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Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31st
Last updated: 2017/07/21 12:00 UTC . This page will be updated when new information becomes available. See the list of updates .
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 2,293 posts.
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Babylon.js 3.0
Babylon.js is an open source framework that allows you to create stunning 3D experiences in your browser. Built with simplicity and performance in mind, it is the engine that fuels the Remix3D site or the Xbox Design Lab. Today, I’m thrilled to announce the availability of Babylon.js’s biggest version ever: Babylon.js…
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Getting Started with Event Sourcing in Postgres
In a previous post we explored how our application tracks sent emails. We set things up to update or insert a record for each email with the current state (delivered, dropped, etc). In this post we'll look at an alternative data model where we'll store each event as its own record and then roll up t
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Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Internet
Google and many others are joining together to call on the FCC to preserve the open internet. Together, we can make our voices heard and we can make a difference.
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ClojureScript Is Not An Island: Integrating Node Modules
ClojureScript has had first class JavaScript interop since its initial release in 2011. Similarly to Clojure, embracing the host has always been an explicit goal. While the above is true from a syntax standpoint, integrating with external JavaScript libraries historically came at the cost of some manual work [ 1 ] (…
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Net Neutrality Violations: A History of Abuse
Here's what happens when cable and phone companies are left to their own devices.
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Sixth mass extinction: The era of ‘biological annihilation’
We read, with no small concern, a recent CNN article by John D. Sutter, columnist. He notes several statistics that should not be ignored, such as, “three-quarters of all species could disapp…
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How to build a JavaScript package manager
Hello everyone! Today, we’re gonna write a new package manager, even better than Yarn! Ok, maybe not, but at least we’re gonna have some fun, learn how packa...
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27000 errors in the Tizen operating system
This article will demonstrate that during the development of large projects static analysis is not just a useful, but a completely necessary part of the development process. This article is the first...
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How Discord Scaled Elixir to 5M Concurrent Users
Discover the latest news and app updates, stories, company insights, and plenty more about Discord, all in one place.
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JDK 9: Pitfalls for the Unwary
JDK 9 is in the final phases of development, heading towards release on September 21st. The public review consideration ballot for the Java Platform
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SAFEs are not bad for entrepreneurs
Pascal Levensohn and Andrew Krowne recently published an article: “Why Safe Notes are not safe for entrepreneurs [https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/08/why-safe-notes-are-not-safe-for-entrepreneurs/] .” The authors were critical of the safe, describing it (as the click-bait title suggests), as bad for entrepreneurs. But…
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MDN’s new design is in Beta
Change is coming to MDN. In a recent post, we talked about updates to the MDN brand, and this time we want to focus on the upcoming design changes for ...
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Hard Drive Cost per Gigabyte
For hard drive prices, the race to zero is over: nobody won. As you’ll see, the hard drive pricing curve has flattened out.
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Fedora 26 released
[This message comes from the desk of the Fedora Project Leader directly. Happy release day! — Ed.] Hi everyone! I’m incredibly proud to announce the immediate availability of Fedora 26. Read more below, or just jump to download from: Get Fedora 26 Workstation Get Fedora 26 Server Get Fedora 26 Atomic Host ← includes…
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I do whatever I want at work and I haven’t been fired yet
A few of us at Basecamp were recently discussing how decisions get made to “green light” new projects, and I came to the conclusion that it boils down a simple rule: If you can make a decision and …
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Toward a Reasonably Secure Laptop
It’s no secret that hardware selection is one of the biggest hurdles Qubes users face. Finding a computer that is secure, trustworthy, and compatible is more difficult than it should be. In an effort to address the compatibility aspect of that problem, we introduced the Qubes-certified ...
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Ubuntu now available from the Windows store
Today, we’re excited to announce that Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Distro is now available in the Windows Store and can be downloaded and installed on any
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Build a Serverless Web Applicaion
Amazon Textract is a machine learning (ML) service that uses optical character recognition (OCR) to automatically extract text, handwriting, and data from scanned PDF documents, forms, and tables.
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Unikernels are secure
Per Buer is the CEO of IncludeOS . IncludeOS is a clean-slate unikernel written in C++ with performance and security in mind. Per Buer is the founder and previous CEO/CTO of Varnish Software.
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Elevate your C programming skills by exploring the SQLite codebase
Articles about C/C++ code quality, software architecture, static analysis and CppDepend.
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Don't Lower Your Expectations
Richard Branson's blog - where he shares his thoughts on business, Virgin news, leadership, life, family and the global issues he cares about the most