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The Math Myth
Math professor David Edwards sent me this short essay on mathematical education. Printed with his permission.The Math MythThemath myth is the myth that the future of the American economy is dependent...
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Finnish Carrier Sets New World Record for 4G Download Speeds
Sure, everyone’s excited about 5G, the highly anticipated next generation of wireless networks expected to deliver data so fast it will make your head spin. But the improvements in speed and capacity...
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Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Signing up to cut emissions means China will have to move away from coal powerThe US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - have...
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Modern science and Chinese philosophy tell us about how we think (2014)
In a famous story from ancient Chinese philosophy, Butcher Ding has been called upon to play his part in a traditional religious ceremony. The ritual, to consecrate a newly cast bronze bell, requires...
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Using molecular codes, plants cry for help, ward off bugs, and save each other
Entomologist Richard Karban knows how to get sagebrush talking. To start the conversation, he poses as a grasshopper or a chewing beetle—he uses scissors to cut leaves on one of the shrubs. Lopping off...
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An account of a serious medical emergency on a transoceanic flight
I am sharing this account of a serious medical emergency on a transoceanic flight because I hope it helps other health care providers assist people in the future and learn from the difficulties I...
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How Fake Money Saved Brazil (2010)
This is a story about how an economist and his buddies tricked the people of Brazil into saving the country from rampant inflation. They had a crazy, unlikely plan, and it worked.Twenty years ago,...
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Design and Implementation of Probabilistic Programming Languages
Noah D. Goodman and Andreas StuhlmüllerAbout: Probabilistic programming languages (PPLs) unify techniques for the formal description of computation and for the representation and use of uncertain...
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The 1950's Jet Launching Tiny Satellites
If you asked an eight-year-old to design a jet fighter, the end result might resemble the Lockheed F-104.The F-104 looks less like a plane and more like a rocket with some extra bits added as an...
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New Edition of “Programming in Haskell” Now Available
2nd EditionGraham Hutton, University of NottinghamCambridge University Press, 1st September 2016 320 pages, 120 exercises, ISBN 9781316626221 An extensively updated and expanded version of the...
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Exploring calling conventions with x86 assembly
When I was in the process of creating the OpenGL loader that I described in my last blog post, I forgot to add the WINAPI prefix to the function declarations. Someone pointed out to me on Twitter that...
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Ask HN: What does an electrical engineer actually do at work?
I've served a whole bunch of roles in my five years at my current employer, and I'd probably classify myself as being an "electrical engineer" for all of them. (No single experience is typical, but...
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Show HN: Grumbles.js – Detects when your users swear out loud
IntroductionGrumbles.js is a very simple library which can be used to determine when your user is upset by listening for when they grumble (read: shout swear words). It works via the experimental...
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SPIR-V Compression
TL;DR: Vulkan SPIR-V shaders are fairly large. SMOL-V can make them smaller.Other folks are implementing Vulkan support at work, and the other day they noticed that Vulkan shaders (which are...
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Remembering Vernon Adams, creator of KDE's user-interface font Oxygen
[Posted August 30, 2016 by n8willis]Open-source font developer Vernon Adams has passed away in California at the age of 49. In 2014, Adams was injured in an automobile collision, sustaining serious...
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New Analysis Confirms Why the I-5 Skagit River Bridge Collapsed
The I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state, after it collapsed in 2013. (Image: Martha T/Flickr]In May 2013, a bridge spanning the Skagit River along Interstate 5 in Washington state...
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Show HN: Mobi.css – A lightweight, flexible css framework that focus on mobile
README.mdA lightweight, flexible css framework that focus on mobile.IntroductionOnly 3.6kb after gzipped, less than Skeleton, Pure.css and Bootstrap v4, etc.Heavy use of flexbox, super flexible, less...
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People in Los Angeles Are Getting Rid Of Their Cars
Pete Saloutos / Getty ImagesEric Spiegelman grew up in a six-car family in the San Fernando Valley and has lived in Los Angeles for the majority of his life. At the end of May, he let the lease on his...
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The neurology of self-awareness
What is the self? How does the activity of neurons give rise to the sense of being a conscious human being? Even this most ancient of philosophical problems, I believe, will yield to the methods of...
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In defence of Douglas Crockford
Two days ago the tech conference Nodevember announced that they would be removing a keynote speaker from their lineup in an effort to make their conference a more comfortable environment for all...
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