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Microsoft completes GitHub acquisition
With the Microsoft acquisition of GitHub complete, Nat Friedman joins as CEO.
Not Lisp again (2009)
A blog about computers, functional languages, Lisp, and Scheme.
WebRender is in beta
🎉 WebRender is in beta 🎉! There are still a number of blocking bugs so WebRender will stay on beta for a few trains until it has received enough polish to hit the release population. This is an imp…
Duckspeak vs. Smalltalk: Decline of the Xerox PARC Philosophy at Apple (2011)
Duckspeak Vs Smalltalk The Decline of the Xerox PARC Philosophy at Apple Computers Malcolm Gladwell's recent piece, "Creation Myth" , in...
Qt Design Studio 1.0
Explore the Qt Blog for the latest insights on e.g. Qt Creator, your go-to source for cross-platform development tips and updates.
Playing Mortal Kombat with TensorFlow.js
While experimenting with enhancements of the prediction model of Guess.js, I started looking at deep learning. I’ve focused mainly on recurrent neural networks (RNNs), specifically LSTM because of their “unreasonable effectiveness” in the domain of Guess.js. In the same time, I started playing with convolutional…
MongoDB's Server Side Public License Is Likely Unenforceable
Update: Afew more thoughts on the SSPL in response to some counterarguments that have been raised. A few days ago, MongoDB, Inc changed the license of its widely-used database software to the "Server Side Public License" or SSPL. They also submitted the SSPL for review by the Open Source Initiative,
Joanna Rutkowska leaves Qubes OS, joins Golem
Earlier this year, I decided to take a sabbatical. I wanted to reflect on my infosec work and decide what I would like to focus on in the coming years. As you probably know, I’ve spent the last nine years mostly fighting the battle to secure the endpoint, more specifically creating, dev...
How working memory gets you through the day
Scientists have discovered how brain waves are key to both maintenance and control of information in the mind. A new model for this has been developed by Earl Miller and colleagues at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT.
Can optical illusions fool AI too?
Deep neural networks (DNN) have made the news recently for their application as a predictive software used to create convincing fake videos of politicians and celebrities. You may not be aware, however, that you have most likely already used the same technology in a much less controversial form: the translation app on…
An AWS Region is coming to South Africa
In the first half of 2020 we plan to launch an AWS Region in South Africa
Using Dark Mode in CSS with MacOS Mojave
Paul Miller. I make projects which help developers to build awesome things
End-to-end implementation of a machine learning pipeline (2017)
In the fall of 2016, I was a Teaching Fellow (Harvard's version of TA) for the graduate class on "Advanced Topics in Data Science (CS209/109)" at Harvard University. I was in-charge of designing the class project given to the students, and this tutorial has been built on top of the project I designed for the class.
Is Gutenberg the End or a New Beginning for WordPress?
Does the WordPress Block Editor deliver on its promise of heralding an exciting future for WordPress development?
Citus Data Donates 1% of Equity to PostgreSQL Organizations
The donation of 1% of Citus Data stock is being made to advance the growth of the open source PostgreSQL database in both the U.S. & in Europe. The Citus database is an extension to PostgreSQL. Citus Data is also joining the Pledge 1% movement alongside organizations such as Atlassian, Twilio, Box, & more.
gRPC-Web is going GA
On behalf of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, I’m excited to announce the GA release of gRPC-Web, a JavaScript client library that enables web apps to communicate directly with backend gRPC…
Towards fearless SIMD
SIMD is a powerful performance technique, and is especially valuable in signal and image processing applications. I will be using it very extensively in my synthesizer, and also it’s increasingly used in xi-editor to optimize string comparisons and similar primitives.
Better Genderless Pronouns in English
Writing or speaking English, we always face a conundrum when we need a pronoun to refer to a person without specifying gender. Previously we needed a way to cover both male and female; nowadays some people state that they don't want to be considered either of those, and I believe in respecting their wishes.