The future of iOS is 64-bit only: Apple to stop support of 32-bit apps
Ever launch an app on your iPhone and then get a pop-up warning that says the app may slow down your iPhone? (I have old versions of certain apps, so it shows up for me every once in a while.) That...
View ArticleGitLab Database Incident Report
GitLab.com Database Incident - 2017/01/31Note: This incident affected the database (including issues and merge requests) but not the git repo's (repositories and wikis).Timeline (all times UTC)...
View ArticleThe JVM is not that heavy
Mostly my opposition to Clojure is the JVM. That sh*t is heavy.This came up in the ZA Tech Slack team several weeks ago. While watching some Clojure talks over the holidays the speakers also noted this...
View ArticleThe future of iOS is 64-bit only: Apple to stop support of 32-bit apps
The future of iOS is 64-bit only: Apple to stop support of 32-bit apps | Macworld By Roman Loyola | Senior Editor,Macworld|Jan 31, 2017 10:22 AM PT Credit:...
View ArticleScientists determine identity of all 23,000 atoms in a nanoparticle
The precise 3-D atomic composition of an iron-platinum nanoparticle is revealed in this reconstruction, with iron atoms in red and platinum atoms in blue. Credit: Colin Ophus and Florian Niekiel,...
View Article6.S191: Introduction to Deep Learning
MIT 6.S191: Introduction to Deep Learning A 1-week extensive survey of deep learning methods and applications. Go to Lecture Slides + Videos! Course Description A week-long intro to deep learning...
View ArticleLayoffs Taboo, Japan Workers Are Sent to the Boredom Room (2013)
The standoff between workers and management at the Sendai factory underscores an intensifying battle over hiring and firing practices in Japan, where lifetime employment has long been the norm and...
View ArticleLiving a Meaningful Life
Brian Little, one of the world’s leading experts on personality psychology, is renowned as a public speaker. If you watch his recent TED talk on personality, as millions of others have, you will see an...
View ArticleAn Email Thread Between a Developer and Gigster
Some questions I have about with this contract: (allowed for by section 11.5):"including source code developed by Contractor ... generally applicable to other Customer projects"I'm more then willing to...
View ArticleFour Column ASCII
I found this gem on Hacker News the other day. User soneil posted to a four column version of the ASCII table that blew my mind. I just wanted to repost this here so it is easier to discover.Here's an...
View ArticleMillion requests per second with Python
Is it possible? Probably not until recently. Many large companies have been investigating migrating to other programming languages to boost their operation performance and save on server prices but...
View ArticleFake News Challenge
Answer:In the eyes of some, ‘fake news’ means “whatever I don’t agree with.” This is not the definition adopted for the FNC. We’ve extensively investigated the various ways credible media experts have...
View Article“Becoming Warren Buffett,” the Man, Not the Investor
“Becoming Warren Buffett,” a new HBO documentary, examines its subject’s complicated relationships with the people he loved most.CreditPHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF HBOOver the end credits of the new HBO...
View ArticleTesla Motors, Inc. Is Now Officially Tesla, Inc
Tesla has officially changed its name to Tesla, Inc., from its previous official corporate title of Tesla Motors, Inc. The name change likely reflects the expanded nature of its business now that it...
View ArticleShow HN: Arrived – the Stack Overflow for US Immigration
The Ultimate Guide til den amerikanske drøm. Planlægger at flytte til USA? Bekymret administrationens planer Trump? Vi kan hjælpe.🔹 Newsfeed fra Trump administration opdateres dagligt, forklarer...
View ArticleUnlearning descriptive statistics
If you've ever used an arithmetic mean, a Pearson correlation or a standard deviation to describe a dataset, I'm writing this for you. Better numbers exist to summarize location, association and...
View ArticleAsk HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)
Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2017)253 points by whoishiring2 hours ago | hide | past | web | 387 comments | favoritePlease lead with the location of the position and include the keywords REMOTE,...
View ArticleHow Immigration Uncertainty Threatens America’s Tech Dominance
Even before last Friday’s executive order on immigration, lawyers told Tim Wilson not to bother hiring a Vietnamese national—an expert in “nanoscale structured material”—for a Silicon Valley...
View ArticleThe surprising link between air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease
With environmental regulations expected to come under heavy fire from the Trump administration, new research offers powerful evidence of a link between air pollution and dementia risk.For older women,...
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