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The R language, for programmers
Some things about the R programming language that programmers coming from other languages are likely to trip over.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 1,981 posts.
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The No CAPTCHA problem
When I read about No CAPTCHA for the first time I was really excited. Did we finally find a better solution? Hashcash? Or what? Finally it...
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6 GHz frequency modulated radar
Making a cheap and simple radar with a range of about 100 meters.
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Java Doesn’t Suck
I've been building enterprise Java web apps since servlets were created. In that time the Java ecosystem has changed a lot but sadly many enterprise Java…
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Hacking PayPal Accounts with one click
Today I am going to publicly disclose a critical vulnerability I have found during my research in PayPal, This vulnerability enabled me to completely bypass the CSRF Prevention System implemented by PayPal, The vulnerability is patched very fast and PayPal paid me the maximum bounty they give ;).
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Why my book can be downloaded for free
From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus
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Programming Modern Systems Like It Was 1984
It's not about technology for its own sake. It's about being able to implement your ideas.
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Resumes suck for hiring engineers
In this experiment, I wanted to see how good engineers and recruiters were at resume-based candidate filtering. Going into it, I was pretty sure that engineers would do a much better job than recruiters. However, that’s not what happened at all. As it turned out, people were pretty bad at filtering resumes across the…
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Publish and Perish at Imperial College London: The Death of Stefan Grimm
Jump to follow-up This week’s Times Higher Education carried a report of the death, at age 51, of Professor Stefan Grimm: Imperial College London to ‘review procedures’ after death of academi…
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The Magpie Developer
I’ve often thought that software developers were akin to Magpies, birds notorious for stealing shiny items to decorate their complex nests. Like Magpies, software developers are unusually smart and curious creatures, almost by definition. But we are too easily distracted by shiny new toys and playthings. I no longer
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Deep learning for chess
Erik Bernhardsson
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You could have invented Parser Combinators
Computer Science, Machine Learning, Programming, Art, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Short Fiction
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The Case for Slow Programming
My dad used to say, “Slow down, son. You’ll get the job done faster.” I’ve worked in many high-tech startup companies in the San Francisco Bay area. I am now 52, and I progr…
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“Invalid username or password” is a useless security measure
Login attempts fail because computer users can't remember their email or didn't input the right password. Most websites on the Internet won't tell you which one is actually incorrect.
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Chinese Mobile UI Trends
A summary of common idioms and visual language found in Chinese smartphone apps.
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How NSA and GCHQ are tapping internet cables
A weblog about Signals Intelligence, Communications Security and top level telecommunications equipment
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Things You Can Do with Python and POV-Ray
This post presents Vapory, a library I wrote to bring POV-Ray’s 3D rendering capabilities to Python. POV-ray is a popular 3D rendering software which …
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From hacker to hospice in seven weeks
If you would like to help Steven, please donate to his family. He will not live to see his child born. Any amount is greatly appreciated.
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The resource leak bug of our civilization
A couple of months ago, Trixter of Hornet released a demo called "8088 Domination", which shows off real-time video and audio playback on t...
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The State of JavaScript in 2015
Developing Opinions - A blog by Jimmy Breck-McKye
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Great Works in Programming Languages (2004)
In September, 2004, I posted a query to the Types list asking people to name the five most important papers ever written in the area of programming languages. This page collects the responses I received. (A few are missing because I am still tracking down bibliographic information.)