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Cumulus Networks, the leading provider bringing web-scale networking to enterprise cloud, today announced the availability of Cumulus Linux 3.2, the latest version of its best-in-class Open Networking Operating System (OS) for Data-Center Switches. The

On a recent visit to Paris, I found it so strange that their eggs sat next to dried goods, at room temperature, since I’m used to refrigerating eggs in the U.S. We’re all concerned about the potential of Salmonella to make people sick, but the U.S. and Europe just protect against this threat in different ways.

I was an adept, as a teenager and a young adult, of thinkism. Thinkism is the idea that intelligence alone can solve problems. I thought I was smart so that I could just sit down and solve important problems. One after the other. Whatever contributions I ended up making had little to do with sitting … Continue reading What is a useful theory?

Thanks to Forums user j15e for sending this in! It looks great – sometimes a project that is simple and elegant is all it should be. I created an object to display the live consumption from m…

A manifest about using your brain. Contribute to sveri/Common-Sense-Manifesto development by creating an account on GitHub.

If you really don’t want someone messing with your valuables, a programmable box may be just what you need! Locking mechanisms generally work using one method—a key, for example—to keep them secure, or perhaps two in certain circumstances. This box, designed as a final project for an electrical and computer engineering class at Cornell, instead makes […]

Over the years, a number of fans have suggested that 99% Invisible cover a series of strange concrete arrows found scattered across the American countryside. They date back to the 1920s and were used to help guide airmail planes across the nation. While in use, the arrows were painted bright yellow and were accompanied by towers

Can you have encapsulation with only objects and no naked data? The question boils down to how objects can interact without data. They can be friends!

There are certainly risks involved, but a clever research project makes it all possible.

I have recently become quite an enthusiast for the language Clojure. But why? Why would someone who has spent the last 30 years programming in C, C++, Java, C#, and Ruby suddenly become enamored with a language that has roots that go back to 1957, i.e. Lisp? During my first few decades as a professional programmer, I never learned Lisp. I had heard of it, of course; though mostly in derisive terms. People sneered about it with names like "Lots of InSignificant Parentheses". So my view was not particularly favorable.…

Bit operations are fast, but they can still be made faster

Companies that use open source and never bother to contribute back - Open Source Software Wall of Shame - GitHub - Alir3z4/oss-wall-of-shame: Companies that use open source and never bother to cont...

This short tutorial explains how to find dependencies for a particular package in RHEL, CentOS, Fedora and other RPM based distributions.

A report from Brookings lays out a clear, coherent case for why Trump will soon be in violation of the Constitution.

Bravo to National Geographic for putting a transgender girl on the cover of the magazine. Editor-in-chief Susan Goldberg explains why: Today that and other beliefs about gender are shifting rapidly and radically. That

If you lived in a dystopian science fiction movie, what would be your first clue? The rise of an authoritarian leader? Battles in the streets over scarce resources? Personally, I think the very first clue might be when brands are buying ad space from the police. And if I’m right, I’ve got some bad news for you.

The O’Reilly Podcast: Stephen Ludin discusses how to get started with HTTP/2.

Dr. Keith Witt discusses to basic rules for men: Don't be a pussy and Don't be a dick. Find out what he means by both rules.

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Personal website of Benedikt Meurer, JavaScript Engine Hacker and Programming Language Enthusiast.

What is power truly? Power is the ability to make things happen. That’s it. It really is nothing more than that. Having defined it we can show how power is lost. Power is lost when you can’t make something happen....

There's a conspiracy theory that believes The King was a background extra in the classic holiday movie, 13 years after his supposed death. Let's take a look.

About two months ago, I wanted to go on a vacation. I had the hotel more or less picked out, but the transportation was still up in the…

a Pythonic toolkit for working with Boolean expressions - GitHub - welchbj/tt: a Pythonic toolkit for working with Boolean expressions

In 1949, George Orwell received a curious letter from his former high school French teacher. Orwell had just published his groundbreaking book Nineteen Eighty-Four, which received glowing reviews from just about every corner of the English-speaking world.