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Invoke Win32 applications with Bash on Windows
Learn about the considerations and interop commands available when working across Windows and Linux file systems with WSL.
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Fixing Python Performance with Rust
Why your JavaScript events are coming in quicker now.
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Why the Film Industry Hasn't Been Disrupted Yet, Part 5
In part 5 of the series, which asks "Why has Film not been disrupted yet?" we look at how the film industry assimilates and neutralizes its best and brightest.
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Donald Knuth used an Erlang-like notation
In this blogpost we'll see how Erlang's Syntax already appeared on TAOCP years before the language was even created.
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Introducing Google Cloud Shell’s new code editor
We’ve heard from a lot of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) users that they like to edit code and configuration files without leaving their browser. We're now making that easier by offering a new feature: an integrated code editor.
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Raspberry Pi (2 and 3) support in Fedora 25 Beta
This article comes courtesy of Peter Robinson, member of the Fedora release engineering team. Peter has worked for several years on the general release and also hardware architectures such as ARM and Power. Here, Peter announces some big news for Raspberry Pi hackers. So support for the Raspberry Pi in Fedora has been…
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Air India Taking Advantage of Tailwinds
On 15 October, Air India adjusted the routing of its Delhi—San Francisco flight to increase the distance of the flight by over 1000 kilometers. In doing so, however, the airline saved 2 hours and 15 minutes of flying time. How did they manage that? In a word: wind. Track the Pacific flight to San Francisco […]
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Node v6.9.0 (LTS)
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.
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Introducing Nomulus: an open source top-level domain name registry
The latest news from Google on open source releases, major projects, events, and outreach programs for early career developers.
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U.S. lags behind peer countries in mobility
The notion that anyone in America who is willing and able to “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” can achieve significant upward mobility is deeply embedded in U.S. society. Conventional wisdom holds that class barriers in the United States are the lowest among the world’s advanced economies. Motivating this…
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Phasing Out SHA-1 on the Public Web
An algorithm we’ve depended on for most of the life of the Internet — SHA-1 — is aging, due to both mathematical and technological advances. Digital signatures incorporating the SHA-1 ...
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Deep work in practice: reimagining my workflow for radically less distraction
How do we embrace deep work and combat the unparalleled assault on our capacity to concentrate? Some tactics for doing valuable deep work in practice.
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The Linux Foundation Unites the JavaScript Community for Open Web Development
OpenJS promotes the widespread adoption and continued development of key JavaScript solutions worldwide.
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Shame on Y Combinator
Peter Thiel, an investor who often participates in Y Combinator, is donating $1.25 million to Donald Trump’s political efforts , which has incited outrage among the tech community with many calling for Y Combinator to sever ties with Thiel.
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Postgres Count Performance
Everybody counts, but not always quickly. This post looks into how the PostgreSQL database optimizes counting. In Postgres, there are ways to count orders of magnitude faster. We’ll look at exact counts (distinct counts) as well as estimated counts, using approximation algorithms such as HyperLogLog (HLL) in Postgres.
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Dropping Linux capabilities to improve container security
Increase container security by dropping capabilities in Docker. Learn how to drop unnecessary capabilities for increased security.
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Streaming Messages from Kafka into Redshift in Near Real-Time
Streaming Messages from Kafka into Redshift in near Real-Time Shahid C., Software Engineer Oct 17, 2016 This post is part of a series covering Yelp's real-time streaming data infrastructure. Our...
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The 2016 Election
I am endorsing Hillary Clinton for president. I've never endorsed a presidential candidate before, but I'm making an exception this year, because this election is exceptional. Donald Trump...
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The VeraCrypt Audit Results
VeraCrypt 1.18 and its bootloaders were evaluated. This release included a number of new features including non-western developed encryption options, a boot loader that supports UEFI (modern BIOSes), and more.