Links feb 13, 2017

https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.01715
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13619378

https://www.wired.com/2017/02/new-york-times-digital-journalism
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13630862

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-octave/2017-02/msg00062.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13603575

http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/nature_and_travel/2017/02/07/four_of_iceland_s_main_volcanoes_all_preparing_for_/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13625151

https://github.com/python/cpython
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13629344

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/09/why-whole-foods-is-now-struggling/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13627105

Show HN: WebSocket-first development
https://github.com/jasonl99/card_game
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13633400

A friendly web development tutorial for complete beginners
https://internetingishard.com/html-and-css/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13634363

Encrypted email is still a pain in 2017
http://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/gpg.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13635230

http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-the-meltdown-of-evan-williams-startup-medium-2017-2
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13631772
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13634172

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/world/africa/african-nations-increasingly-silence-internet-to-stem-protests.html

http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/independent-journal-review-wants-to-be-recognized-and-not-just-for-its-impressive-traffic-numbers/

https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/10/qa-site-quora-clamps-down-on-anonymity-will-review-content-before-publishing-restricts-actions/

https://productupdates.quora.com/Upcoming-Changes-to-Anonymity-on-Quora

http://www.cjr.org/q_and_a/bill-keller-trump-marshall-project.php

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/Finding-ways-forward-in-news-Lenfest-Knight-offer-nearly-5-million-for-new-technologies.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2017/02/13/the-washington-post-will-be-the-breaking-news-source-on-snapchats-discover/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/newsmax-cbn-townhall--new-faces-and-a-new-feel-at-white-house-press-briefings/2017/02/10/30a4de48-eef0-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html

https://www.axios.com/priebus-flynn-others-on-thin-ice-2258044334.html

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/americas-leading-authoritarian-intellectual-works-for-trump.html?mid=twitter-share-di

Michael Anton has a Doug Stamper look.

https://theintercept.com/2017/02/12/dark-essays-by-white-house-staffer-are-the-intellectual-source-code-of-trumpism/

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/12/oroville-dam-feds-and-state-officials-ignored-warnings-12-years-ago/

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/12/oroville-residents-told-to-evacuate-spillway-failure-imminent/