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The purpose of this guide is to help someone setup a secure websocket server on any Ubuntu VM (AWS/Linode/Digital Ocean/Azure etc.). Given the current state of the world, supporting features such as collaborative editing and real-time chat became almost essential to TunePad's long term success.
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As we got closer to opening up TunePad to more classrooms, we wanted to have some web analytics set up. While Google Analytics is almost the default choice in such a scenario, we were looking for alternatives. Fathom seemed promising. This guide documents the installation and deployment process. It draws
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Could NATO put in place an “Article 5 for cyber crime” into effect? Basically a modern day equivalent that could read “The parties agree that a cyber-attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered a cyber-attack against them all …” (edits and highlights mine,
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What do Google Maps, Apple Maps and Bing Maps (Nokia Here?) mean for the future of mobility? Reading Justin O’Beirne’s essays [https://www.justinobeirne.com/essays/] comparing cartography design between Apple and Google made me wonder whether Apple can compete with Google when self-driving cars are more the
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I got an opportunity to teach an undergraduate course with my research advisor ( Mike Horn [https://tidal.northwestern.edu/people/mikehorn/]) during the winter quarter (Jan. 7th to Mar. 16th, 2013) at Northwestern University. This post is mainly about why we opted for Dart, and the experience of teaching it
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My friend Nick and I came up with an idea for making a tool for ecosystem education. Similar to other hierarchical systems, ecosystems also tend to have a distinct "layered" distribution of flora and fauna (e.g. the type of creatures one would encounter in an ocean at