Developer Accidentally Makes Available 390,000 ‘Pirated’ eBooks
Considering the effort it takes to set one up, pirate sites are clearly always intentional. One doesn’t make available hundreds of thousands of potentially infringing works accidentally. Unless you’re developer Nick Janetakis, that is. “About 2 years ago I was recording a video course that dealt with setting up HTTPS on a domain name. In all of my courses, I make sure to ‘really’ do it on video so that...
RIAA: ISP Profited From Keeping Pirating Customers Aboard
Last year several major record labels, represented by the RIAA, filed a lawsuit against ISP Grande Communications accusing it of turning a blind eye to pirating subscribers. According to the RIAA, the Internet provider knew that some of its subscribers were frequently distributing copyrighted material, but failed to take any meaningful action in response. Grande refuted the accusations and filed a motion to dismiss the case. The ISP...
On a DevOps team? Learn the art of saying no
You could say I am a pretty busy person. I’m a husband, the father of an almost-college student and a two-year-old, a DevOps advocate, a CNCF Ambassador, an Opensource.com Community Moderator, a weekly newsletter writer, and a few other things (typing it all out makes me feel like I’m forgetting to do something). One thing I learned last year is that I need to start saying no for my own sanity. The problem I came across...
Duke undergrad develops vaccine carrier device for Uganda
Zui Dighe has the type of resume that makes you question what you’ve been doing with your life. It’s only her third undergraduate year at Duke University, and she has already worked with numerous startups, helped create an open source medical device that won an international award, and succeeded in multiple internships with companies large and small. read...
