# Computing Published articles for Computing. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## The First Sheet-Native Podcast Episode Examines Moving from Traditional Cloud Infrastructure to Spreadsheet-Based Architecture DevFeed: [The First Sheet-Native Podcast Episode Examines Moving from Traditional Cloud Infrastructure to Spreadsheet-Based Architecture]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: TimurTukaev Published: 2026-09-17T06:35:46Z Content type: news Language: ru Sources: [Tagir Valeev]() Topics: [Computing]() Tags: [computing](), [devops](), [finops](), [google-sheets](), [kubernetes](), [podcast](), [sheet-native](), [sheeternetes](), [tag-0c38326564b9](), [tag-daf2bde78e5c]() ### AI overview Sheet-Native Computing Foundation has published the first episode of the Sheet-Native Podcast. The episode discusses the economic aspects of moving from traditional cloud infrastructure to Sheet-Native architecture, presenting the concept through satire. ### Source excerpt У каждого движения есть день, когда оно начинает становиться заметным в публичном поле. Для sheet-native computing этот день настал сегодня. Sheet-Native Computing Foundation опубликовал первый эпизод Sheet-Native Podcast -- разобрали экономические аспекты переезда с традиционных облаков на Sheet-Native архитектуру. Читать далее ## MIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches pilot to help educators teach AI across disciplines DevFeed: [MIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches pilot to help educators teach AI across disciplines]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Amanda Diehl | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Published: 2026-09-09T20:40:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [MIT AI News]() Topics: [MIT Schwarzman College of Computing](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [Machine learning](), [Learning](), [Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)]() Tags: [ai](), [ai-educators-pilot](), [ai-teaching-workshop](), [artificial-intelligence](), [asu-ozdaglar](), [civil-and-environmental-engineering](), [classes-and-programs](), [computer-science-and-technology](), [computing](), [dan-huttenlocher](), [education](), [education-teaching-academics](), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](), [machine-learning](), [mit-class-c01-c51-modeling-with-machine-learning](), [mit-eecs](), [mit-operations-research-center](), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](), [mit-sloan](), [mit-sloan-school-of-management](), [pilot](), [saurabh-amin](), [school-of-engineering](), [shen-shen](), [special-events-and-guest-speakers](), [stem-education](), [teaching](), [teaching-ai]() ### AI overview MIT's inaugural AI Educators Pilot brought higher education faculty to campus for a weeklong workshop on adapting AI and machine learning materials for teaching across disciplines. ### Source excerpt A weeklong summer workshop brought higher education faculty to campus to explore how AI and machine learning materials can be adapted for their classrooms. ## From MIT to IBM, expediting AI and quantum deployment DevFeed: [From MIT to IBM, expediting AI and quantum deployment]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab Published: 2026-09-02T20:25:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [MIT AI News]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [ibm](), [Reinforcement learning](), [Computing](), [LLMs]() Tags: [academic](), [ai](), [ai-agents](), [algorithms](), [alumni-ae](), [aram-harrow](), [artificial-intelligence](), [atari-games](), [careers](), [collaboration](), [computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail](), [computer-science-and-technology](), [computing](), [data](), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](), [fair-ai](), [graduate-postdoctoral](), [graduate-students](), [ibm](), [industry](), [irene-ko](), [isaac-chuang](), [language-models](), [learning](), [luca-daniel](), [machine-learning](), [mit-ibm-computing-research-lab](), [mit-ibm-watson-ai-lab](), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](), [pulkit-agrawal](), [quantum-computing](), [quantum-machine-learning](), [research](), [school-of-engineering](), [srinivasan-arunachalam](), [trustworthy-ai](), [vllm-hook](), [zhang-wei-hong]() ### AI overview MIT graduate students and a former postdoc who moved to IBM describe how work with the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab helped translate rigorous research into industry applications. Their areas include quantum machine learning, reinforcement learning, AI agents, and trustworthy and fair AI. ### Source excerpt MIT affiliates engage with the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab to bring rigorous