The trouble with text-only email
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/735973/17bdb163fddd41ae/

(submitted by corbet)

How libraries decide which books to keep (2014)
https://medium.com/@fsgbooks/secrets-of-the-stacks-4ca8405f1e11

(submitted by Tomte)

Watched Over 100 Covert Russian Propaganda Videos on YouTube, Here’s What I Saw
https://arcdigital.media/i-watched-over-100-covert-russian-propaganda-videos-on-youtube-heres-what-i-saw-b854b69762f2

(submitted by rbanffy)

Steve Wozniak announces tech education platform Woz U
https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/13/steve-wozniak-announces-tech-education-platform-woz-u/

(submitted by _nh_)

US to leave UNESCO
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/11/u-s-to-pull-out-of-unesco-again/

(submitted by bald)

AlgoWiki – Get All Computer Science Resources at One Place. See on GitHub
https://github.com/vicky002/AlgoWiki

(submitted by eulercoder)

Psychiatrists Can’t Stop Mass Killers
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/opinion/psychiatrists-mass-killers.html

(submitted by SREinSF)

Bitcoin is dropping right now after a big Chinese exchange said it is closing
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/14/bitcoin-is-dropping-right-now-after-a-big-chinese-exchange-said-it-is-closing.html

(submitted by koolba)

Chromium: FTP resources will be marked “Not Secure”
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/security-dev/HknIAQwMoWo/xYyezYV5AAAJ

(submitted by stablemap)

Packaging Python software with pbr
https://julien.danjou.info/blog/2017/packaging-python-with-pbr

(submitted by pmoriarty)

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Bitcoin is a fraud that will eventually blow up
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/12/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-raises-flag-on-trading-revenue-sees-20-percent-fall-for-the-third-quarter.html

(submitted by mudil)

North Korea Hackers Step Up Bitcoin Attacks
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-11/north-korea-hackers-step-up-bitcoin-attacks-amid-rising-tensions

(submitted by qu4ntumturk)

Row over AI that 'identifies gay faces'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41188560

(submitted by yawz)

California bans drones from delivering marijuana
https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/11/16286350/california-ban-drones-delivery-marijuana

(submitted by dvdhnt)

Equifax security freeze PINs are the timestamp of when you request the freeze
https://twitter.com/webster/status/906346071210778625

(submitted by moonka)

If you enroll in Equifax's TrustedID you waive your rights to sue Equifax
https://twitter.com/wyatt_privilege/status/906120794593427456

(submitted by JackFr)

Using GNU Stow to manage dotfiles (2013)
http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html

(submitted by pmoriarty)

Automated Crowdturfing Attacks and Defenses in Online Review Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.08151

(submitted by bartkappenburg)

If the Waffle House is closed, it's Time to Panic (2016)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/if-waffle-house-is-closed-its-time-to-panic/

(submitted by brudgers)

German Interior Ministry shuts down, raids left-wing German Indymedia site
http://www.dw.com/en/interior-ministry-shuts-down-raids-left-wing-german-indymedia-site/a-40232965

(submitted by mdekkers)