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A visual comparison of macOS Catalina and Big Sur
Side-by-side screenshots of macOS Catalina and the Big Sur beta, covering Finder, Preferences, Control Center, Safari, Notes and more, with first impressions.
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Prefer Fakes over Mocks
The primary purpose of software testing is to detect any potential defects in a program before it reaches its intended consumers. This is typically achieved by establishing functional requirements which define supported user interactions as well as…
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It is perfectly OK to only code at work, you can have a life too
There is often pressure inside Software development for Software developers to code outside of work hours. Whether you are a Python, Ruby, Java, or any other developer... There is absolutely no need to code outside of work if you don't want too. Coding is considered a passion for some, but others they don't think this…
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Why Is the NYPD So Powerful?
Holding the NYPD accountable is a project that will outlast Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio
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Empathy and perspective taking: How social skills are built
Being able to feel empathy and to take in the other person's perspective – these are two abilities through which we understand what is going on in the other person's mind. Although both terms are in constant circulation, it is still unclear what exactly they describe and constitute. Scientists at the Max Planck…
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Server-Side Only React with Next
You visit a seemingly simple website with little or no interactivity, yet somehow it sends you 2 MB of JavaScript to digest. You're half way down the article that you're reading and suddenly: client-side rendering kicks in, resets everything. You try to find your way back but the page is now janking around. Your…
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The SeL4 Foundation: What and Why
We have created the seL4 Foundation! But what is the seL4 Foundation, and why did we create it? In a nutshell, these are the reasons (I’ll expand on them below): Provide for the longevity of …
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Turtleocracy
A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
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Ryanair, Hamiltonian Cycles, and using graph theory to find cheap flights (2018)
Using graph theory and Ryanair route data to find cheap multi-city flight loops through Europe.
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Build a Game This November with GitHub Game Off
Game Off, our annual game jam (a hackathon for building games) returns this weekend. Participants will be given a secret theme on November 1 and will have the entire month…
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How Netflix uses Druid for realtime insights
By Ben Sykes
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Building binary deb packages: a practical guide
How to ship your apps on Debian and derivatives.
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Exactly-Once Initialization in Asynchronous Python
A common situation in asyncio Python programs is asynchronous initialization. Some resource must be initialized exactly once before it can be used, but the initialization itself is asynchronous — such as an asyncpg database. Let’s talk about a couple of solutions.
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Introduction to ARC/ORC in Nim
Nim is advancing towards more efficient memory management models. Let's talk about ARC/ORC and see how they will change the way memory works in Nim.
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Cheap Router Table and Lift
A budget-friendly router table setup that combines a low-cost router with DIY modifications including 3D-printed parts for lifting and adjustable base plates.
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Cloudflare Workers Announces Broad Language Support
Today, we’re excited to announce support for Python, Scala, Kotlin, Reason and Dart. You can build applications on Cloudflare Workers using your favorite language starting today.
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When Tailwinds Vanish
The Internet in the 2020s
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Signal processing is key to embedded machine learning
When we hear about ML - whether it’s about machines learning to play Go or computers generating plausible human language - we often think about deep learning.
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A Practical Guide to Watchdogs for Embedded Systems
A community and blog for embedded software makers
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A young Venus had water for 2B years, habitable for longer than Mars
Venus hosts brutal conditions today, but the planet may have once been more hospitable to life.
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What’s the Role of Developer Experience in Programming Languages Research?
Programming languages papers often talk about usability advantages, but the evaluation sections of these papers tend to focus on performance or semantic guarantees. What if we applied methods from …
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Mitigations are attack surface, too
Posted by Jann Horn, Project ZeroIntroductionThis blog post discusses a bug leading to memory cor...
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Researchers identify new type of superconductor
The history of superconducting materials has been a tale of two types: s-wave and d-wave. Now, Cornell researchers have discovered a possible third type: g-wave.
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Prolog Web Applications (2016)
Prolog Web Applications
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Private equity looting public health in a pandemic
During a 2007 trip to NYC, while taking long walks from one indie bookstore to the next, lugging increasingly heavy bags of pressed vegetable matter, I stumbled on Simon Lovell's How to Cheat at Everything at the St Mark's Bookshop.