Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer
My mother has been working for one of the largest banks in the EU since before I was born and I’ve always been fascinated by her line of…
So Many Research Scientists, So Few Openings as Professors
There is such a surplus of Ph.D.s that in the most popular fields, like biomedicine, fewer than one in six reach their goal in academia.
Hasnain says:
"Now, as a new crop of graduate students receives Ph.D.s in science, researchers worry over the future of some of these dedicated people; they’re trained to be academics and are often led to believe that anything else is an admission of failure."
Posted on 2016-07-14T21:37:17+0000
The Fight for the "Right to Repair"
Manufacturers have made it increasingly difficult for individuals or independent repair people to fix electronics. A growing movement is fighting back
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Posted on 2016-07-14T18:43:53+0000
About Prof. A. Z. Al Hafi | Sir Aurangzeb International
About Prof. A. Z. Al Hafi A Brief Citation for the Arch-Researcher Prof. A.Z. Al-Hafi: Over the itinerary-course of the new century rising years, the ‘epitome watchword’ Prof. Al Hafi has iconically emerged as a colossal-authority figure, in multi-disciplinary, as well as inter-disciplinary spheres…
Race conditions on the web
I enjoy breaking websites.
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Posted on 2016-07-13T06:00:44+0000
Your Phone Has an FM Chip. So Why Can’t You Listen to the Radio?
Virtually all smartphones have FM chipsets inside, but you're probably locked out of using it.
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Posted on 2016-07-13T05:30:23+0000
The Conjoined Triangles of Senior-Level Development
The Frontside is an Ember software consultancy based in Austin, TX. We use Ember.js to build dynamic, rich web applications that make people happy.
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Posted on 2016-07-13T05:23:27+0000
Google, LinkedIn announce massive land swap
Google and LinkedIn officials on Tuesday announced a surprise deal for a massive property swap that would trade real estate and development rights, consolidating Google's presence in Mountain View and effectively sending LinkedIn out of North Bayshore and over to the Sunnyvale border.
Armin Ronacher on Twitter
“The axle count of trains in Switzerland must not be a multiple of 2^8 of the system does not detect a train. https://t.co/f5wKS55don”
My Nephew Brought Home This Menacing Maths Problem — Bright
What happened next is a sad indictment of school maths.
Hasnain says:
"School mathematics is presented as a collection of immutable truths. Problems are binary: there is a right answer and you’re damned if you can’t find it. Curriculum standards do not reflect the rich, exploratory forms of problem solving that underpin mathematical thinking."
Posted on 2016-07-11T03:54:21+0000