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Tackling Webdev as a Bioinformatician: why is it so hard?
The web is amazing and amazingly complex
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 5,567 posts.
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A brief introduction to the beauty of Information Theory
Lambdaclass's blog about distributed systems, machine learning, compilers, operating systems, security and cryptography.
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An introduction to virtual memory
...and the crucial role it plays in modern operating systems.
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Dissecting an SSL Certificate (2017)
Dissecting an SSL certificate
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I got my first $50/mo customer
Sharing everything I learn along the way and blog about my progress daily.
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ESO Instrument Finds Closest Black Hole to Earth
A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is closer to our Solar System than any other found to date and forms part of a triple system that can be seen with the naked eye. The team found…
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Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Surface Earbuds
Available for preorder today, new Surface devices and accessories are designed to help you work, learn, connect and play from anywhere The way we work, connect and learn continues to change right in front of us. Our devices have become our window to the world – our office, our school and our social space. To
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Initial Impressions of WSL 2
Soon the Windows May 2020 Update (20H1) will be released upon the world. This update will contain some nice UI improvements, but most relevant to me it allows Web Developers on Windows to upgrade to WSL 2. This is a significant milestone in the #davegoeswindows saga and it’s worth posting about what it means going…
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When Parallel: Pull, Don't Push
I’ve noticed a small pattern across a few of my projects where I had vectorized and parallelized some code. The original algorithm had a “push” approach, the optimized version instead took a “pull” approach. In this article I’ll describe what I mean, though it’s mostly just so I can show off some pretty videos…
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I was tricked into thinking I had “grit”
I was tricked into thinking I had tons of grit as a student. I worked hard in school. I put in long hours. I stayed up all night reading and preparing for debate topics, doing homework, writing essays. It was easy for me to burn the midnight oil. I enjoy
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Firefox for Mobile now supports NoScript, PrivacyBadger, HTTPS Everywhere
Back in February, we announced support for the first extension for Firefox Preview, the new and rebuilt mobile browser for Android that is set to replace Firefox for Android later ...
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Reviving a 16-year-old Mac App
Today we released Whisk 2.0: a lightweight web page editor with a live preview that updates as you type. The name may be new, but the mac app’s origins are in shareware called HyperEdit that I started while in college over 16 years ago. It is hard to believe I’ve worked on an app old eno
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Nazar: Analyzing malware that was uncovered in leaked NSA files
In mid-2017, The Shadow Brokers exposed NSA files in a leak known as "Lost In Translation".Recently, researcher uncovered "Nazar", a previously-unknown APT that was mentioned in the leak.We decided to dive into each and every one of the components and share our technical analysis. What we found out, is far from being…
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A visual explanation for regularization of linear models
A deep dive into exactly how regularization works, using visualizations rather than (just) mathematics. This article also dispels some myths and answer some important questions about Lasso and Ridge regression.
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Principles for Building New SaaS Products on AWS
Explore the latest updates from Caylent, including industry trends, expert insights, company news, and more.
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San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate
NorthStar Moving Company is the best mover in San Francisco, CA with a 4.66 out of 5 rating and 93% positive reviews. Compare top-rated companies, pricing, and get quotes.
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How to get stock fundamentals data with Python
Learn how to download fundamentals data with Python using the yahoo_fin package, including P/E and P/S ratios, return on equity, and more.
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Web Vitals: essential metrics for a healthy site
Optimizing for quality of user experience is key to the long-term success of any site on the web. Through our ongoing engagement and coll...
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Apple will host WWDC virtually, beginning June 22
Apple today announced it will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference virtually, beginning June 22.
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React-flow: a library to create interactive node-based graphs
We just open sourced "React Flow" : A library for rendering interactive node-based graphs with a smooth panning and zooming behaviour and…
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Why does musl make my Rust code so slow?
Software engineer specializing in query engines and distributed systems
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Firefox 76
We'd like to extend a special thank you to all of the new Mozillians who contributed to this release of Firefox.
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How to trigger races reliably in the Linux kernel
What's a race anyways? Most of the readers, for sure, do know what a race condition is. Let me however include short description just fo...
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How Stripe Designs Websites (2017)
Developer and writer.
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Point of WebGPU on Native
WebGPU is a new graphics and compute API designed on the grounds of W3C organization (mostly) by the browser vendors. It’s designed for the Web, used by Java...