Large Round of Layoffs Expected at Microsoft
Microsoft is planning to announce layoffs that will substantially exceed the largest layoffs in the company’s history, according to several people briefed on the decision.
The Tao of Programming
Note: I copied this from http://misspiggy.gsfc.nasa.gov/tao.html and stripped out all of the IMHO extraneous formatting. ---Alex
Amazon Tests ‘Kindle Unlimited,’ A Netflix For Ebooks And Audiobooks | TechCrunch
Amazon might give readers something to get really excited about: A digital ebook and audiobook subscription service that provides Kindle users with all the..
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Mutable Algorithms in Immutable Languages, Part 1 · tel.github.io
One of the big challenges you might face when learning a language like Haskell which favors immutability or purity is that suddenly all of the algorithms you once kept at your side have… well, by-and-large they’ve vanished.
Hasnain says:
This is an amazing three part series that I need to get around to finishing.
Posted on 2014-07-15T20:55:12+0000
What Problems to Solve - By Richard Feynman
A former student, who was also once a student of Tomonaga’s, wrote to extend his congratulations. Feynman responded, asking Mr. Mano what he was now doing. The response: “studying the Coherence theory with some applications to the propagation of electromagnetic waves through turbulent atmosphere… a…
Hasnain says:
"You say you are a nameless man. You are not to your wife and to your child. You will not long remain so to your immediate colleagues if you can answer their simple questions when they come into your office. You are not nameless to me.
Do not remain nameless to yourself – it is too sad a way to be. Know your place in the world and evaluate yourself fairly, not in terms of your naïve ideals of your own youth, nor in terms of what you erroneously imagine your teacher’s ideals are."
Posted on 2014-07-15T20:52:33+0000
A Day in the Life
This visualization displays the data for one random NYC yellow taxi on a single day in 2013. See where it operated, how much money it made, and how busy it was over 24 hours.
Hasnain says:
This is an enlightening visualization of taxi cab routes.
Posted on 2014-07-15T19:32:38+0000
Y Combinator has filed an official comment with the FCC
Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, SW Washington D.C. 20554 July 14, 2014 Re: Open Internet Remand, GN Docket 14-28 Dear Chairman Wheeler and Commissioners Clyburn,...
Hasnain says:
"Mr. Chairman, you say you oppose a two-tier Internet and want to preserve Internet openness, so let’s reclassify broadband as the public utility we know it to be. Ensure that the Internet thrives as a platform for free commerce and speech for generations to come. May the United States of America continue to lead in innovating on the greatest free market the world has ever seen."
Posted on 2014-07-15T19:31:32+0000
cjbarber/ToolsOfTheTrade
ToolsOfTheTrade - Tools of The Trade, from Hacker News.
Hasnain says:
This is an awesome list of tools for a range of uses.
Posted on 2014-07-15T19:30:00+0000
Calkin-Wilf for Early(-ish) Haskellers · tel.github.io
This post was inspired by a Hacker News comment of mine. I presented what follows somewhat poorly there, so I hope my expansion below clarifies the idea.
Hasnain says:
Amazing read on functional programming, the rationals, and correctness preserving transformations.
Posted on 2014-07-13T22:24:25+0000