theory to production systems. ## Some recent, and not so recent, talks and activities DevFeed: [Some recent, and not so recent, talks and activities]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Robin Wilson Published: 2026-08-22T15:51:12Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Robin Wilson]() Topics: [geospatial](), [Database](), [Web](), [Cloud]() Tags: [2025](), [academic](), [cloud](), [computing](), [conference](), [geospatial](), [gis](), [programming](), [python](), [qgis](), [remote-sensing](), [server](), [talks](), [uk]() ### AI overview A personal account of recent and past talks and activities, including an accepted FOSS4G UK 2026 talk and a recap of a FOSS4G UK 2025 workshop on generating live vector tiles from PostGIS with pg_tileserv. ### Source excerpt There has been a long gap between posts (again!), and a lot of the stuff that I'm going to talk about in this post is fairly old too. Oh well, life keeps getting in the way of blogging. Anyway, I've recently submitted a talk for the FOSS4G UK 2026 conference in Leeds in October, and [...] ## A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping DevFeed: [A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Adam Zewe | MIT News Published: 2026-07-16T04:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [MIT AI News]() Topics: [3D](), [vlm](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [AI Development](), [Computing](), [coding]() Tags: [3d](), [ai](), [ai-models](), [algorithms](), [artificial-intelligence](), [automated](), [computer-aided-design-cad](), [computer-modeling](), [computer-science-and-technology](), [computing](), [design](), [efficiently](), [faez-ahmed](), [generation](), [generative-ai](), [geometric-inference-feedback-tuning-gift](), [giorgio-giannone](), [machine-learning](), [mechanical-engineering](), [mit-ibm-computing-research-lab](), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](), [performance](), [rapid-prototyping](), [research](), [school-of-engineering](), [systems-design](), [vision-language-models-vlms]() ### AI overview Researchers developed an automated framework that teaches vision-language models to convert 2D designs into more accurate and functional CAD programs while using less computation. The system turns model failures into training data to improve CAD generation and support rapid prototyping. ### Source excerpt Researchers developed an automated framework that helps AI models generate CAD programs more accurately and efficiently. ## Opening Sublime Text from the command line DevFeed: [Opening Sublime Text from the command line]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Rob Published: 2026-06-30T10:00:00Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Rob Allen]() Topics: [Sublime Text](), [Command-line interface](), [Bash](), [JSON](), [sessions]() Tags: [bash](), [command-line](), [computing](), [extension](), [json](), [sessions](), [shell-scripting](), [software]() ### AI overview A tutorial on using a Bash function to open Sublime Text from the command line with different window behaviors for directories and files. It extends the function to create and manage a hidden .sublime-project JSON file so open files persist across sessions. ### Source excerpt I nearly always open Sublime Text from the command line using subl and have specific requirements for when it should open a new window or re-use one. If I'm opening a directory, then I would like it to re-use the same window if I have previously opened that directory. However if I open a random file, I never want that file in the last directory window as it's unrelated. To do this I wrote a... continue reading. ## Sovereignty, reindustrialization, and the loss of practical skills DevFeed: [Sovereignty, reindustrialization, and the loss of practical skills]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Daniel Lemire Published: 2026-06-09T18:39:32Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Daniel Lemire]() Topics: [Computing](), [Arm]() Tags: [arm](), [canada](), [computing](), [politics](), [robotics](), [uk]() ### AI overview An opinion article argues that contemporary calls for sovereignty reflect a push toward reindustrializing key economic sectors. It connects globalization, financialization, managerial work, the COVID-era workplace, and educational misalignment with a decline in practical skills, using computing and robotics as examples. ### Source excerpt The keyword in politics these days is 'sovereign'. What few will admit is that it is effectively the adoption of the American strategy: Make America Great Again. In other words, reindustrialization of key sectors of the economy. The UK used to be a computing champion. Our chip designs (ARM) originated from the UK. Canada had ... Continue