My Weekly #Roundup #56 - #LinuxZeroDay #OpenSSH #SpaceX #WhatsApp

Interesting things that i read in the last week!

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Security & Privacy

• Zero-Day Flaw Found in ‘Linux Kernel’ leaves Millions Vulnerable

• RUSSIAN HACKERS SHUT DOWN UKRAINE’S POWER GRID

• Critical OpenSSH Flaw Leaks Private Crypto Keys to Hackers

• Qualys Security Advisory - OpenSSH Overflow / Leak

• Apple’s Mac OS X Still Open to Malware, Thanks Gatekeeper

• ISIS Has Its Own Encrypted Chat App

• Potato - Privilege Escalation on Windows 7,8,10, Server 2008, Server 2012

• Facebook for Android adding Tor support

• 123456 Still The Most Common Password For 2015

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Geekness

• The Russian Computer That Ran On Water

• WhatsApp drops annual fee and goes free forever

• Minecraft fan finds a way to program BASIC code in-game

• New Largest Prime Number Discovered

• Elon Musk shares SpaceX landing on Instagram, proving even failures can be epic

Falcon lands on droneship, but the lockout collet doesn't latch on one the four legs, causing it to tip over post landing. Root cause may have been ice buildup due to condensation from heavy fog at liftoff.

Un video pubblicato da Elon Musk (@elonmusk) in data: 17 Gen 2016 alle ore 19:07 PST

• SpaceX Dragon capsule proves it can hover

• A Brick Inside a Washing Machine Bouncing on a Trampoline (GENIUS!)

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Programming

• How To Create And Customize A WordPress Child Theme

• Pseudo-3D shooter written completely in awk using raycasting technique

• WebTorrent is the first torrent client that works in the browser

• 10 projects to fork in 2016

• Is Apple Using Swift?

• ASP.NET 5 is dead - Introducing ASP.NET Core 1.0 and .NET Core 1.0

• Object-Oriented Programming is Bad

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Ukulele & Music

• Building an Ukulele from scratch

• Pentatonic scales on Ukulele, simple patterns

• Classical Music Fails

• Dreaming of building an Archtop Guitar

• Classical Music Mashup

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Running & Wellness

• Smart Marathon Training: Get The Most For Least

• Where It Hurts: Lower Leg

• Introducing the Facebook Sports Stadium

• Stop Mindless Stretching and Move With a Purpose

• Not all calories are created equal

• The Essential Winter Warmup