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Python finally offloads some batteries
Python has often been touted as a “batteries included” language because of its rich standard library that provides access to numerous utility modules and is distributed with the language itself. But those libraries need maintenance, of course, and that is provided by the Python core development team. Over the years, it has become clear thatContinue reading “Python finally offloads some batteries”
Experiment measures antiproton orbiting helium ion
In Wednesday’s issue of Nature, a new paper describes a potentially useful way of measuring the interactions between normal matter and exotic particles, like antiprotons and unstable items like kaons or elements containing a strange quark. The work is likely to be useful, as we still don’t understand the asymmetry that has allowed matter toContinue reading “Experiment measures antiproton orbiting helium ion”
Contributing to Complex Projects
As a frequent open source maintainer and contributor, I’m often asked: where do you start? How do you approach a new project with the goal of making meaningful changes? How can you possibly understand the internals of a complex project? These questions apply to any software project regardless of whether they are open source orContinue reading “Contributing to Complex Projects”
Levels of Technical Leadership
This document describes why and how a tech company can offer a career path to its engineering technical leaders, that is, different tracks for “deep ICs” versus “broad ICs”. Read more…
Find More Ways to Be an Outsider
The world is full of outsiders: students away at a university far from home, immigrants to a new country, and people who go abroad for work or extended travel. Over the past year, more than 4.4 million American workers quit their jobs in the “Great Resignation,” and many of them became outsiders by joining aContinue reading “Find More Ways to Be an Outsider”
Libmill: Go-style concurrency in C
Libmill is a lightweight coroutine library bringing Go-style concurrency to C language. It also contains simple networking and file access library that allows users to quickly bootstrap application development. Libmill runs in following environments: Microarchitecture: x86, x86_64, ARM Compiler: gcc, clang Operating system: Linux, OSX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD Read more…
How should you set prices for your handmade goods?
Setting prices is a big challenge for any business. If they’re too low, you can’t make a profit; if they’re too high, it can be hard to make a sale. So what goes into a smart pricing strategy? We asked Patrysha Korchinski, a certified small business coach in Whitecourt, Alberta, to share her tips. ReadContinue reading “How should you set prices for your handmade goods?”
FlyZero Unveils Final Hydrogen-Powered Airliner Concepts
The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) has unveiled three zero-carbon airliner concepts developed under the UK government’s FlyZero project, which aims to support the accelerated introduction of hydrogen-powered aircraft. The three concepts cover the regional, narrowbody and mid-size market sectors. Together they form part of a study that targets zero-carbon emission commercial air travel by theContinue reading “FlyZero Unveils Final Hydrogen-Powered Airliner Concepts”
Home Depot Finds DIY Success with Vector Search
Like all big companies, Home Depot has a list of IT projects that it wants to tackle. When the COVID pandemic hit two years ago and ecommerce activity surged, it accelerated one of them in particular: the development of vector search algorithms to augment basic keyword search on its website and mobile app. Since goingContinue reading “Home Depot Finds DIY Success with Vector Search”
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