reading Sovereign ## Childhood Computing DevFeed: [Childhood Computing]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2026-05-24T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Susam Pal]() Topics: [Programming](), [Code](), [ibm](), [pc](), [Open Source]() Tags: [blog-post](), [code](), [computer](), [computing](), [dos](), [graph](), [ibm](), [open-source](), [pc](), [programming](), [saving](), [test]() ### AI overview A personal essay recalls learning programming in a school computer lab in 1992 using IBM PC-compatible machines, MS-DOS, floppy disks, and Logo. Limited computer access led the author to write and test programs on paper, while classmates copied and modified one program in an early informal form of software sharing. ### Source excerpt I recently stumbled upon a nice blog post titled Childhood Computing. It made me think about my own childhood computing experience. I am much older than the author of the aforementioned post, but like them, I too love computers. I have for most of my life. In 1992, when I was eight years old, my parents decided to transfer me to a new school because of its curriculum. They did not know it then, and it probably did not even matter to them, but this new school had a computer lab. That was quite remarkable for its time. I grew up in a very tiny industrial town. The computers in the lab were hand-me-downs from the silica factory around which the town was built. We got only about two hours of time per month in the computer lab, but the little time I got there opened up a whole new world for me. Before entering the lab, we had to leave our shoes at the door. 'These are expensive machines. We must keep them free of dust', our teacher would say. It was a ritual. The computers were very old IBM PC compatible machines, mostly with monochrome cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors. They had no hard disks at all. They had a few hundred kilobytes of RAM. Every time, we performed the same ritual. Insert a 5¼-inch floppy disk to load MS-DOS into memory. Then insert another disk to load LOGO.COM. Then write small Logo programs and watch the turtle move. I have written more about that early Logo programming experience here: FD 100. Further, since there were no hard disks and storage was at a premium, nothing was ever saved. The moment you turned off the computer, all your work vanished. So saving a program meant literally writing the program down in a physical notebook. Video capture of IBM Personal Computer Logo [MP4] Since I had so little time with an actual computer, most of my Logo programming happened with pen and paper at home. I would 'test' my programs by tracing the results on graph paper. Eventually, I would get about thirty minutes of actual computer time in the lab to run them ## How to bypass SSL for PROJ reprojection DevFeed: [How to bypass SSL for PROJ reprojection]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Robin Wilson Published: 2026-03-23T16:23:36Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Robin Wilson]() Topics: [Geographic Information System](), [Security](), [SSL](), [import](), [Linux](), [osx](), [Windows]() Tags: [academic](), [command](), [computing](), [gis](), [how-to](), [import](), [linux](), [osx](), [remote-sensing](), [security](), [ssl](), [windows]() ### AI overview This tutorial explains how to temporarily disable SSL verification for PROJ during coordinate reprojection when self-signed or misconfigured certificates cause downloads of conversion data to fail. It notes the security trade-off and points to setting a PROJ environment variable. ### Source excerpt A friend was using GDAL's ogr2ogr command to import some data to PostGIS recently, and as part of the import they were doing a reprojection of the data. They got the following error: PROJ: Cannot open https://cdn.proj.org/uk_os_OSTN15_NTv2_OSGBtoETRS.tif: schannel: the certificate or certificate chain is based on an untrusted root They've had various SSL errors on [...] ## Paper #196. The Sunk Carbon Fallacy: Rethinking Carbon Footprint Metrics for Effective Carbon-Aware Scheduling DevFeed: [Paper #196. The Sunk Carbon Fallacy: Rethinking Carbon Footprint Metrics for Effective Carbon-Aware Scheduling]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Aleksey Charapko Published: 2025-04-14T03:31:33Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Aleksey Charapko]() Topics: [scheduling](), [cpu](), [data centers](), [distributed-systems](), [Hardware](), [Computing](), [Benchmark]() Tags: [benchmark](), [carbon](), [computing](), [cpu](), [data-center](), [data-centers](), [distributed](), [distributed-systems](), [efficiency](), [emissions](), [hardware](), [reading-group](), [scheduling]() ### AI overview This article presents a reading-group discussion