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Experienced Programmers Use Google Frequently
Answer to the famous question ‘Do good programmers use Google?’
Rethinking PID 1 (2010)
Posts and writings by Lennart Poettering
Neural Networks Are Impressively Good at Compression
I’m trying to get into neural networks. There have been a couple big breakthroughs in the field in recent years and suddenly my side project of messing around with programming languages seeme…
Automated Testing for League of Legends
Hi, I’m Jim ‘Anodoin’ Merrill, and I work on test automation efforts for League of Legends , focused specifically on the in-game experience. I currently serve as the tech captain to the Build Verification System Development (BVS-Dev) team.…
Immortality Begins at Forty
I discovered something a couple of years ago: Almost all culture, old or new, is designed for consumption by people under 40. People between 40 and Ω (an…
WebExtensions in Firefox 48
We last updated you on our progress with WebExtensions when Firefox 47 landed in Developer Edition (Aurora), and today we have an update for Firefox 48, which landed in Developer ...
ES6, ES7, and beyond
V8 v5.2 supports ES2015 and ES2016!
I'm Writing a Book on Security
I’m writing a book on security in the highly connected Internet-of-Things world. Tentative title: Click Here to Kill Everybody Peril and Promise in a Hyper-Connected World There are two underlying metaphors in the book. The first is what I have called the World-Sized Web, which is that combination of mobile, cloud…
C++ Has Become More Pythonic (2014)
C++ has changed a lot in recent years. The last two revisions, C++11 and C++14, introduce so many new features that, in the words of Bjarne Stroustrup, “It feels like a new …
DeepMind moves to TensorFlow
Posted by Koray Kavukcuoglu, Research Scientist, Google DeepMindAt DeepMind, we conduct state-of-the-art research on a wide range of algorithms, fr...
Myths about Integer Overflow in Rust
Integer overflow detection/handling in Rust is sometimes misunderstood.
Why is Amazon all of a sudden not re-investing all its profits?
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The Secrets of Medieval Fonts
One of the fundamental things in a medieval book is letters – those symbols that fill up page after page and that make up meaning. Each one of us human beings writes differently and considering tha…
Hello Lua
Haxe 3.3 introduces a powerful and flexible new Lua target. Here's how to get started with it.
The Crime of Speech
New EFF Report Maps Legal Threats to Free Expression in the Arab WorldFreedom of expression is a universal right, but the specific threats to it vary widely from country to country and region to region. As activists fighting for free speech worldwide, it is essential that we better understand the...
Front-End Performance: The Dark Side
The latest news about Opera web browsers, tech trends, internet tips.
The Suicide of Venezuela
I never expected to witness the slow suicide of a country, a civilization. I suppose nobody does. Let me tell you, there’s nothing epic about it. We who have the privilege of travel often look down…
A Deep Learning USB Stick
Unlock more with Intel Core Ultra processors. Experience superior AI performance, all-day battery life, and pro-level graphics for work and play.
Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling
📍 This article has moved. Read the current version at This is the third part in a short series of blog posts about quantum Monte Carlo (QMC). The series is derived from an introductory lecture I ga…
This year’s Founders' Letter
Every year, Larry and Sergey write a Founders' Letter with some of our recent highlights. This year, Sundar reflects on his vision for Google.
How we found a bug in Amazon ELB
Troubleshooting of an Amazon ELB bug found in production using the Sysdig and Wireshark analysis tools and following a strictly top-down approach.