Pointers Gone Wild - LiquidHaskell
Pointers Gone WildClick to demoMay 28th, 2014A large part of the allure of Haskell is its elegant, high-level ADTs that ensure1 that programs won’t be plagued by problems like the infamous SSL heartbleed bug.However, another part of Haskell’s charm is that when you really really need to, you can dro…
Hasnain says:
Pointers gone wild, indeed. Dependently typed languages are awesome.
Posted on 2014-05-31T08:39:12+0000
Be a kernel hacker | Linux Voice
The Linux kernel is quite different from its user space: many abstractions are waived, and you have to take extra care, as a bug in you code affects the whole system.
Hasnain says:
This is a really cool tutorial on how to write your own kernel module.
Posted on 2014-05-30T17:25:55+0000
100+ Interesting Data Sets for Statistics
Looking for interesting data sets? Here's a list of more than 100 of the best stuff, from dolphin relationships to political campaign donations to death row prisoners.
Portrait of a Young Man with Down Syndrome
A father reflects on his son's search for employment
Hasnain says:
This is really deep, thoughtful, and insightful. Worth reading for everyone.
Posted on 2014-05-30T00:59:12+0000
Wait-free queueing and ultra-low latency logging
To support a low-latency trading system I needed a logging call that had minimal impact on the calling thread. It was imperative to be responsive to market events at all times. My solution was a wa...
Hasnain says:
This is pretty cool. A mix of both distributed systems and OS.
Posted on 2014-05-30T00:55:17+0000
Thomas Piketty Responds to Criticism of His Data
The short version: He doesn’t give an inch.
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Posted on 2014-05-30T00:49:56+0000
Defensive BASH programming - Say what?
Here is my Katas for creating BASH programs that work. Nothing is new here, but from my experience pepole like to abuse BASH, forget computer science …
XSS game
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“Let’s, Like, Demolish Laundry”
Silicon Valley is in a bubbly race to wash your clothes better, faster, and cooler. This is not a metaphor. Unless, you know, it is.
Hasnain says:
"Of course, this was not at all true. In reality, when people in a privileged society look deep within themselves to find what is missing, a streamlined clothes-cleaning experience comes up a lot. More often than not, the people who come up with ways of lessening this burden on mankind are dudes, or duos of dudes, who have only recently experienced the crushing realization that their laundry is now their own responsibility, forever. Paradoxically, many of these dudes start companies that make laundry the central focus of their lives."
Posted on 2014-05-30T00:41:56+0000
I Got Shipped to California to Date Tech Guys
Five days with the great single-girl airlift from NYC to SF.
Hasnain says:
"For every tech guy struggling to find love in San Francisco, there is one struggling harder to find novel ways to spend his money. The funds necessary to fly 16 girls cross-country so they can sleep four to a room is nothing compared to the sums that disappear when hotly anticipated start-ups go bust."
I really have no words for this article aside from "what the ..."
Posted on 2014-05-30T00:09:37+0000