The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was a digital computer produced for the Apollo program that was installed onboard each Apollo Command Module (CM) and Lunar Module (LM). The AGC provided computation and electronic interfaces for guidance, navigation, and control of the spacecraft.
StackOverflow Update: 560M Pageviews a Month, 25 Servers, and It's All About PerformanceThe folks at Stack Overflow remain incredibly open about what they are doing and why. So it’s time for another update. What has Stack Overflow been up to?
Count to ten when a plane goes down...Count to ten when a plane goes down… Just a little under 31 years ago, I played a key role in a conspiracy theory that grew up around a passenger plane downed by a Russian missile. Trust me, I did not mean to be involved.
Writing Better Bug ReportsA good bug report is one that describes the problem well enough that someone familiar with the project can understand and act on that bug report without talking to the person who wrote it. When it comes to setting the bar, that’s it. Anything less is simply not good enough.
Code IncompleteThe quality of having a modest or low view of one’s importance. Humility is the single character trait above all others, that will ensure you evolve as a programmer (or developer, engineer, title du jour).
When UTF8 != UTF8Recently I encountered a problem with umlauts in file names. I had to read names from a directory and find and update the appropriate entry in the database. So if I had a file named hund.pdf (Hund is German for dog) I had to find the corresponding record in the database and attach the file.
mapcode.comWhat is a mapcode? A mapcode represents a location. Every location on Earth can be represented by a mapcode. Mapcodes were designed to be short, easy to recognise, remember and communicate. They are precise to a few meters, which is good enough for every-day use.
The camel doesn’t have two humps: Programming “aptitude test” canned for overzealous conclusionFrom Larry Summers to James Watson, certain scientists have a long and questionable tradition of using “data” to make claims about intelligence and aptitude.
dotScale 2014 - Robert Kennedy - Life in the Trenches of healthcare.govFilmed at http://dotscale.io in Paris on May 19, 2014.More talks at http://dotconferences.ioRobert is a former SRE for Healthcare.gov and a software Engineer at Google
Turkey Dinners and Cache Conscious ProgrammingHave you ever tried baking a pizza in an oven at an eighth the recommended temperature? The pizza will in fact never be fully cooked, never achieving a high enough temperature to melt the cheese, crisp the bread, etc. In many ways, crafting programs are similar to baking a pizza.
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.