aaron swartz
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An Open-Source Developer Just Caused a Whole Lot of Chaos by Nuking Two of His Own Apps
The eccentric developer behind two immensely popular open-source NPM coding libraries recently corrupted them both with a series of bizarre updates — a decision that has led to the bricking of droves of projects that relied upon them for support.
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New Anonymous Hack Lets You Shoot Up Sites With Nyan Cat Spaceship
In the wake of Aaron Swartz’s suicide, your friendly neighbourhood cyber-vigilantes Anonymous have been lashing out. It’s mostly been DDOSes and cyber-vandalism, but its most recent project is a bit more fun and lets you play Asteroids with a Nyan Cat spaceship that blasts up sites.
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US Attorney Defends Prosecution Of Aaron Swartz
While activists rally in an attempt to rewrite the law, the US Attorney’s office in Massachusetts has issued a public statement which defends the prosecution of Aaron Swartz.
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Academics Tweeting PDFs Of Journal Articles In Memory Of Aaron Swartz
There’s been a pretty big outpouring of grief following Aaron Swartz’s suicide, even from those who didn’t actually know him. And the trend is continuing. Many researchers and academics are now tweeting links to PDF files of their papers as a tribute.