ahvetm

Re:Someone is stealing Christopher Columbus letters on Saturday October 26, 2019 @05:57PM (#21366499)

When combined they yield a treasure map

Re:The Surprising Number of Programmers Who Can’t Program on Friday August 23, 2019 @10:52AM (#20778228)

I don't know if this is helpful, but for the introductory course in programming at University we followed an earlier edition of this free book: https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-python-2e/

Re:Sqlite to Rest on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:50AM (#20402486)

Backend services are about more than serving data, wouldn't you say?

Re:A guide to pricing and hedging (2003) [pdf] on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:01AM (#19981240)

The mus and sigmas in this paper on risk modelling would not make Nicholas Taleb very happy

Royal Astronomical Society kills dark energy

Posted by ahvetm on Friday March 31, 2017 @04:49PM
from the ras.org.uk dept.

http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2968-explaining-the-accelerating-expansion-of-the-universe-without-dark-energy

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Total Surface Area Required to Fuel the World with Solar (2009 Est)

Posted by ahvetm on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @06:52AM
from the landartgenerator.org dept.

http://landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/127

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The President Erdogan Offensive Poetry Competition – £1000 Prize

Posted by ahvetm on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @05:44AM
from the blogs.spectator.co.uk dept.

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/04/introducing-the-president-erdogan-offensive-poetry-competition/

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Re:Software Development Has Diseconomies of Scale on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @10:37AM (#10738334)

It's a difficult analogy to make, in particular when you forget to consider the ocean of milk underneath you from all the libraries and frameworks you are using. Then the difference between 4 small bottles or 1 big bottle seems less significant.

HIVE Streaming Integrated with Skype Meeting Broadcast

Posted by ahvetm on Tuesday December 01, 2015 @07:54AM
from the businesswire.com dept.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151201005055/en/HIVE-Streaming-Integrated-Skype-Meeting-Broadcast

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Re:Norwegian butter crisis (2011) on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @05:26AM (#9575261)

Dear Norway. We stand ready to hook you up intravenously. You just say the word.

Sincerely, Denmark. The Lurpak country.

Re:Giant mysterious empty hole found in universe on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @04:01AM (#9412743)

These are the kinds of observations we need to find the gaps in our current understanding of physics.

Re:HubPress – A web application to build your Blog on GitHub on Monday February 09, 2015 @01:11PM (#9022627)

Cool story bro

Re:HubPress – A web application to build your Blog on GitHub on Monday February 09, 2015 @06:54AM (#9020706)

Logo looks like Hivestreaming. https://www.hivestreaming.com

Re:Erik Meijer: Duality and the End of Reactive [video] on Friday June 13, 2014 @04:55AM (#7887916)

tl;dr: Languages offer ways of composing side effects. Delay is just another side effect and "reactive" isn't that special.