Explaining the Monty Hall problem yet again
How to explain the Monty Hall problem to a disbeliever The Monty Hall problem is an excellent example of a problem where mathematics seem to disagree with common sense. It was first presented as a...
View ArticleMemory FAQ
What is some existing documentation on Linux memory management? Ulrich Drepper (the glibc maintainer) wrote an article series called "What every programmer should know about memory": Part 1:...
View ArticleHow I built a keyboard by hand
I had spare mechanical keyboard switches and keycaps from other keyboard projects, and I wanted to see if it would be feasible to build a keyboard using only hand tools.I started with some aluminum...
View ArticleGoing Serverless: Migrating an Express App to AWS API Gateway and AWS Lambda
Brett AndrewsSoftware Development EngineerAmazon API Gateway recently released three new features that simplify the process of forwarding HTTP requests to your integration endpoint: greedy path...
View ArticleHow I Built This
September 2, 2016Coming Soon: How I Built ThisSeptember 2, 2016 • On September 12, NPR launches a new podcast, How I Built This, hosted by Guy Raz. The show features innovators, entrepreneurs,...
View ArticleAmid debate, all 2016 American Nobel laureates are immigrants
In a year in which Republican presidential nominee Donald TrumpDonald TrumpMcCain: I may write-in Lindsey Graham for presidentClinton’s Ohio rally sets attendance recordReport: Univision chief urged...
View ArticleAll you wanted to know about ‘all-hands’ meetings
The other day, I attended an event that took me through the gamut of emotions. I was educated, inspired, amused, moved and energized. There were moments where I could literally feel chills down my...
View ArticleVisual Studio Code 1.6
Welcome to the September release of VS Code. There are a number of significant updates in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include:The release notes are arranged in...
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View ArticleMajor Investor Sues Theranos
Oct. 10, 2016 6:46 p.m. ETOne of Theranos Inc.’s biggest financial backers has sued the embattled startup and its founder for allegedly lying to attract its nearly $100 million investment, according...
View ArticleStatistical Machine Learning, Spring 2016
Statistical Machine Learning is a second graduate level course in advanced machine learning, assuming students have taken Machine Learning (10-715) and Intermediate Statistics (36-705). The course...
View ArticleReact Implementation Notes
This section is a collection of implementation notes for the stack reconciler.It is very technical and assumes a strong understanding of React public API as well as how it's divided into core,...
View ArticleNP vs. PSPACE
(Submitted on 30 Sep 2016)Abstract: We present a proof of the conjecture $\mathcal{NP}$ = $\mathcal{PSPACE}$ by showing that arbitrary tautologies of Johansson's minimal propositional logic admit...
View ArticleShow HN: TagSpaces – An open source personal data manager
Easy File TaggingThe application supports adding tags to files, in a transparent, not vendor locking way. You can tag your files by a simple drag & drop actions. More... Tag GroupsYou can...
View ArticleAnonymous Hacker Begins Second Week of Hunger Strike in Prison
An alleged Anonymous hacker has begun his second week of a hunger strike in prison to protest perceived institutionalized torture and political prosecutions against the likes of the late internet...
View ArticleRussia's sacred myths
By Harry BoneBBC Monitoring11 October 2016From the section EuropeShareShare this withEmailShare this with EmailFacebookShare this with FacebookMessengerShare this with MessengerMessengerShare this with...
View ArticleR Notebooks
Today we’re excited to announce R Notebooks, which add a powerful notebook authoring engine to R Markdown. Notebook interfaces for data analysis have compelling advantages including the close...
View ArticleTwitter's Dorsey Rallies Staff Around Independent Strategy in Internal Memo
Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey has a message for his employees as the company's conversations about a possible sale falter -- "We can do this!"In an internal memo, sent last week and...
View ArticleThe Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2016
10 October 2016The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016 toOliver HartHarvard University, Cambridge,...
View ArticleDDwarf Fortress Defies Materialism
Dwarf Fortress is a popular complicated video game with a primitive graphical engine. It simulates complex behaviors to create a story, in which the player helps a group of dwarfs survive in an...
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