of a paper about carbon-aware scheduling. It explains how Software Carbon Intensity combines operational and embodied carbon, and argues that allocating embodied carbon to jobs can make scheduling decisions misleading, particularly in heterogeneous clusters. ### Source excerpt The last paper we covered in the Distributed Systems Reading group discussed CPUs, data centers, scheduling, and carbon emissions--we read "The Sunk Carbon Fallacy: Rethinking Carbon Footprint Metrics for Effective Carbon-Aware Scheduling." Below is my improvised presentation of this paper for the reading group. This paper was an educational read for me, as I learned [...] ## Improving Compute Sustainability: A Case Study DevFeed: [Improving Compute Sustainability: A Case Study]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Emily Majewski Published: 2024-10-07T20:45:28Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Two Sigma Engineering]() Topics: [Green Software](), [Computing](), [cpu](), [Hardware](), [Software]() Tags: [case-study](), [compute](), [computing](), [cpu](), [efficiency](), [emissions](), [energy](), [hardware](), [software](), [sustainability]() ### AI overview Two Sigma describes a sustainability program examining how to improve the efficiency of its compute resources. A case study focuses on using a routine server refresh to reconfigure resources, increase server utilization, reduce hardware, and lower power consumption while maintaining performance. ### Source excerpt The post Improving Compute Sustainability: A Case Study appeared first on Two Sigma. ## AI roundup: Small language models, Llama 3, podcasts, and on-device AI DevFeed: [AI roundup: Small language models, Llama 3, podcasts, and on-device AI]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Pradeep Kumar Published: 2024-04-28T21:22:51Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Air Around AI]() Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](), [Language models](), [AI Models](), [llama](), [Computing](), [Cloud](), [Meta](), [Microsoft]() Tags: [ai](), [cloud](), [computing](), [language](), [language-models](), [llama](), [meta](), [microsoft](), [on-device](), [podcast](), [small]() ### AI overview This issue surveys small language models designed to run on devices, including Microsoft Phi-3 and Apple's small language models, and highlights Meta's Llama 3 launch. It also mentions reported funding for xAI, privacy and environmental benefits of on-device models, Llama 3 optimization, and AI podcast tools. ### Source excerpt AI Small Language Models on device, Podcasts meet AI, Optimize llama-3 & a robo-movie. ## A 2024 Plea for Lean Software (with running code) DevFeed: [A 2024 Plea for Lean Software (with running code)]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2024-01-18T09:22:53Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [Software](), [Security](), [Computing](), [Code]() Tags: [computing](), [dependencies](), [packages](), [programming](), [provenance](), [security](), [software]() ### AI overview This opinion revisits Niklaus Wirth's case for lean software, arguing that modern software has become excessively large and dependency-heavy, with serious security and quality consequences. It discusses the causes of this situation, possible regulatory responses, and a minimal modern software project as a practical example. ### Source excerpt This post is dedicated to the memory of Niklaus Wirth, a computing pioneer who passed away January 1st. In 1995 he wrote an influential article called "A Plea for Lean Software", and in what follows, I try to make the same case nearly 30 years later, updated for today's computing horrors. The really short version: the way we build/ship software these days is mostly ridiculous, leading to 350MB packages that draw graphs, and simple products importing 1600 dependencies of unknown provenance. ## Europe's cloud dependence and the case for specialized European cloud services DevFeed: [Europe's cloud dependence and the case for specialized European cloud services]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2024-01-11T08:27:14Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [Cloud](), [Computing]() Tags: [article](), [business](), [cloud](), [collaboration](), [communication](), [computing](), [ecosystems](), [europe](), [hyperscaler](), [innovation](), [policy](), [procurement](), [providers]() ### AI overview This opinion article argues that Europe depends on major non-European hyperscaler cloud providers and cannot realistically create a competing mega-cloud through legislation, standardisation, procurement, or coordinated government action. It suggests that specialized European email, communication, and collaboration services could provide a more feasible starting point