我們都知道這種感覺。你在悲傷的夜晚失眠，或者在朦朧的週末清晨蹣跚而行，需要一些閱讀的東西，而那一堆未讀的書並不能阻止你。為什麼不從Twitter和RSS的消防水龍帶中休息一下，看看我們每週從網路上收集的關於技術、文化、媒體和未來的重要文章？當然，坐在Instapaper佇列中你會感到內疚的還有一件事，但總比再次在Twitter列表上徒勞地拉好。

關於密碼

丹古丁對比了新的現實，密碼破解速度以前只有透過超級計算機可以實現的幫助下，一個500美元的GPU的事實，大多數使用者仍然使用痛苦簡單的密碼來保護他們最重要的資料。

為什麼密碼從來沒有變弱過而破解程式從來沒有變強過

At any given time, Redman is likely to be running thousands of cryptographically hashed passwords though a PC containing four of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards. It's an "older machine," he conceded, but it still gives him the ability to cycle through as many as 6.2 billion combinati*** every second. He typically uses a dictionary file containing about 26 million words, combined with programming rules that greatly extend its effectiveness by adding numbers, punctuation, and other characters to each list entry.

擦洗

Reyhan Harmanci在一些最大的網站和社交網路上與員工交談，這些網站和社交網路致力於保持網路對兒童色情、斬首和網際網路最糟糕的內容的清潔。

BuzzFeed:Reyhan Harmanci-兒童色情和其他最糟糕的東西是如何從網際網路上刪除的

This is not to say that every individual in this line of work has had a bad experience: the ability to handle such a mentally demanding job differs from person to person. And tech companies say that they do offer special benefits to employees who view disturbing content for a living. Facebook has a "safety team" that is tasked with reviewing the most sensitive material, and according to a spoke**an, they offer "in-house training, and also, counseling for our employees." A Google spokeswoman told me that the one-year contracts (which can frustrate those looking to stay on for longer) were designed to ensure that no one held the most brutal jobs indefinitely. Also, Google brings in independent counselors to talk to teams about secondary trauma — the kind of trauma that comes from seeing abused people and not being able to help.

在錫上

Cam Simpson將現代**、平板電腦和電視中使用的錫追溯到印尼邦加島的危險錫礦坑，那裡是全球三分之一供應的來源。

彭博商業週刊：CamSimpson-智慧**裡的致命鐵罐

Rosnan worked among thousands of Indonesians who wield pickaxes and buckets each day on Bangka Island, extracting the tin that becomes the solder that binds components in the world’s tablet computers, **artphones, and other electronics. Police figures show Bangka miners died in accidents similar to Rosnan’s at an average of almost one a week last year, more than double the rate from 2010. There is good reason to believe it’s getting worse. At the end of July, five Bangka miners were killed beneath another mudslide.

論閱讀

Rahel Aima認為“網路的超動態性”，緩慢的網路運動，以及閱讀的未來。

根莖：Rahel Aima-迫不及待的網路

Here, again, was that same urgency transposed from page to screen. Do you know the feeling? That sharp, almost adrenal jolt when you open just one more tab and all the favic*** disappear to give you a segmented line of characters? You can’t increase your screen resolution much more, but keep the pages open, just on the off chance that you might actually read them. Perhaps you quickly scan in order to close a tab, yet find yourself clicking on "History" just moments later, just in case you missed something. Perhaps you feel guilty about not giving each piece the undivided attention you once lavished upon your books, but often, just knowing the dust jacket-like gist seems to be enough.

論個人圖書館

喬瑟夫埃斯波西託（Joseph Esposito）在舉國上下的時候，仔細考慮了自己家的個人圖書館和電子書的吸引力。

學術廚房：約瑟夫埃斯波西託-電子書和個人圖書館

Reducing the size of my personal library made me aware that I had probably bought my last new print book. There may be excepti*** to this, as when I purchase a gift for someone, but otherwise my new books will be e-books. Used books are a different matter, though, as the pleasure of browsing is something I will not give up until the last bookstore closes. I will continue to read print because I already own so many unread print books, but the e-book revolution is well on its way in this household. Oddly, it is easier to contemplate a world of e-books than a house without stuffed bookshelves.

在平臺上

在東京藝術空間數字化釋出之際，Craig Mod描述了跨多個平臺設計一本書的困難（和優勢）。

Craig Mod:Craig Mod-平臺書

And so, in the last two years a simple, strong truth has emerged: The future of books is built upon networked platforms, not islands. More than any surface advancement — interface, navigational, typographic, or similar — platforms define how we read going forward. Platforms shape systems — those of production, c***umption, distribution — and all critical changes happening in digital books and publishing happen within systems. Post-artifact books and publishing is not just about text on screens.

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