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BitTorrent vs. HTTP
Here's a comparison between the use of bittorrent vs HTTP for data transfers.Basic FactsBittorrent is a way for a client to figure out what peers that have a piece of a particular file so that it can...
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How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains
A bumblebee flies up to inspect a flower, looking for a taste of nectar. It buzzes around a bit and realises that something is different. The bee can see the flower but cannot reach it.That is because...
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Systemd v228 local root exploit
oss-security - Headsup: systemd v228 local root exploit (CVE-2016-10156)[<prev][next>][day][month][year][list] Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:55:01 +0100 From: Sebastian Krahmer...
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Firefox Gets Better Video Gaming and Warns of Non-Secure Websites
Today’s release of Firefox includes various features for developers and users that enable a richer and safer experience on the web.WebGL 2 enables a new generation of 3D graphics on the web Firefox is...
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Making the move from Scala to Go, and why we’re not going back
Here’s the story of why we chose to migrate from Scala to Go, and gradually rewrote part of our Scala codebase to Go. As a whole, Movio hosts a much broader and diverse set of opinions, so the “we” in...
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Problems I Have with Python
I've been using Python for about 10 years now. I love the language as much as I can any, and for the most part I enjoy writing in it -- and reading it.However, despite its qualities it also shares...
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BloomAPI (YC W17) Hiring a UI-Automation (UIA/MSAA) Engineer
______________Want to change the way individuals interact with their healthcare? Want to enable a new generation of software applications within healthcare? Apply to work at BloomAPI today!BloomAPI...
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Racket v6.8
posted by Vincent St-AmourRacket version 6.8 is now available from http://racket-lang.org/Racket sports a new logo, courtesy of Matthew Butterick.MacBook Pro laptops with touch bars are...
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Chrome will aggressively throttle background tabs
"L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés ou désirs"Chrome 56 introduces a commendable optimization to throttle background tabs' timers. From the Intent to Implement, the gist is:Each WebView has a budget...
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The Relationship Between Skyscrapers and Great Cities
Tall buildings can add a great deal, but they also have their limits.It’s clear that 2015 was a banner year for skyscrapers: Across the globe in that year alone, 106 tall buildings (above 200 meters,...
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Analysis of 100M Taxi Trips in Chicago Shows Usage Declining 35% per Year
The City of Chicago has released a public dataset containing over 100 million taxi rides since 2013. I adapted my analysis of the similar New York City dataset to process the Chicago data, and created...
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Lecture Notes on Randomized Linear Algebra (2016)
(Submitted on 16 Aug 2016)Abstract: These are lecture notes that are based on the lectures from a class I taught on the topic of Randomized Linear Algebra (RLA) at UC Berkeley during the Fall 2013...
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Kotlin 1.1: What’s coming in the standard library
Java 9 preparationsJava 9 is coming and brings Project Jigsaw to the table — the Java platform module system. One of the constraints it imposes is that no two modules can declare public API in the same...
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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire AppDynamics
Cisco Blog> The Platform The Platform Rob Salvagno - January 24, 2017 - 4 Comments Digitization and the transition to cloud are forcing the worlds of IT and business to blend together. In the...
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Find and Replace: DNA Editing Tool Shows Gene Therapy Promise
Caption: This image represents an infection-fighting cell called a neutrophil. In this artist’s rendering, the cell’s DNA is being “edited” to help restore its ability to fight bacterial invaders.For...
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What's all this fuss about Erlang? (2007)
Nobody can predict the future, but I’m going to make a few informed guesses.Let’s suppose Intel is right: let’s suppose that the Keifer project succeeds. If this happens, then 32 core processors will...
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Microsoft Appoints Kevin Scott as CTO
REDMOND, Wash. – Jan. 24, 2017– Microsoft Corp. has named Kevin Scott to a newly created role of chief technology officer (CTO) for the company. This is an expansion of Scott’s new role at LinkedIn as...
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TheFacebook.com’s darker side (2004)
Thefacebook.com’s darker side ColumnistWednesday, March 10, 2004last updated March 10, 2004 4:00 AMLike so many among you, I have been caught up in this thefacebook.com craze. After all, it’s the only...
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Shell Has a Forth-Like Quality
Shell Has a Forth-like QualityHome 2017-01-13This post takes a short break from ASDL to expand on one of my Hacker News comments.I realize I haven't done much of what I mentioned in the second sentence...
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Apollo 1
Enlarge/ The crew of Apollo 1 crosses the gantry to the spacecraft on the day of the fire, Jan. 27, 1967.NASAOn a gray January afternoon in Houston, Walt Cunningham leaned into his Eames Lounge Chair...
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