StephenFalken

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Shirley Temple dies age 85(theguardian.com)
2 points by StephenFalken 13y ago|0 comments
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by StephenFalken 13y ago
"The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made. When was the last time a technology with a scale like that was so error-free? The Web,
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by StephenFalken 13y ago
This subject made me remember a famous quote by Alan Kay: "The Internet was done so well that most people think of it as a natural resource like the Pacific Ocean, rather than something that was man-made. When was the last time a techn
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High Tech Engineering From NASA(unmannedspaceflight.com)
1 points by StephenFalken 13y ago|0 comments
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by StephenFalken 13y ago
This all time classic from MIPS is a good starting point: " MIPS R4000 Microprocessor User's Manual " [1] [1] http://groups.csail.mit.edu/cag/raw/documents/R4400_Uman_boo...
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by StephenFalken 13y ago
It's curious to note that the very first domain registration on any gTLD came from NORDUnet [1], precisely at the first day after the public launching of the Domain Name System , back in Jan 1, 1985. [2] [1] https://en.wiki
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by StephenFalken 13y ago
It is interesting to watch ARM finally adopting many of the great architectural solutions that MIPS used 22 years ago, back in 1991, when it launched the MIPS R4000 family of 64 bit processors. [1] [1] http://groups.csail.mit.edu
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by StephenFalken 13y ago
"variadic macros and bool are just adornment" in The future according to Dennis Ritchie (a 2000 interview) [1] [1] http://www.itworld.com/lw-12-ritchie?page=0,1
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What is the cost to make Smartphone in USA? $4(olimex.wordpress.com)
14 points by StephenFalken 13y ago|7 comments
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by StephenFalken 13y ago
AMS-IX IPv6 Traffic Statistics: https://www.ams-ix.net/technical/statistics/sflow-stats/ipv6...
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by StephenFalken 13y ago
Just a side note: somehow the official Perl website is one of the fastest websites I've come across on the web. Is there a reason for this ?
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by StephenFalken 13y ago
Back in 1985, Ron Fricke, the same director of Baraka (1992) and Samsara (2011), created the most impressive time-lapse film ever made till then. It was called Chronos and it's available online [1]. It's very interesting to watch how
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Bitcoin, or The 4 Main Stages of a Bubble(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by StephenFalken 14y ago|2 comments
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
There are some interesting addresses that explore that property of Full Qualified Domain Names. For instance, try this on your browser: http://dk./ It would be curious if ICANN would define "The Internet entry address" as the root address
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Hennessy, tech industrialist look to future of computing(stanforddaily.com)
2 points by StephenFalken 14y ago|0 comments
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
" RISC architecture eliminates microcode routines and turns low-level control of the machine over to software. The RISC approach is not new, but its application has become more prevalent in recent years, due to the increasing use of high-l
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
This puzzle made me remember a pretty impressive game (unfortunately too ignored) called Core Wars, where programs fight each other inside the computer memory -> http://youtu.be/Du3DSs7hWRA and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
Check the MIPS R4000 Microprocessor User's Manual by Joe Heinrich to get a glimpse of a truly inspiring processor architecture and its implementation: http://groups.csail.mit.edu/cag/raw/documents/R4400_Uman_boo...
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
I like the way Alexander Stepanov, primary designer and implementer of the C++ Standard Template Library (STL), decribed the C Programming Language in an interview: "Let's consider now why C is a great language. It is commonly believed
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Employee Outsourced Programming Job To China, Spent Days Websurfing(securityblog.verizonbusiness.com)
2 points by StephenFalken 14y ago|0 comments
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
I'm quite impressed by this bold move from Intel. Showing such a treasure trove of detailed information about Ivy Bridge graphics can only help to build better open source drivers and overall support. Phoronix has more details: http://www.
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Intel Ivy Bridge graphics processor fully documented(intellinuxgraphics.org)
2 points by StephenFalken 14y ago|1 comments
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The New Gutenberg(healthcarequities.com)
1 points by StephenFalken 14y ago|0 comments
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
I did the first 5 weeks of Code Year. But it turned out to take too much of my time with less than optimal results. Honestly, reading "JavaScript: The Good Parts" by Douglas Crockfordm, saves a lot of time and gives you a more enlightening
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
I can't forget an inspiring and landmark conference communication given by Sebastian Thrun last January that struck me deeply: http://youtu.be/SkneoNrfadk
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
We desperately need open sourced chip cores. An open community would build them with open source EDA tools and the final tapeout would be physically produced by a foundry. I know open source EDA tools are still decades away from proprietary
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World Map of Globalization Rate Since 1800(youtube.com)
2 points by StephenFalken 14y ago|0 comments
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
Well, now the "get link" drop-down menu item sends you to a webpage, where you can finally click "Download". It's a total waste of time. The fast workflow of the Public/ folder will be gone.
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
The Public/ folder is probably the most useful feature of Dropbox. It is totally user friendly and integrated into the desktop. You just have to drop a file in the folder and get the public url from the drop-down menu. It couldn't get much
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by StephenFalken 14y ago
"Object oriented programming with ANSI-C": https://ritdml.rit.edu/handle/1850/8544

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