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✨New educational materials!✨
Today I'm announcing two new, free resources I've written: an 8-lecture course on fundamentals of distributed systems, and a 30-page tutorial on elliptic curve cryptography. martin.kleppmann.com/2020/11…
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"Towards an API for the real numbers", Boehm, PLDI'20. blog.acolyer.org/2020/10/02/… #themorningpaper
Floating point numbers that actually have the basic mathematical properties of real numbers!
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You cannot get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything.
You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting. 🧠
Familiarity and habit are strong attractors, but in my experience, repeatedly trying harder at an approach that hasn’t been working isn’t a viable answer. It may seem counterintuitive, but it’s time to pivot: stop, reevaluate goals, priorities and approach; make a new plan
Make this trend today: #USPSProtests
(It’s not enough to retweet. You have to type the hashtag for Twitter to count it.)
I’d be happy if, basically, we just ban the words “basically” and “just” from all software development related conversations for a few years
coding: the thing you do in the 5-10 minute gap that google calendar’s “speedy meetings” setting leaves before your next meeting
We own 2 flashlights and 2 lanterns from gearlight.com. They’re fantastic. Broke the lens assembly in one flashlight & contacted them to buy a replacement part. They responded within a few hours and sent me a new flashlight at no charge. Amazing. Thank you!
2010: set work chat to never away so people know you’re working
2020: set work chat to always away so you can get actual work done
TIL: JS-less form submit button enable/disable with just html input validation, :invalid pseudo-selector, and css pointer-events. Declarative ftw: codepen.io/briancavalier/pen…
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What a day. After nearly 5 hours of waiting on the West End Overlook, I finally got the view I was hoping for. An absolutely incredible double rainbow filled the sky over #Pittsburgh, towering high into the colorful sky. One of the most amazing sunsets I've ever seen in this city
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Zoom’s daily traffic went from 10 million in December to 300 million now. It needs more workers and plans to find them in Pittsburgh
pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020…
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There is no future for Agile. The term has been corrupted to the point that it's describing a dysfunctional way of working, antithetical to the original philosophy, concepts, and thinking. But... 1/2
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ACM opened access to the entire digital library for free. I love that now knowledge is not hidden behind a paywall. acm.org/articles/bulletins/2…
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I am considering starting a reading group on distributed systems over ZOOM. Would you be interested?
Papers will include these & more recent.
muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/20…
Ideally, I want to follow this format, but I am ready to compromise as needed
muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/20…
