http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/01/t-mobile-throttles-all-video-streams-and-downloads-to-1-5mbps-eff-says/
Tmobile’s binge on comes with 1.5mpbs throttling on all html5 video streams. EFF’s test results are interesting and show throttling where it maybe shouldn’t be happening as well.
HD Fury: fair use or infringement tool? we’ll see! but chances are that the courts will come down on the side of warner brothers. basically, this is a device that strips HDCP to allow consumers to watch it on devices that don’t support HDCP.
new, scary map of how much greenhouse gasses are raising temps over the world
this is really important and a little hard to summarize since it’s kind of synopsis of all this important, stuff about how the internet runs and why we’re still using ipv4 a bunch (most) of the time.
the flip side of end of the year predictions. kind of fun to check out.
Ian murdoch, founder of debian, coiner of GNU/Linux, dead at 42
http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/ian-murdocks-significance-free-and-open-source-software-h
http://venturebeat.com/2015/12/30/debian-founder-and-docker-employee-ian-murdock-has-died-at-42/
neat organization: outreachy
https://www.gnome.org/outreachy/
internships for people who are underrepped in tech (women, transfolk, gq ppl,Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander). deadline for submitting internships is feb 9, and then for applying is march 22.
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