YouTube to Acquire Videogame-Streaming Service Twitch for $1 Billion: Sources
Google's YouTube has reached a deal to buy Twitch, a popular videogame-streaming company, for more than $1 billion, according to sources familiar with the pact. The deal, in an all-cash offer, is e...
Hasnain says:
Not sure how I feel about this. One of the main draws for Twitch was that it wasn't YouTube.
Posted on 2014-05-19T00:02:56+0000
boostcon/cppnow_presentations_2014
cppnow_presentations_2014 - Presentation materials presented at C++Now 2014
Don't Become a Scientist!
Don't Become a Scientist!
Secrets of the Stacks
How libraries decide which books to keep—and which don’t stand the test of time
Hasnain says:
"We like to think that merit is eventually recognized, that a great book will make its way, but we know only the success stories."
Posted on 2014-05-17T01:54:22+0000
The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the British Pound
How George Soros made his fortune on a daring bet against the British pound and Bank of England.
Functional Programming | Clojure for the Brave and True
So far, you've focused on familiarizing yourself with the tools that Clojure provides: immutable data structures, functions, abstractions, and so on. In this chapter, you'll begin learning how to think about your programming tasks in a way that makes the best use of those tools. You'll begin integra…
Hasnain says:
This is a really good read for people looking to learn clojure.
Posted on 2014-05-15T21:12:35+0000
The end of a monopoly
Kenya’s handy alternative to cash THE SELF-SERVICE tills at Home Depot, an American home-improvement store, offer customers an unexpected payment option alongside...
Sift Science Lands $18M Series B From Spark Capital To Stop Credit Card Fraud | TechCrunch
Today Sift Science, a credit card fraud prevention company, has closed an $18 million Series B round of funding led by Spark Capital, with participation from..
Hasnain says:
This is really cool. The tech behind it sounds really awesome.
Posted on 2014-05-14T18:07:57+0000
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python! — The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python
This opinionated guide exists to provide both novice and expert Python developers a best-practice handbook to the installation, configuration, and usage of Python on a daily basis.
Hasnain says:
This is really awesome. I plan on going over this in detail.
Posted on 2014-05-14T05:15:55+0000
Surfin' Safari - Blog Archive » Introducing the WebKit FTL JIT
Just a decade ago, JavaScript – the programming language used to drive web page interactions – was thought to be too slow for serious application development. But thanks to continuous optimization efforts, it’s now possible to write sophisticated, high-performance applications – even graphics-intens…
Hasnain says:
Self modifying code that optimizes itself as it runs. This is mindblowing.
Posted on 2014-05-14T04:56:35+0000