Statistics by Freedman et al is a great introduction to statistics. It took me a year to fully read it but the exercises are fun, real world examples of applying statistical methods.

I haven't seen any mentions or this extension that allows verifying pages before they are rendered: https://github.com/tasn/webext-signed-pages

Another thing is non exportable WebCrypto keys that can limit the damage even if the page is compromised.

Ha, great to hear. I always assumed they went back to windows as part of some deal as around the same time Microsoft opened a big HQ in Munich.

Whether the island o stability exists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability

As someone that also used languages designed by Anders I'm also a huge fan of his work.

Too bad there are just a few quality interviews with him: https://www.artima.com/intv/anders.html

MSDN's Channel 9 has quite a few talks/interviews with him [1]. I especially enjoy this one [2].

[1] https://channel9.msdn.com/Search?term="Anders+Hejlsberg"

[2] https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Seth-Juarez/Anders-Hejlsberg...

Great resource indeed, thanks! Too bad the latest one is 2 years old :(

There's a chapter from Anders on [1].

1: https://www.amazon.com/Masterminds-Programming-Conversations...

Right! I remember now buying the book just to read the chapter about Anders. Was not disappointed. (for the record other "masterminds" were also interesting).

Yep. Although in my opinion Programming Rust [0] is better even though dated. The word goes that the 2nd edition will be out by the end of the year.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Rust-Fast-Systems-Develop...

I read v1 of The Book and then Programming Rust, and I found the latter to be better suited to the way I absorb things.

Both are great and I still refer to The Book (and Programming Rust) from time to time.

I'd be really keen to pick up v2 of Programming Rust.

Very cool. If you liked that check out their Sorcery series of games. I played them over and over for weeks. Highly addictive!

> Matrix allows you to host your own server, federate messages in real-time between servers, and still benefit from end-to-end encryption between multiple client devices.

This sounds like XMPP so nothing new.

What sets the Matrix apart is that they have the money and spend time and effort to get their clients into good shape. The E2E verification is a prime example: looks simple and works well.

VC money mixed with open source software again. It didn't end well for Keybase. I hope Matrix has a monetization strategy.

Edit: for people interested there are company docs at https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10873661/filing-h... eg. "25 Mar 2020 Total exemption full accounts" document (2.2) shows a yearly loss of almost 2M pounds.

Edit 2: it seems Matrix people no longer control 50% of their company shares, or I'm reading it wrong: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10873661/persons-...

But keybase still has their server software that people depend on and that isn't open source. Worst that could happen with New Vector is that they stop paying developers to work for the Matrix.org foundation but that would not prevent anyone from continuing to use the existing software

Yeah, we (Matrix) have a fundamentally different model to Keybase. The Matrix.org Foundation (https://matrix.org/foundation) is an independent neutral entity that safeguards the protocol and ecosystem, with the mission to protect it from being sabotaged by any actors in the ecosystem (including New Vector - https://vector.im, the startup founded by the team who created Matrix).

Even if New Vector did go evil (e.g: bought by EvilCorp; coerced into adding backdoors; tried to monetise user data/metadata; tried to relicense opensource stuff as proprietary; tried to add core functionality as paid-only) then both the Foundation and the wider ecosystem would fight back; rejecting the obnoxious changes to the spec, or simply going and supporting an alternative provider.

Meanwhile, if New Vector did implode, the team could still go elsewhere and keep working on Matrix if they wanted to - and there are an increasing number of folks who might hire them to do so. <plug>e.g. Automattic's new Matrix job opening! https://automattic.com/work-with-us/matrix-integrations-engi...

edit: the monetisation strategy for New Vector is selling Matrix hosting (https://modular.im) and helping out big folks like Governments who want to jump on board Matrix. While the company is certainly not profitable yet, it certainly has a path to being sustainable (otherwise folks like Automattic wouldn't invest!)

> the monetisation strategy for New Vector is selling Matrix hosting (https://modular.im) and helping out big folks like Governments who want to jump on board Matrix. While the company is certainly not profitable yet, it certainly has a path to being sustainable (otherwise folks like Automattic wouldn't invest!)

Thanks for this info! Exactly what I was looking for.

Pacman can remove dependencies that are not used: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#...

This is explicit rather than implicit but it works even on one package.