Miscellaneous
I’m going to dedicate this page to be a “living document” of random articles, tips, and links that I come across.
Web Links
Engineering
- List of engineering blogs
- Text-only websites
- How to reverse engineer from looking at the disassembly of a program
- Software Update System for Embedded Devices (yocto)
- IoT Platform Called MQTT
- Lean
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- 101 Linux Hacks eBook
- Overview of GPU/IPU/VPU on iMX6 Processor
- Static vs Dynamic linking
- How to make dynamic libs - detailed
- vim refresher
- Various docker files for desktop apps
- Great yocto and embedded linux reference with training classes
- Beaglebone Black, Wandaboard, & Pi yocto layers
- Provides embedded linux training. Similar to jumpnowtek
- The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List
- The Definitive C Book Guide and List - (Was deleted)
- Failures of Scrum and time estimates
- How Uber Detects fraud and its different methods
- Embedded Engineering tips from Cobus and Microchip people
- Merging vs Rebasing
- Embedded.fm - Being a Grownup Engineer
- Coding Blocks
- Great linux programming blog
- c++ layout
- [The Cuckoo’s Egg Decompiled Course - Infosec hands-on tutorial](https://chrissanders.org/training/cuckoosegg/
- Increase wifi power limits
Programming
Hacking
People
- Elizabeth Blackburn
- Noble Peace prize winner - omments on aging reversal and care for one’s telomeres through lifestyle: managing chronic stress, exercising, eating better and getting enough sleep; telomere testing, plus cautions and advice
Phoenix
Blogs
- Tech/Movie/Misc reviews
- social + software articles
- linux + cpu tricks
- Embedded Arm quick and practical projects
- Marcgg
- MySQL Creator, now mariaDB
- yocto tutor
- General programming
- Friends blog with podcasts
Web
- Pixels vs density
- How to Avoid the News
- Online free Therapy
- Graphs of Patreon Creators
- See removed posts/comments from Reddit
Notable people
- Olin Lathrop - EE
- General electronics and circuits & source 2
Mobile Development
- UI design toolkit
Security
Podcasts
- embedded-fm
- macrofab
- Amp Hour - A lot of different topics here
- SparkGap - There has only been 1 post in all of 2018…
- Motley Fool Money - Longterm investing advice
Cooking
Cryptocurrency
- Bitcoin Alts
- Big Brother
- How cryptocurrencies work
- Crypto Guide on all the Altcoins
- List of ICOs
- Counter to SegWit2x
- Overview on calculating value of some cryptos
The higher the cost of running a validating node gets, the higher the total percentage of Bitcoin users forced to use Bitcoin as a trusted system gets. And the less people decide what the rules of that system are.
Currencies have two purposes: Medium of exchange Store of value Inflationary currencies are well suited to #1, deflationary currencies are well suited to #2.
Monero
- Main Page
- The CryptoNote Whitepaper
- Initial Review of the CryptoNote Whitepaper
- MRL-0001: A Note on Chain Reactions in Traceability in CryptoNote 2.0
- MRL-0002: Counterfeiting via Merkle Tree Exploits within Virtual Currencies Employing the CryptoNote Protocol
- MRL-0003: Monero is Not That Mysterious
- MRL-0004: Improving Obfuscation in the CryptoNote Protocol
- MRL-0005: Ring Signature Confidential Transactions
Scams
Stocks
Documentaries
Engineering
Social
- Water and Power: the California heist Water == $$$
- Merchants of Doubt - Public health research
- Betting on Zero - How Herbalife is a scam
- Bleed Out - Hospital neglict and malpractice account for 3rd highest death rate in US. One of the most difficult documentaries to watch
Diet
- Sour Grapes - counterfeit wine is apparently easy to fool even the best connoisseur.
Privacy
- A Good American - William Binney whistleblower who couldn’t trust the entrusted whistleblower program
- CitizenFour - Raw Snowden interview
Books
- Bravehearts: Whistle-blowing in the Age of Snowden
Misc
- Consumer Complaint Database - Search companies and their complaints
- Nerve Regeneration Research - Cool futurology stuff about curing diseases