Control Structure #145: I’m a Ghost, It Happens

After a long hiatus, Andrew gets Steven to tell what he's been up to, RASPBERRY!, Microsoft, GPUs, domains at gunpoint, Linux, Firefox, CPUs, and Python.

News

• Programming Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi—Wolfram Blog
• Microsoft + GitHub = Empowering Developers – The Official Microsoft Blog
• Terms of Service Violation
• GitHub – martenbjork/github-xp: Give Github some XP flair
• Nikita on Twitter: “So I heard $MSFT is buying @github… “
• Intel to Release Discrete Graphics Card In 2020, GPUs For Desktop Gaming Coming Too
• The Guy Who Robbed Someone at Gunpoint for a Domain Name Is Getting 20 Years in Jail – Motherboard
• Nvidia Appears To Have A GPU Inventory Problem
• There might be a big drop in graphics card prices next month | PC Gamer
• Nvidia CEO says it will be ‘a long time’ before next-gen GeForce GPUs | PC Gamer
• Tech giant Tencent has joined The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member – Neowin
• Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,000/year Platinum level – TechCrunch
• Firefox 61.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
• Thermanator Attack Steals Passwords by Reading Thermal Residue on Keyboards
• New Spectre 1.1 and Spectre 1.2 CPU Flaws Disclosed
• Microsoft is updating the Windows Notepad app for the first time in years – The Verge

Appreciate

• [python-committers] Transfer of power

Music

• Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
• Gas Powered EP | Kubbi

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