- I'm a sucker for infrastructure and alcohol so [a bar connected to the world's oldest subway tunnel](http://untappedcities.com/2016/04/05/remnants-of-atlantic-avenue-tunnel-in-le-boudoir-speakeasy-in-brooklyn/) sounds a bit like a carefully-constructed plot to ensnare me for eternity. Weekly Weird meetup anyone? - Biological computers obviously [need a compiler](http://cidarlab.org/cello/). Seriously, this thing apparently translates a subset of Verilog to [plasmid-based biological gates (large pdf)](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/suppl/2016/03/30/352.6281.aac7341.DC1/Nielsen.SM.pdf). [HN comments](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11426957). - I guess some data leaked lately? First the [Unaoil bribery leaks](http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2016/the-bribe-factory/), then [a database of all Turkish citizens](http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/turkey-political-hacktivist-leaks-citizen-database-containing-50-million-personal-records-1553123), and now [this Panama Papers one](https://panamapapers.icij.org/). We should probably not be surprised that [spies are quite fond of offshore corporations](https://newrepublic.com/article/132502/covert-roots-panama-papers) or that [offshore-managing law firms are not fond of email security](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/05/email_server_hack_led_to_mossack_fonseca_leak/). - I really like this NYTimes [visualization of the marriage tax penalty](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/04/16/upshot/marriage-penalty-couples-income.html?). - Voters Computers don't make decisions, the people who count the votes [seed the RNGs](http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/neutered-random-number-generator-let-man-rig-million-dollar-lotteries/) make decisions. - Good job WhatsApp, [encrypting is good](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/04/whatsapp-rolls-out-end-end-encryption-its-1bn-users). As noted in the article, this is [based on](https://whispersystems.org/blog/whatsapp-complete/) Axolotl [the signal protocol](https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal-inside-and-out/) which is [srs bsns](https://whispersystems.org/blog/advanced-ratcheting/). - I've always thought that TPMs were underused in open source so I'm gratified to see that [some work is under way to incorporate them into the boot process for cloud service providers](http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/40758.html). - The march of bad scifi tropes turning into lab prototypes continue with [bulletproof metal foams](https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/04/metal-foam-tough-2016/). - Everyone standing on a subway platform waiting for a train wonders at what point they should just give up. [Three cheers for someone actually doing the math](http://erikbern.com/2016/04/04/nyc-subway-math.html). Glorious. - [A roadmap to Interstellar Flight (PDF)](http://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.01356v2.pdf). - [Color theory is really neat](http://vis4.net/blog/posts/avoid-equidistant-hsv-colors/). [HN Comments with more](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11437794). - I find Eve to be absolutely fascinating, even absent any desire to actually *play* the game myself. [I particularly enjoyed this article on how to report on fictional, digital warfare](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/how-to-write-a-history-of-a-video-game-war/476964/). - [Hydrogen is weird](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-race-to-turn-gassy-hydrogen-into-solid-metal/). - Rust tidbits: [TiDB](https://github.com/pingcap/tidb) and [TiKV](https://github.com/pingcap/tikv) are aiming to make a Rust version of Spanner or CockroachDB. [Neon](http://calculist.org/blog/2016/04/01/native-js-classes-in-neon/) can nicely wrap Rust code for use in Node.js apps. - Presented without comment: [A fork that simulates the flavor of salt by stimulating the tongue](http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/atclen/news_en/15mk/032500469/?n_cid=nbptec_tecrs).