http://arxiv.org/abs/1608.03960
hmm, need to publish my JSON CRDT maybe... at least it seems more usable than this one
hmm, need to publish my JSON CRDT maybe... at least it seems more usable than this one
This take on "the Unix philosophy" is hilariously on point. [ https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4ycum1/microsoft_open_sources_powershell_brings_it_to/d6n06xy ]
http://midipix.org/
midipix is a development environment that lets you create programs for Windows using the standard C and POSIX APIs. No compromises made, no shortcuts taken.
midipix is a development environment that lets you create programs for Windows using the standard C and POSIX APIs. No compromises made, no shortcuts taken.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/funder/nasa/
"Now, it is NASA policy that any research articles funded by the agency have to be posted on Pubspace within a year of publication."
"Now, it is NASA policy that any research articles funded by the agency have to be posted on Pubspace within a year of publication."
HoloLens runs on a custom 24-core Tensilica processor
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/22/microsoft_hololens_hpu/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/22/microsoft_hololens_hpu/
www.theregister.co.uk
Microsoft's HoloLens secret sauce: A 28nm customized 24-core DSP engine built by TSMC
How to make your own virtual reality brain
Autonomous Dynamic Soaring UAV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m76Mx9m2nM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m76Mx9m2nM&feature=youtu.be
YouTube
Flying a solar-powered 26-hour Search-and-Rescue mission
*Tackling the Refugee Crisis: AtlantikSolar's fully-autonomous 26-hour Search-and-Rescue flight.* Atlantik-Solar is a novel kind of solar-powered Unmanned Ae...
C# 7: Pattern Matching, Tuples (+named tuples, destructuring), Out Cells, Ref Cells (limited borrowing), Generalized Async (foreach-like duck typing)
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/08/24/whats-new-in-csharp-7-0/
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/08/24/whats-new-in-csharp-7-0/
Microsoft News
What’s New in C# 7.0
Update (4/2017): See New Features in C# 7.0, the update to this post. What follows is a description of all the planned language features in C# 7.0. With the release of Visual Studio “15” Preview 4, most of these features are coming alive.
for the lovers of credentials
http://sci-techuniverse.blogspot.com/2016/08/for-1st-time-mits-free-online-classes.html
http://sci-techuniverse.blogspot.com/2016/08/for-1st-time-mits-free-online-classes.html
Sci-Tech Universe
Sci-Tech Universe: For 1st Time, MIT's Free Online Classes Can Lead to Degree
MIT has made a bold move in a time of overpriced colleges; it has made it's free online courses available for credit.
In an effort to bring the best and brightest minds to the school, the institute is offering free online courses in one of MIT's graduate…
In an effort to bring the best and brightest minds to the school, the institute is offering free online courses in one of MIT's graduate…
pony is no more :(
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-causality-constantine-goulimis
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/end-causality-constantine-goulimis
https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.06696
Paxos, which lies at the foundation of many production systems, is conservative. Specifically, we observe that each of the phases of Paxos may use non-intersecting quorums. Majority quorums are not necessary as intersection is required only across phases.
Paxos, which lies at the foundation of many production systems, is conservative. Specifically, we observe that each of the phases of Paxos may use non-intersecting quorums. Majority quorums are not necessary as intersection is required only across phases.
Docker is buggy [article+discussion]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12364123
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12364123