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Bursting the filter bubble with Dr Layton

In an earlier post, we saw the different components in machine learning and how a machine learning algorithm learns a function to arrive at a decision. In this tutorial, we will see this learning in action and will witness how the different machine learning components interact together to perform a given task. We will explore all…

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A boilerplate-free library for loading configuration files - GitHub - pureconfig/pureconfig: A boilerplate-free library for loading configuration files

Japanese companies have come back to Silicon Valley with a vengeance. Should the oft-rumored collapse of the current Silicon Valley economic boom happen, will these companies stick around or will the flights back to Tokyo fill up once again?

Explanation of everything you can see in htop/top on Linux

It is not good enough to say, “We can’t prove fraud.” In every election we need evidence that vote counts are accurate

The internet has been buzzing with news and speculation regarding state election recounts and a movement to audit voting results. Last week, accounts emerged that well-respected researchers had found

Are we there yet? Robin has the nitty-gritty of HTTP/2 in this monster of a post.

Speech synthesis is nothing new, but it has gotten better lately. It is about to get even better thanks to DeepMind’s WaveNet project. The Alphabet (or is it Google?) project uses neural netw…

by Kevin Kononenko JavaScript Closures Explained by Mailing a PackageIf you have mailed a package or letter in the past, then you can understand closures in JavaScript.On your journey to becoming an intermediate or advanced JavaScript dev, you may have come across closures. After reading a technical resource on

I get paid for code that works, not for tests, so my philosophy is to test as little as possible to reach a given level of confidence (I suspect this level of confidence is high compared to industr…

via CDM So, you get Sacred Tapes, Tesla Tapes, Astro:Dynamics, Bleep, and artists Helm and Ekoplekz (on PAN and Planet Mu.) It’s all heavy hitters of the underground scene in the UK. Unfortunately,…

I can always find time to enjoy me some minimal maps. Tim Meko for The Washington Post visualized American infrastructure in a series of six maps, from the electric grid to bridges and railroads. T…

Vacations have a much bigger impact on your daily life than you may realize, says the Travel Channel star.

In his day job, The Wizard of Oz sold hokum. Patent medicines guaranteed to cure what ailed you. And none of them worked. Deep within each of us is the yearning for the pill, the neck crack, the or…

Sysadmins don't lack for options when it comes to great open source software tools. We look at a few favorites.

Brit researchers find a way to figure out VISA card numbers just by going shopping

A few days after I published the blog post describing why it might make sense to attend the Building Network Automation Solutions course even when you’re already using a $vendor network management system/platform, I got a surprising email from one of my friends working for a major networking vendor:

Reinforcement learning environment hosts virtualized video games and more

Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the world’s most advanced shopping technology so you never have to wait in line.

Here's part six of my favorite programming, mathematics, physics and science books. If you're just joining, please see part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five. Quick intro for anyone joining: I've been collecting and researching scientific books for more than 15 years, since early 2000s. I'm really...

Amazon Go grocery stores will let you walk in by swiping an app, grab whatever you need, and just walk right out the door again. Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies

We use serial communication all the time. But why are we using multiples of 300?

Five questions for Andrea Limbago: Insights on how social science can improve an organization’s security strategy.

Go beyond basic concepts and frameworks to get started with Docker the right way.

The question has everything to do with the answer “What’s one thing you love about Basecamp?” “What’s the one thing you like least about Basecamp?” “If you could change one thing about Basecamp, wh…