Let me take you through my dream office
I hate offices. I feel uncomfortable in most of them because they are too loud, too crammed, smell, are too hot or cold. Being a knowledge worker I first and foremost need office space that helps me...
View ArticleA bug in GCC that may cause memory leaks in valid C++ programs
This post is to inform you about a bug in GCC that may cause memory (or other resource) leaks in your valid C++ programs. One of the pillars of C++ philosophy is what we often call RAII: if you use...
View ArticleWhat Is Digital Humanism?
In this century, most people use “humanist” to mean something like “atheist, but nice about it.” That’s not what I’m talking about. I’m thinking about Renaissance Humanism, but applied, updated, or...
View Article100k AUD$ Equity-Free Startup Grant from Queensland Government (Hot DesQ)
Before applyingReview the Hot DesQ Guidelines, Hot DesQ FAQs and Hot DesQ Terms and ConditionsBe prepared and available to arrive in Queensland between 7 August to 18 August 2017, and stay for 6...
View ArticleBuilding a Device Lab (2015)
Learn to build a device lab with advice on purchasing, power solutions, and much more in this handy pocket guide.Table of ContentsPrefaceChoosing DevicesPowerDevice Setup and...
View ArticleWrite Fast Apps Using Async Python 3.6 and Redis
One of the commoncomplaintspeoplehave about python and other popular interpreted languages (Ruby, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, etc) is that they’re slow. A faster language would give better response times...
View ArticleFacebook says it will act against 'information operations' using false accounts
The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
View ArticlePavel Durov Has Unfriended Everyone
The man who set up the most popular social network in Russia axed all of his online friends in one fell swoop on Monday. Having them, he wrote, was so 2010. That may be a sign of the times: Predictions...
View ArticleNick Sand, Orange Sunshine LSD chemist, has died
The undaunted spirit and psychedelic warrior of love and light, Nick Sand, the outlaw chemist, died in his sleep on Monday April 24th at the age of 75. Most famous for the Orange Sunshine brand of LSD...
View ArticleInstead of containers, give me strong config and deploy primitives
A modest proposalThese are the things I want out of my cloud management layer.define resource access in a config filemy app will use this to know where to look for thingsthe OS will use it to determine...
View ArticleAn artificial womb successfully grew baby sheep
Inside what look like oversized ziplock bags strewn with tubes of blood and fluid, eight fetal lambs continued to develop — much like they would have inside their mothers. Over four weeks, their lungs...
View ArticleUber’s Anthony Levandowski out as Advanced Technologies lead amid legal fight
Uber’s Anthony Levandowski, who founded Otto and then became head of Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) once Otto was acquired by the ride-sharing company, is stepping aside from his role as head...
View ArticleHave We Forgotten about Geometry in Computer Vision?
Deep learning has revolutionised computer vision. Today, there are not many problems where the best performing solution is not based on an end-to-end deep learning model. In particular, convolutional...
View ArticleA Trillion Edge Graph on a Single Commodity Node
April 27, 2017Nicole HemsothEfficiently and quickly chewing through one trillion edges of a complex graph is no longer in itself a standalone achievement, but doing so on a single node, albeit with...
View ArticleWhy do we love chilli?
I’ve been procrastinating. On my dining room table I have lined up three hot peppers: one habanero, flame-orange and lantern-shaped; one skinny little Thai bird’s eye chilli; and one relatively...
View ArticleJavascript is a buffet, not the enemy
When we were in search for the opening keynotes for Script'17, Chris appeared like the knight in shining armour. Within two days all was set: Title, slot, flight, hotel. A dream for any conference...
View ArticleOfflineIMAP: sync and backup tool for IMAP
README.md"Get the emails where you need them."Official offlineimap.DescriptionOfflineIMAP is software that downloads your email mailbox(es) as local Maildirs. OfflineIMAP will synchronize both sides...
View ArticleAnalyze un-instrumented ELF core files for leaks, memory growth and corruption
README.mdchap analyzes un-instrumented ELF core files for leaks, memory growth, and corruption. It is sufficiently reliable that it can be used in automation to catch leaks before they are committed....
View ArticleThank You, Yakkers
We started Yik Yak in 2013 because we wanted to help you connect with the people right around you on campus, whether you knew them or not. And from the University of North Florida couple who met (and...
View ArticleChina's Didi Raises Over $5.5B in Record Tech Funding
Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing raised more than $5.5 billion from investors, scoring the largest round of funding ever for a technology company to bankroll an expansion beyond China and into...
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