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ClojureScript: Graal.js REPL Environment
The :npm-deps compiler option now defaults to false . Previously, :npm-deps defaulted to true .
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Better Intuition for Information Theory
Better visual explanations of information theoretic quantities like entropy and mutual information using I-diagrams. Based on Raymond W. Yeung's "A new outlook on Shannon's information measures" paper from 1991.
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The art of writing eBPF programs
A blog about the process of writing Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) programs and what’s going on under the hood at the kernel-level.
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IBM System 360 Model 20 restoration: The big push
Well, where to start! The last few weeks have consisted primarily of anticipation, excitement, and towards the end, utter exhaustion. But finally, FINALLY, the IBM is home!
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My Laptop Bit Me – The Shocking Truth (2012)
Apple aren't the only company with products that can feel tingly or buzzy to a light touch, it is all due to the widespread use of switched...
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Fibers: An Elegant Windows API
The Windows API — a.k.a. Win32 — is notorious for being clunky, ugly, and lacking good taste. Microsoft has done a pretty commendable job with backwards compatibility, but the trade-off is that the API is filled to the brim with historical cruft. Every hasty, poor design over the decades is carried forward forever…
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Lisp Macros, Delayed Evaluation and the Evolution of Smalltalk
At a recent Clojure Berlin Meetup , Veit Heller gave an interesting talk on Macros in Clojure. The meetup was very enjoyable, and the talk...
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How to use array reduce for more than just numbers
The array reduce method is really powerful. But people often run into trouble as soon as they step beyond the basic examples. Simple things like addition and multiplication are fine. But as soon as you try it with something more complicated, it breaks. Using it with anything other than numbers starts to get really…
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How Web Content Can Affect Power Usage
Users spend a large proportion of their online time on mobile devices, and a significant fraction of the rest is users on untethered laptop computers.
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Dear Search Guard Users
We’ve filed a lawsuit against the makers of Search Guard. Here is what we know, the actions we’re taking, and potential impact to Search Guard users.
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Pioneer manipulates scores to pick winners
Pioneer paints a pretty picture of a fair tournament for ambitious people of the world. In reality though, the organizers will manipulate…
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Waymo: Bringing 3D perimeter Lidar to partners
Simon Verghese, Head of Lidar Team
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JSON Resume – 5th Birthday and New Features
5th birthday and new features, from the JSON Resume blog.
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Security flaws caused by compiler optimizations
Learn how to optimize compilers for enterprise-wide automation, avoiding pitfalls with examples and solutions.
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Random Forest vs. Neural Network
Choosing between Random Forest and Neural Network depends on the data type. Random Forest suits tabular data, while Neural Network excels with images, audio, and text data.
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The iPhone and Apple's Services Strategy
Apple’s annual iPhone event may have marked Apple’s true shift into being a Services company
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A Death Sentence for a Life of Service
Note: This article is written by a Uyghur scholar who writes using the pseudonym Amy Anderson. It is based on interviews with Tashpolat Tiyip’s friends, students and relatives. Their identities can…
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Removing oil left behind in 2.5B gallons of produced water every day in U.S.
Purdue University is a world-renowned, public research university that advances discoveries in science, technology, engineering and math.
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7M Adobe Creative Cloud Accounts Exposed to the Public
A data exposure of 7 million Adobe Creative Cloud account records could put users at risk of targeted phishing.
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Aztec Political Thought (2013)
(A footnote on Inga Clendinnen’s extraordinary “ Aztecs: An Interpretation .” If there’s a better book on the Aztecs than this, I want to r...
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BGP 768K day, and whether it will cause internet outages
Learn what 768K day is and what it may mean for businesses that rely on the Internet to operate.
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What I Learned at Activision
Realtime rendering and videogame programming mostly, but I love computer science and visuals in all their forms. This is a notepad of my ideas.
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Lessons from Design School for Software Engineers
When I graduated from college back in 2014, I did so with two bachelor’s degrees, one in computer science and the other in design. I originally chose design because I wanted to learn the necessary design skills in order to improve the usability and appearance of my personal projects. While I originally joined the…
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Why to use ‘python -m pip’
Fellow core developer and Canadian, Mariatta, asked on Twitter about python -m pip and who told her about that idiom along with asking for a reference explaining it: I learned sometime ago that we should be doing `python -m pip install ...` instead of simply `pip install ...` but now I can'
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The case for banning ads in social media
Social media has been at the center of a number of firestorms around everything from being intentionally addicting, to making people depressed, to gleefully spreading misinformation and destabilizing democracies around the world. While almost everyone can agree that something must be done, there’s not a lot of…