1531
What ever happened to Wordstar?
One of the most interesting stories in the history of computing surrounds the dominant word processor of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s — Wordstar.
1532
1533
Reducing Adobe Flash Usage in Firefox
Browser plugins, especially Flash, have enabled some of our favorite experiences on the Web, including videos and interactive content. But plugins often introduce stability, performance, and security issues for browsers. ...
1534
The Fining of Black America
We analyzed the cities most likely to generate substantial revenues from fines. The best indicator that a government will levy excessive fines? If a large proportion of the city's citizens are Black.
1535
1536
1537
1538
.NET Framework – What's New in C# 7.0
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories .
1539
Fundraising Advice for YC Companies
We’ve modified our fundraising strategy advice to YC founders. In the interest of everyone having the same information, here is the email I sent to the current batch this morning. Founders, As Y Combinator’s prominence has grown in recent years, we’ve seen a flood of new investors who are very focused on investing in…
1540
The Human Cost of Tech Debt
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the Infragistics blog. Head over to their site and check out the original. While you’re there, have a look at the other blog authors and their product offering. If you’re not already familiar with the concept of technical debt, it’s worth becoming familiar with it. I…
1541
1542
1543
1544
A Visual and Interactive Guide to the Basics of Neural Networks
Discussions: Hacker News (63 points, 8 comments), Reddit r/programming (312 points, 37 comments) Translations: Arabic, French, Spanish Update: Part 2 is now live: A Visual And Interactive Look at Basic Neural Network Math Motivation I’m not a machine learning expert. I’m a software engineer by training and I’ve had…
1545
1546
Find a new city
There’s a very rom antic American story that I love, that lots of a rtists who are young and starting out love, too, and it goes like this: Move to the Big City with nothing, make friends, make art, struggle, but make it. That’s the kind of story told in Patti Smith’s wonderful memoir, Just Kids .
1547
1548
Rogue One – An Engineering Ethics Story
Written by Zachary G. Pirtle. Originally published anonymously. Reflects my views alone. This post went viral when published in 2016, with comments by Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing , Marginal Revolution, and others. I’ve published other research on science fiction and policy that I discuss on my a
1549
The engineer’s engineer: Computer industry luminaries salute Dave Cutler
The technology industry is still young, but its history is already rich with myths and legends.
1550
1551
Ruby has been fast enough for 13 years
When I started programming Ruby, it was on an Apple iBook G4/800. That beautiful 12” powerhouse of a 800 MHz PowerPC with a rocking 256MB of RAM. A lovely computer that was not only fast enough to …
1552
Announcing Wolfram Programming Lab
Easily learn programming and computational thinking with the Wolfram Programming Lab environment. Jump in and explore or learn systematically.
1553
Windows file system compression had to be dumbed down
Practical development throughout the evolution of Windows.
1554
Amazon Elastic File System – Production-Ready in Three Regions
The portfolio of AWS storage products has grown increasingly rich and diverse over time. Amazon S3 started out with a single storage class and has grown to include storage classes for regular, infrequently accessed, and archived objects. Similarly, Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) began with a single volume…
1555
YouTube Community goes beyond video
Your bond with your viewers is deep. You've grown up together, laughed together, and done incredible things together, from shifting attitudes about gay rights to volunteering millions of dollars toward important charitable causes. Today, we’re introducing a beta version of a new product to help strengthen the bond…
1556
1557
What It Feels Like to Freeze on National Television
I am reflecting here on the worst public embarrassment of my career. Two days ago I appeared live on television on ABC News Breakfast to provide comment on North Korea’s recent rocket launch, a top…
1558
Image Compression with Neural Networks
Posted by Nick Johnston and David Minnen, Software EngineersData compression is used nearly everywhere on the internet - the videos you watch onlin...
1559
Practical advice for analysis of large, complex data sets
By PATRICK RILEY For a number of years, I led the data science team for Google Search logs. We were often asked to make sense of confusin...
1560