Hungry Planet: What The World Eats
Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio traveled the world documenting that most basic of human behaviors -- what we eat. Their project, "Hungry Planet," depicts everything…
Rise and Shine
What do kids around the world eat for breakfast? It’s as likely to be coffee or kimchi as it is a sugary cereal.
Rust Means Never Having to Close a Socket
07 Oct 2014 Rust Means Never Having to Close a Socket One of the coolest features of Rust is how it automatically manages resources for you, while still guaranteeing both safety (no segfaults) and high performance. Because Rust is a different kind of programming language, it might be difficult to un…
Cox–Zucker machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cox–Zucker machine is an algorithm created by David A. Cox and Steven Zucker. This algorithm determines if a given set of sections provides a basis (up to torsion) for the Mordell–Weil group of an elliptic surface E → S where S is isomorphic to the projective line.
Hasnain says:
I'm not sure why these two people decided to work together...
Posted on 2014-10-13T00:27:47+0000
Microsoft’s Strange Quest for the Topological Qubit | MIT Technology Review
Can an aging corporation’s adventures in fundamental physics research open a new era of unimaginably powerful computers?
A Promising Pill, Not So Hard to Swallow
Researchers found that oral capsules containing human feces may be an effective and safer alternative to fecal transplants for patients with Clostridium difficile infections.
Giant leap against diabetes
Harvard stem cell researchers announced a giant leap forward in the quest to find a truly effective treatment for type 1 diabetes, a disease that affects an estimated 3 million Americans.
Hasnain says:
This is a massive breakthrough in the fight against diabetes.
Posted on 2014-10-12T21:38:00+0000
Home — Leandro Pereira
06 October 2014 Life of a HTTP request, as seen by my toy web server When learning a new programming language, I tend to write two things with it: a language interpreter (usually a FORTH-like language or Brainfuck if I’m feeling lazy), and a HTTP server. Sometimes, just as a challenge or a way to qu…
Aboard Amtrak
For some months, Amtrak was my home. It began simply somewhat unintentionally. A friend was getting married in Spokane, Washington, I was in New York, and the 45 day Amtrak pass was cheaper than rent. And so, I was on a train stopped in Washington DC. The station there is really magnificent, marbled…
Hasnain says:
Hands down one of the best pieces I've read in a really long time. It has a little bit of everything and is quite interesting.
(Apparently I had a facebook tab open with this text a week ago, but forgot to post)
Posted on 2014-10-12T19:06:42+0000
Move Fast and Break Nothing
Writings, screencasts, and talks by Zach Holman. Zach works at GitHub and enjoys consuming cherry pies.
Hasnain says:
This is a great talk on software development practices.
Posted on 2014-10-12T19:02:21+0000