Can you guess the speed difference between these two lines of code? The first line of code does N additions: A naive programmer might expect the second option to be 16 times faster. The actual answer is much more complicated and worth further study. I have implemented a simple test.
Old School vs. New SchoolIf you're hankerin' for some old school gaming, check out the online Atari arcade: http://arcade.atari.com Tweet! http://clicktotweet.com/8d_7z What happens ...
The Five-Minute Rule 20 Years LaterThe old rule continues to evolve, while flash memory adds two new rules. Goetz Graefe, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories In 1987, Jim Gray and Gianfranco Putzolu published their now-famous five-minute rule1 for trading off memory and I/O capacity.
What Killed the Linux DesktopTrue story. The hard disk that hosted my /home directory on my Linux machine failed so I had to replace it with a new one. Since this machine lives under my desk, I had to unplug all the cables, get it out, swap the hard drives and plug everything back again.
The Code (BBC Documentary) - Part 3 of 3 - PredictionDu Sautoy looks at what happens next. He looks at the ability to predict a lunar eclipse, overturns the lemming's suicidal reputation, avoids being crushed t...
The Code (BBC Documentary) - Part 2 of 3 - ShapesDu Sautoy searches for natural patterns, beginning with the hexagonal columns of Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway, and moving on to everything from honeyc...
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Gpg4win - Secure email and file encryption with GnuPG for WindowsOlder messages in news archive. ... for file and email encryption. Gpg4win (GNU Privacy Guard for Windows) is Free Software and can be installed with just a few mouse clicks.
LeoFS - The Lion of Storage SystemsLeoFS is "Unstructured Big Data Storage for the Web" and a highly available, distributed, eventually consistent storage system. Organizations can use LeoFS to store lots of data efficiently, safely, and inexpensively.
Dark IntegersThe screen icon for my interlocutor was a three-holed torus tiled with triangles, endlessly turning itself inside out.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.