for a European cloud ecosystem. ### Source excerpt This article is part of a series on (European) innovation and capabilities. The very short version: All of computing is moving to the cloud at a rapid pace, including (government) parts you might want to keep under your own control Europe has no relevant 'hyperscaler' cloud providers at all, and there is a desire to change this by policy means Competing with the IKEA-concept is nearly impossible. Offering IKEA-like products but then with a smaller range is not an attractive proposition. ## The distributed machine DevFeed: [The distributed machine]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Derek Wilson Published: 2023-10-19T06:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Temporal Blog]() Topics: [Computing](), [Architecture & Design](), [Cloud](), [Operating system](), [virtual machines](), [container](), [Processes]() Tags: [architecture](), [cloud](), [computing](), [container](), [distributed](), [how-to](), [operating-systems](), [reliability](), [virtual-machines]() ### AI overview This developer commentary presents Temporal through the lens of computer architecture. It compares physical and virtual machines, operating systems, and container orchestration before arguing that durable execution abstracts distributed processing from applications and represents a new kind of distributed machine. ### Source excerpt Temporal from the perspective of computer architecture ## The Floppy Disk of Floating Point DevFeed: [The Floppy Disk of Floating Point]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Evan Miller Published: 2020-07-13T13:35:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Evan Miller]() Topics: [Computing](), [floating-point](), [x86](), [Assembly](), [cpu]() Tags: [architecture](), [assembly](), [computing](), [cpu](), [floating-point](), [precision](), [standard](), [x86]() ### AI overview An essay reflecting on the x87 floating-point instruction set and its 80-bit extended-precision design. It describes the architecture's historical hardware support for mathematical functions and considers its eventual obsolescence. ### Source excerpt An essay that bids farewell to x87, a computing architecture too long for this world: The Floppy Disk of Floating Point ## Amateur SARS/2019-NCoV RNA Comparison DevFeed: [Amateur SARS/2019-NCoV RNA Comparison]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-01-24T12:42:01Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [Algorithms, Complexity](), [Computing](), [JavaScript]() Tags: [algorithm](), [algorithms](), [alignment](), [comparison](), [computing](), [covid-19](), [dna](), [javascript]() ### AI overview A rough comparison of the reported SARS and 2019-nCoV genomes using the Needleman-Wunsch alignment algorithm. The author says the amateur comparison found about 80% identity, while noting that this result does not establish what the similarity means. ### Source excerpt Here is a rough comparison between the reported genomes of SARS and 2019-nCoV ("Wuhan virus"). This is the output of an old but still interesting 'alignment' algorithm called Needleman-Wunsch. In the world of computing we use 'diff' for this purpose, DNA has some specific aspects which are incorporated into the alignment algorithms. Many years ago I wrote a JavaScript demonstration of this algorithm, which can be found here. ## On the Pan-Genome DevFeed: [On the Pan-Genome]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2019-07-12T07:10:21Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [Computing](), [file](), [format]() Tags: [biology](), [computing](), [dna](), [file](), [format](), [formats]() ### AI overview This article explains how human genome references represent a mixture of people rather than one individual and how the FASTA file format cannot encode population-level genetic variation in a single sequence. It introduces the pan-genome as a broader representation that captures genes found in some but not all organisms. ### Source excerpt In this post I want to shine a light on an important development within the world of DNA which shows how much DNA and the world of computing are now intertwined. It turns out we share important problems, like in this case: file formats. Note: I expect to be posting more DNA material as part of my efforts to write a book on this fascinating subject. If you enjoy reading about DNA, you might like the links/presentations/videos found on this page. ## Books I Recommend DevFeed: [Books I Recommend]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2019-02-25T15:09:26Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Jessie Frazelle]() Topics: [Computing](), [Internet]() Tags: [books](), [computing](), [internet]() ### AI overview A personal reading list organized into