Windows 1.0 and the Applications of Tomorrow
Windows 1.0 and the Applications of Tomorrow
Hasnain says:
This is from 2005, but the nostalgia...
"I know that many of you swear by assembly language for PC programming and I’m very sympathetic. The PC wouldn’t be where it is today without assembly language. And many of you are hesitant about using high-level languages like C because of the performance issues."
Posted on 2014-08-13T05:26:37+0000
Computational Knowledge and the Future of Pure Mathematics—Stephen Wolfram Blog
Proposing technology for pure mathematics: curating concepts, constructs, theorems, & literature; precise symbolic language; automated computations...
"Reverse Engineering for Beginners" free book
Topics touched: Oracle RDBMS, Itanium, copy-protection dongles, LD_PRELOAD, stack overflow, ELF, win32 PE file format, x86-64, critical sections, syscalls, TLS, position-independent code (PIC), profile-guided optimization, C++ STL, OpenMP, win32 SEH.
Push for Pizza app a Silicon Valley triumph - CNET
An app that tackles one of the world's most pressing problems has arrived. Now, with a simple few taps, you too can realize what it's like to live in the year 2014.
Hasnain says:
This app is going to revolutionize all our lives.
#firstworldproblems couldn't get any worse.
Posted on 2014-08-10T02:02:06+0000
Get Your Hands Off My Laptop
This work will be presented in CHES 2014 and published in its proceedings. An extended version (PDF, 5.3MB) is available.
Coccinelle: A Program Matching and Transformation Tool for Systems Code
The development of Coccinelle is supported in part by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) under the contract ANR-09-BLAN-0158-01.
Hasnain says:
Why had I not known of this before? This is amazing
Posted on 2014-08-08T01:22:35+0000
CoolGithubProjects
Sharing cool github projects just got easier!
Particle Clicker
An addictive incremental game that was made during the CERN Webfest 2014. It takes the player on a historic journey through modern particle physics.
Hasnain says:
CERN came out with a clicker game. What is the world coming to?
Posted on 2014-08-07T18:16:32+0000
Extracting audio from visual information
Algorithm recovers speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag filmed through soundproof glass.
Hasnain says:
So much for us making fun of CSI. This is mind blowing.
Posted on 2014-08-04T18:21:37+0000
Your Steak Would Taste Better if Grilled With Molten Lava
British designer duo Bompas & Parr, who designed the world’s first edible fireworks and are best known for their ambitious and sometimes monumental jelly-based sculptures, traveled to Syracuse, New York, this summer to try out their idea for the world’s most extreme barbecue session—grilling meat ov…