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Intel Disables TSX Instructions: Erratum Found in Haswell, Haswell-E/EP, Broadwell-Y

One of the main features Intel was promoting at the launch of Haswell was TSX – Transactional Synchronization eXtensions.

mega.js

Mega.js is a javascript library that adds more shortly named aliases of document.querySelector and Object.addEventListener.

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Making Facebook’s software infrastructure more energy efficient with Autoscale

Improving energy efficiency and reducing environmental impact as we scale is a top priority for our data center teams.

Stupid and dangerous: SET GLOBAL sql_log_bin

It’s been almost 4.5 years since, during some code refactoring, it was decided (or accidentally changed?) that sql_log_bin should become a GLOBAL variable as well as a SESSION one. Almost 2 years ago, during MySQL 5.

Some Points About Type Safety

Many programmers are currently interested in the notion of “type safety” as it is often touted by language promoters to suggest that a given language is more likely to reject “bad” programs of some notion or another.

Official draft spec for records and pattern-matching in C#

1 point (100% upvoted) shortlink: programming subscribeunsubscribe541,210 readers 480 users here now created by speza community for 8 years message the moderators • • • Official draft spec for records and pattern-matching in C# (roslyn.codeplex.com) submitted 6 minutes ago by loading...

Hacking Roller Coaster Tycoon with Genetic Algorithms

I used to play a ton of Roller Coaster Tycoon when I was a kid. I loved the game but I was never very good at making the roller coasters. They always felt too spread out, or too unnatural looking.

The 10 Most Annoying Things Coming Back to Java After Some Days of Scala

So, I’m experimenting with Scala because I want to write a parser, and the Scala Parsers API seems like a really good fit.

Learn Linux with This Free edX Course from the Linux Foundation

Intro to Linux is normally a $2,400 course from the Linux Foundation, but it's being offered for free now on edX. If you've ever wanted to learn how to use the open source operating system, there's no better time than now.

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