romanticized technology and nonfiction recommendations, including books about computing history, CERN, Commodore, the Internet, deception detection, neuroscience, physics, and life lessons. ### Source excerpt You can find my goodreads account at goodreads.com/jessfraz. Romanticized Tech I call this genre of books "romanticized tech" because of the way tech is portrayed in them in a very idealistic and whimsical way. It's nice to pick up one of these if you are feeling very "Black Mirror" to remember why you might have even started in this field. Soul of a New Machine: Bryan Cantrill recommended this to me and it's amazing. It's about Data General building a new computer and the passion the team building it put into it. I wrote a post with some thoughts on it and so did he. A People's History of Computing in the United States: This book has a bunch of short stories that chronologically take you through some of the most important moments of computing history. I loved reading this after "Soul of a New Machine" because it really tied in nicely to the references of Data General and DEC. The Big Machine: I found this book at the infamous Bell's books in Palo Alto. It was all worn like someone had previously loved it a lot and it makes me love it even more. It's about CERN and how it came to be and has the same sort of romanticized view of tech as "Soul of a New Machine" and "A People's History of Computing in the United States". On the Edge: The story of the Commodore computer company. Goes through the entire history. Super desnse, but over all interesting. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: This book details the story of how the Internet came to be! Non-Fiction Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception: I have now read this book twice. It is amazing if you want to be able to read when people are lying to you. It's a good read backed by a lot of experience from the CIA. Honestly, after reading it the world will be a much different place. Super Brain: I loved this book. It uses science to describe how the brain processes different emotions and what that does to your overall health. It will leave you with all sorts of good feelings after as well as teaching you ## Why Small Teams and Passion Matter in Building Computing Systems DevFeed: [Why Small Teams and Passion Matter in Building Computing Systems]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2019-02-13T15:09:26Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Jessie Frazelle]() Topics: [Computing](), [trust]() Tags: [computing](), [intel](), [mission](), [moore-s-law](), [personal](), [power](), [recognition](), [small](), [team](), [trust](), [x86]() ### AI overview This opinion article reflects on the early era of garage-built personal computers and argues that small, mission-aligned teams can create impactful computing systems. Drawing on The Soul of a New Machine, it emphasizes passion, accomplishment, self-fulfillment, expertise, and trust over power or recognition. ### Source excerpt From the Intel x86 Manual: In the mid-1960s, Intel cofounder and Chairman Emeritus Gordon Moore had this observation: "... the number of transistors that would be incorporated on a silicon die would double every 18 months for the next several years." Over the past three and half decades, this prediction known as "Moore's Law" has continued to hold true. Moore's Law is coming up a lot lately in the context of coming to an end. It's kind of been a running joke for quite some time though so I think there is still a bit of skepticism around claiming it's ending. However, Moore's Law ending can mean a lot of different things for the future of computing. Golden Age of Garage Computer Builders Personally, I look back on the golden age of computers as the time when people were building the first personal computers in their garage. There is a certain whimsy of that time fueled with a mix of hard work and passion for building something crazy with a very small team. In today's age, at large companies, most engineers take jobs where they work on one teeny aspect of a machine or website or app. Sometimes they are not even aware of the larger goal or vision but just their own little world. Back in the garage computer building era (or so I will call it), a very small group of people aligned on a mission could create something bigger than themselves and have immense impact. This is more aligned with how startups work, in my opinion, in that small groups of people with the same end goal build something together. Soul and Passion This break I read The Soul of a New Machine, thanks @bcantrill for the recommendation. (He also wrote an amazing blog post on it.) In the book, a small team built an entire machine. The book really hit home for me on so many levels. The team