Akan Names(en.wikipedia.org)

101 points by Amorymeltzer 3 years ago | 40 comments

Find bilingual baby names(mixedname.com)

272 points by higgins 3 years ago | 154 comments

Visualizing the most common unisex names in the US(nameplay.org)

28 points by aaronjbecker 1 year ago | 11 comments

Cecilia Berdichevsky, Clementina expert (1961)(en.wikipedia.org)

31 points by fedecaccia 23 days ago | 2 comments

Wikipedia biography of Cecilia Berdichevsky, an Argentine computer scientist who programmed the Ferranti Mercury computer "Clementina" from 1961.

Home Assistant: the password is not the key – token secrets in cleartext(seclists.org)

5 points by atriix 2 hours ago | 0 comments

Full Disclosure mailing list post reporting that Home Assistant stores token secrets in cleartext, has non-expiring tokens, and doesn't revoke tokens on password change.

Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase(namecheap.com)

174 points by nonoesp 3 years ago | 132 comments

Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more(blog.plover.com)

927 points by JNRowe 1 year ago | 430 comments

Blog post from The Universe of Discourse explaining English patronymic surnames derived from medieval nicknames, some of which are no longer in use.

Full Text Search of US Court records(judyrecords.com)

412 points by FigurativeVoid 1 year ago | 81 comments

Judyrecords is a free full-text search engine covering over 740 million United States court cases, with an API.

I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over(thelocalstack.eu)

1354 points by ColinWright 8 months ago | 462 comments

Blog post examining what personal and biometric data is shared when verifying identity on LinkedIn with a passport and selfie, based on its privacy policy and terms.

Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults(cnbc.com)

589 points by bilsbie 8 months ago | 315 comments

CNBC article on how online age-verification tools spreading across the U.S. for child safety are leading to surveillance of adults.

Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept(marketwatch.com)

380 points by thisislife2 7 months ago | 233 comments

MarketWatch article about employers using personal data to determine the lowest salary a candidate will accept; the page loaded a captcha verification screen.

Everyone Has Email. Nobody Uses It Right(kaplich.me)

15 points by ExMachina73 12 days ago | 5 comments

Personal essay by Sergey Kaplich on why email matters, its history, and practical tips for filters, search, inbox management, and email etiquette.