Random stuff worth reading on the internet thread

[BigPiney]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/900000059/from-mormon-kid-to-alleged-drug-kingpin-inside-the-rise-and-fall-of-aaron-shamo.html

Opioid kingpin in salt lake. The dark web is scary.

[Lost Student]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/9...ron-shamo.html

Opioid kingpin in salt lake. The dark web is scary.

Crazy. IIRC, the silk road guy hired somebody in Utah who became fairly prominent in that operation.

[falafel]

Crazy. IIRC, the silk road guy hired somebody in Utah who became fairly prominent in that operation.

The guy with the powdered sugar donuts and Coke. I remember that dude.

Shamo's story is a crazy one.

[old_gregg]

$3.5k --> $20mm? that can't be right

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Did anyone see the dark web doc that Bill from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey made?

[YOhio]

Did anyone see the dark web doc that Bill from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey made?

I didn't.

[Scott R Nelson]

iPhone is ten years old today

In honor of the iPhone being ten years old today, you should read this article:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...hanged-gaming/

It has a bunch of links to other well written iPhone articles if you're interested in that.
Especially this one: https://arstechnica.com/apple/2017/0...o-apple-store/

[cougjunkie]

Crazy. IIRC, the silk road guy hired somebody in Utah who became fairly prominent in that operation.

A guy from Spanish Fork.

[smokymountainrain]

this is crazy, sad and worth reading

http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/19760676/university-rochester-football-player-kidnapped-tortured-40-hours

[Scott R Nelson]

I found this article interesting enough that I saved a copy onto my hard drive years ago for reference.

"This April 1980 Washington Monthly cover story on the problems and progress of NASA's space shuttle program was written one year before Columbia's first launch in 1981."

Beam Me Out Of This Death Trap, Scotty - 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Goodbye, Columbia

[Scott R Nelson]

Anti-doxing strategy—or, how to avoid 50 Qurans and $287 of Chick-Fil-A

An intersting article about online harassment and how to deal with it:

https://arstechnica.com/security/201...f-chick-fil-a/

[Armenag]

"Trouble in Paradise" - Story about the UK's attempts to deal with the insane sexual culture of Pitcairn Island. A huge portion of the adult men wound up charged with rape. Apparently every girl on the island was being sexually assaulted constantly and there was not a single faithful couple. Truly disturbing.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/01/pitcairn200801?currentPage=all&printable=true

[Pelado]

"Trouble in Paradise" - Story about the UK's attempts to deal with the insane sexual culture of Pitcairn Island. A huge portion of the adult men wound up charged with rape. Apparently every girl on the island was being sexually assaulted constantly and there was not a single faithful couple. Truly disturbing.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/...printable=true

While that may be worth reading, I'm pretty sure I don't want to.

[Scott R Nelson]

Fairly short article about some guy being asked by Olive Garden's parent company to obtain written permission before blogging about his experiences eating there. Be sure to read his actual response at the end.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...den-it-doesnt/

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Fairly short article about some guy being asked by Olive Garden's parent company to obtain written permission before blogging about his experiences eating there. Be sure to read his actual response at the end.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...den-it-doesnt/

If this doesn't bring Triplet back, then he's never coming back.