wasn't driven by power or greed, but by accomplishment and self-fulfillment. They put a part of themselves in the machine therefore producing a machine with a soul. The chapter 15 of The Soul of a new Machine is so powerfu ## Visualizing an Assassin Puzzle DevFeed: [Visualizing an Assassin Puzzle]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2018-07-24T08:00:09Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Jeremy Kun]() Topics: [Computing](), [Programming](), [d3](), [Demo](), [Library](), [Software]() Tags: [article](), [code](), [computing](), [d3](), [demo](), [javascript](), [library](), [mathematics](), [programming](), [software](), [torus](), [visualization]() ### AI overview This tutorial presents a visualization of an assassin puzzle in which shots bounce around a square like billiards and guards must block possible paths to a target. It explains the d3-based visualization and the geometric functions used to trace bouncing rays and calculate guard positions. ### Source excerpt Over at Math3ma, Tai-Danae Bradley shared the following puzzle, which she also featured in a fantastic (spoiler-free) YouTube video. If you're seeing this for the first time, watch the video first. Consider a square in the xy-plane, and let A (an "assassin") and T (a "target") be two arbitrary-but-fixed points within the square. Suppose that the square behaves like a billiard table, so that any ray (a.k.a "shot") from the assassin will bounce off the sides of the square, with the angle of incidence equaling the angle of reflection. ## Pentagon Memo Announces and Quickly Rescinds C3PO Office for JEDI Cloud Acquisition DevFeed: [Pentagon Memo Announces and Quickly Rescinds C3PO Office for JEDI Cloud Acquisition]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Adam Published: 2018-01-11T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog]() Topics: [Cloud](), [cloud-computing](), [cloud-infrastructure]() Tags: [cloud](), [cloud-computing](), [computing](), [infrastructure]() ### AI overview A Pentagon memo announced a new Central Cloud Computing Program Office, called C3PO, to acquire the JEDI Cloud. The memo was rescinded about an hour later because it was issued in error. ### Source excerpt [no description provided] ## Hamming's Code DevFeed: [Hamming's Code]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2015-03-02T09:00:00Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Jeremy Kun]() Topics: [Code](), [Encoding](), [digital]() Tags: [coding-theory](), [compression](), [computing](), [encoding](), [error](), [errors](), [finite-fields](), [hamming](), [hamming-code](), [hypercube](), [information-theory](), [linear-algebra](), [linear-codes](), [np-hard](), [reed-solomon-codes](), [solved](), [transmission]() ### AI overview This tutorial introduces Hamming codes as efficiently computable encoding schemes for detecting and correcting errors caused by noise during digital transmission. It defines a code as a subset of binary strings and relates codewords to an injective encoding function. ### Source excerpt Or how to detect and correct errors Last time we made a quick tour through the main theorems of Claude Shannon, which essentially solved the following two problems about communicating over a digital channel. What is the best encoding for information when you are guaranteed that your communication channel is error free? Are there any encoding schemes that can recover from random noise introduced during transmission? The answers to these questions were purely mathematical theorems, of course. ## The Quantum Bit DevFeed: [The Quantum Bit]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2014-12-15T10:00:52Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Jeremy Kun]() Topics: [Quantum Computing](), [Computing](), [circuit]() Tags: [bits](), [circuit](), [circuits](), [complex-numbers](), [computing](), [linear-algebra](), [mathematics](), [measurement](), [quantum](), [quantum-computing](), [quantum-mechanics](), [qubit](), [unitary-matrices]() ### AI overview An introduction to quantum computing that extends classical circuit concepts to qubits. It defines a qubit as a unit vector in the complex plane of two dimensions and explains why extracting information from qubits differs from reading classical bits. ### Source excerpt The best place to start our journey through quantum computing is to recall how classical computing works and try to extend it. Since our final quantum computing model will be a circuit model, we should informally discuss circuits first. A circuit has three parts: the "inputs," which are bits (either zero or one); the "gates," which represent the lowest-level computations we perform on bits; and the "wires," which connect the outputs of gates to the inputs of other gates. [Next page]()