Link Roundup

[\ JS][stjs] is a really cool (if ungoogleable) project that attempts to be "the bastard child of JavaScript and C" by giving you the low level tools to build fast programs in a high level language. After the recent excitement surrounding Bret Victor's [amazing talk][invent], Jonathan Edwards has a [sobering essay][ide] about the limits of IDE innovation. Makes the point that languages must co evolve to get real innovation. Wired has a [nice writeup][hacked] on the current state of computer security (spoiler: it sucks) and The New Yorker has a [great article][geohotz] on the recent geohot vs. Sony craziness. [stjs]: http://mbebenita.github.com/Mvm/ " JS" [invent]: http://vimeo.com/36579366 "Inventing on Principle" [ide]: http://alarmingdevelopment.org/?p=680 "An IDE is not enough" [shutdown]: http://arstechnica.com/tech policy/2012/05/government asks when can we shut down wireless service/ "Can the Government Shutdown Wireless?" [hacked]: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/everyone hacked/all/1 "Everyone Has Been Hacked" [geohotz]: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/05/07/120507fa fact kushner?currentPage=all "Machine Politics"