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Towards an understanding of technical debt (2016)
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Nonnegative matrix factorization
The why and how of nonnegative matrix factorization Gillis, arXiv 2014 from: ‘Regularization, Optimization, Kernels, and Support Vector Machines.’ Last week we looked at the paper ‘Beyond news cont…
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Cache Eviction: When Are Randomized Algorithms Better Than LRU? (2014)
Once upon a time, my computer architecture professor mentioned that using a random eviction policy for caches really isn't so bad. That random eviction isn't bad can be surprising — if your cache fills up and you have to get rid of something, choosing the least recently used (LRU) is an obvious choice, since you're…
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The Single Rotation rule: simple and rich reversible cellular automaton (2013)
See also other posts tagged Single Rotation . In the previous post I have presented the Reversible Cellular Automata simulator , along ...
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An Honest Living
What is it like to go from a tenured professorship to an hourly wage driving buses? This piece tries to make sense of an unusual transition.
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AWS Nitro System
At Tuesday Night Live with James Hamilton at the 2016 AWS re:Invent conference, I introduced the first Amazon Web Services custom silicon. The ASIC I showed formed the foundational core of our second generation custom network interface controllers and, even back in 2016, there was at least one of these ASICs going…
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LD_PRELOAD: The Hero We Need and Deserve
A summary of my undying love for LD_PRELOAD.
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CSS Grid the Right Way
CSS Grid is fun to use but hard to learn. Here are three tips to help you understand and leverage the Grid spec.
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On Being an Engineering Manager
I’ve been acting in the role of Engineering Manager for 6 months now, so it’s a good time to review how things are going. Some of the points below could be obvious to some and not everything will work in all situations, but I hope I can accurately describe my perspective. A little bit of background for you, first, to…
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Technical Recruiting Needs to Focus on Selling the Position
Developer and writer.
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OpenAI Trains Language Model, Mass Hysteria Ensues
[latexpage] On Thursday, OpenAI announced that they had trained a language model. They used a large training dataset and showed that the resulting model was useful for downstream tasks where training data is scarce. They
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Deciphering the Messages of Apple’s T2 Coprocessor
Explore the Duo Blog for expert tips, security insights, and resources to stay updated on the latest in security and access management trends.
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Going Solo, Successfully
Three years ago I quit my job and started consulting full time . It's worked out really well. I get to spend more time doing things I like to do and I've been able to deliver great products for clients. I wanted to go over some tips for starting a successful consulting business.
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Making My Own USB Keyboard from Scratch
A few months ago, I completed a project to build an entire USB keyboard from scratch. This included electronic circuit design, PCB design, firmware coding, CAD design, assembly and usage. The final result is my daily driver work keyboard, which I affectionately call “KeeBee”:
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Chaos Monkey Guide for Engineers
A complete and comprehensive guide to learn about, set up, and deploy Chaos Monkey and other similar tools for creating chaos. Download the whole guide.
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Why I hate the weekends (2017)
Why we work too much filling up our weekends leading to no breaks ever.
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Obesity and overweight
Obesity and overweight fact sheet from WHO providing key facts and information on causes, health consequences, double burden of disease, prevention, WHO response.
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Is it creepy when brands pester you on social media?
You're sat in a pub, chatting with your mates. You start to moan about how the cheap lager they serve gives you a headache. All of a sudden, a stranger runs up to you and says: "Oh no! Headaches? Have you tried the refreshing taste of Pepsi® Cola? It's the Flavour That Keeps Giving™!" I suspect you would complain to…
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Color Spaces
Interactive article explaining color spaces and how they're used to express color.
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Spoofing Google Search Results
By adding two parameters to any Google Search URL, you can replace search results with a Knowledge Graph card of your choice. A malicious user can use this to generate false information or ‘fake news’.
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Intern at a YC Company
If you’re an ambitious undergrad or graduate student with an engineering background, YC can help you get an internship at a YC-backed company. You apply once, and your profile will be sent to over 50 YC startups that are looking for summer interns. The 50 companies participating in our Work at a Startup…
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Modern Alternatives to PGP
Did your last Yubikey just break? Perhaps you forgot an offline backup password. Maybe you’re just tired of living like a spy and never using smartphones. Whatever it is, you’re here, and you’re finally ready to give up on PGP. That’s great! We’re here to help! No one was sending you encrypted emails anyway, so that’s…
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An Inside Look at the Backblaze Storage Pod Museum
Nearly 10 years after the first Storage Pod altered the storage landscape the innovation continues to deliver great returns to the market.
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Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms
I'm Brad Frost, an independent creator, web designer & developer, teacher, speaker, writer, musician, and artist based in Pittsburgh, PA.
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C# 8: Switch expressions
COCOL88 merupakan juragan yang sangat terpercaya dalam lingkup permainan online gacoryang mempunyai skill keamanan yang sangat tinggi dan persentase kemenangan yang akurat dengan fitur RTP yang disediakan oleh situs COCOL88
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