Sun.Mar 31, 2019

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The Problem With Design

Allen Holub

Somehow, some people have gotten the idea that design is somehow inimical to Agile. That’s not true. It’s always helpful to think about things before you do them. The question is not whether or not you should think in advance, it’s how far in advance should the thinking occur. Hours? Days? Months? The problem with… The post The Problem With Design appeared first on Allen Holub.

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The crux of voice (in)security: a brain study of speaker legitimacy detection

The Morning Paper

The crux of voice (in)security: a brain study of speaker legitimacy detection Neupane et al., NDSS’19. The key results of this paper are easy to understand, but the implications are going to take us a long time to unravel. Speech morphing (voice morphing) is the process of translating a speaker’s voice to sound like a given impersonation target.

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Sometimes the Strategy is Buoy the Credit Rating

The Agile Manager

These drastic actions provide reassurance to creditors that big companies will do just about anything to keep their investment grade ratings. FT Lex, US credit ratings: attack of the killer Bs As a company grows, and the rate of its growth slows, it changes its capital structure. Early-stage capital is speculating on future cash flows, while later-stage capital has expectations of future cash flows.