Author: Andreas
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Delicious Gaming
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‘Video game addiction’ recognized by WHO
“Gaming Disorder” is something 14 year olds probably are quick to diagnose themselves with. The World Health Organization spent a thought on the problem and recognized an issue there.
The World Health Organization has recognized “gaming disorder” in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11).
Spoiler: it’s not that easy.
Here’s how to recognize it.Source: ‘Video game addiction’ officially recognized by the World Health Organization
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Russian Rocket Thunderstruck
Watch Russian rocket struck by lightning at launch Source: Boing Boing
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On Latency
Andrew Certain helps getting an understanding of percentile measurements and why it is important to look at certain things from specific perspectives. I found this useful.
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U-Bahn in Stockholm
Pac-Man <3
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Empowering the Product Team
Point Towards the Mountain
Set Rules for the Journey
Focus on Learning and Teaching
Empowerment is Worth it
Source: 4 Keys to Empowering Your Product Team – Mind the Product
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Someone is pulling emergency brakes on subways
New York is facing an unusual incarnation of Denial of Service, in this case public transport. Just like on the web, thats’s extremely annoying and in this case, really has impact on peoples’s lives. From the article:
“The reports caused major disruption,” says Wikipedia, “affecting approximately 140,000 passengers and 1,000 flights.”
Asymmetric warfare: someone is pulling emergency brakes on NYC subway cars
Source: Asymmetric warfare: someone is pulling emergency brakes on NYC subway cars / Boing Boing
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Google stored G Suite passwords in plaintext
In today’s edition of privacy related topics, it is Google that apparently stored customer passwords in plaintext. Google didn’t disclose which (enterprise) customers have been affected, but was clear that improper access is out of question. With this recent incident, Google joins ranks of Facebook, Instagram, but also Twitter and LinkedIn.
Google says it discovered a bug that caused some of its enterprise G Suite customers to have their passwords stored in an unhashed form for about 14 years.
Source: Google stored some G Suite passwords in plaintext for 14 years
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Auth0 Raises $103M
Auth0 Logo Auth0, a Bellevue, WA-based Identity-as-a-Service platform provider, closed a $103M Series E funding.The round valued the company at more than $1 Billion
Source: Auth0 Raises $103M in Funding, Valued at Over $1 Billion | FinSMEs
