazon and more.

In Depth

The Skyscraper That Could Have Toppled Over in the Wind
Joseph Morgenstern

I remember the first time I heard about this story, it was on a 99% Invisible podcast episode.

The story was riveting, and also scary. I’d highly suggest reading this article and listening to the episode.


Link Blast

🖥 Software Development & Design

One Thing Nobody Explained To You About TypeScript - Artem Zakharchenko

Nuclear Anchored Sidenotes - Eric A. Meyer

Notes on Teaching Test Driven Development - Jeremy D. Miller

Innovation Without Barriers - The ReadME Podcast #27


📡 Technology & the Internet

Spotify is going to clone podcasters’ voices — and translate them to other languages - Amrita Khalid

Counting Ghosts - P.C. Maffey

‘All Of Sony Systems’ Allegedly Hacked By New Ransomware Group - Levi Winslow


🔬 Science

Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister - Stephen Clark


📈 Business & Finance

FTC files “the big one,” a lawsuit alleging Amazon illegally maintains monopoly - Jon Brodkin


⚾️ Sports

Julie Ertz Was The USWNT - Tom Ley


🎧 Podcasts

Longform Podcast #527: Mary Childs

PodRocket: Building Elk with Daniel Roe

Fresh Air: A veterinarian says pets have a lot to teach us about love and grief

Programming Throwdown #153: ChatGPT

TED Radio Hour #519: We've doubled life expectancy in 100 years. How did we do it?


🎒 Everything Else

Not Even The Patron Stooge Of Fawning Biographies Can Make Elon Musk Look Good - James Robins

Space Force chief says commercial satellites may need defending - Stephen Clark


🎵 A Song to Leave You With

Jerry Goldsmith - A New Ending