Abstract/Bio
The Grok Project is an internal Google initiative to simplify the navigation and querying of very large program source repositories. We have designed and implemented a language-neutral, canonical representation for source code and compiler metadata. Our data production pipeline runs compiler cluster...
Hasnain says:
Really interesting talk. Too bad I heard about it fifteen minutes *after* it ended. FML.
Posted on 2012-10-11T01:10:33+0000
Oh God, Bravo's Silicon Valley Show Looks Even Worse Than We Thought Ugh Why Help
If you watch the latest promo for Bravo's Silicon Valley reality show and think, hey these entrepreneurs failed actors are just stringing together tech buzzwords, it's because that's exactly what they're doing.
Compilers
Compilers is a free online class taught by Alex Aiken, Professor of Stanford University
The Humble Airline Baggage Tag Is a Design Masterpiece
The poet Maya Angelou once said you can tell a lot about a person from the way they respond to three things: a rainy day, tangled Christmas lights, and lost luggage. Maya, Maya. Where were you at 2 a.m. the dark night I arrived in Paris without my bags? I...
Alice and Bob in Cipherspace » American Scientist
Alice hands bob a locked suitcase and asks him to count the money inside. “Sure,” Bob says. “Give me the key.” Alice shakes her head; she has known Bob for many years, but she’s just not a trusting person. Bob lifts the suitcase to judge its weight, rocks it back and forth and listens as the content...
Hasnain says:
This is a pretty good overview of fully homomorphic encryption; without any of the hairy math.
Posted on 2012-10-04T20:53:05+0000
The CIA Burglar Who Went Rogue
Douglas Groat thought he understood the risks of his job—until he took on his own employer
What College Rankings Really Tell Us
Online version of the weekly magazine, with current articles, cartoons, blogs, audio, video, slide shows, an archive of articles and abstracts back to 1925
Follow a Career Passion? Let It Follow You
When it comes to careers, young people are often advised to find their true calling. But for many, the sense of fulfillment grows only over time, as they become better at their jobs.
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Posted on 2012-10-02T05:42:23+0000
Patent US6368227 - Method of swinging on a swing
A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.
Hasnain says:
Someone managed to patent a method of swinging on a swing. Kudos, USPTO.
Posted on 2012-09-28T16:51:58+0000
http://www.fieldtripper.com/
fieldtripper.com
Hasnain says:
This couldn't have launched at a better time. I needed this.
Posted on 2012-09-27T20:45:49+0000