Issue 2020-W36

Published on September 6, 2020

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This week you'll find a study on web privacy, data analysis techniques in Python, a particular spreadsheet and a taste of the future of WebAssembly.

# Grex

A command-line tool to generate regular expressions from test cases.

# Dear PyGui

A library in Python to draw GPU-accelerated graphical user interfaces.

# SC-IM

A terminal-based spreadsheet with a Vim flavour.

# Many models workflows in python: part i

An article porting Hadley Wickham's approach to data analysis to Python.

# WebAssembly Reference Types in Wasmtime

An article explaining with examples the Reference Types proposal for WebAssembly.

# Replication: Why We Still Can't Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories (pdf)

A paper analysing the privacy threat that browser history leakage impose to individuals. This work replicates and extends the 2012 paper “Why Johnny Can't Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness of Web Browsing History Patterns”.