January 2010
19 posts
when you get screwed-over by someone, it’s tempting to make a big grand...
– Resist the urge to punish everyone for one person’s mistake | Derek Sivers
Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an...
– a great pitch for the ipad
there are three types of code which are especially prone to have bugs: New code,...
– Encrypt-then-MAC
Whereas a dictionary makes it possible to follow the history of a word, a...
– On Language - Semantic Time Travel - NYTimes.com
They make up 0.2 percent of the world population, but 54 percent of the world...
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Tel Aviv Cluster - NYTimes.com
On average across all 15 markets, missing the best 10 days resulted in...
– SSRN-Black Swans and Market Timing: How Not to Generate Alpha by Javier Estrada
There is a lesson here for ambitious system architects: the most dangerous enemy...
– Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How this came to be is largely a result of a successful if controversial...
– NYT: How Visa, Using Fees Behind It
grep sells out its worst case (lots of partial matches) to make the best case...
– ridiculous_fish » Blog Archive » The Treacherous Optimization
In the case of yesterday’s story, Walt Mossberg was bypassed so that Mr....
– tips on how to spot profession leaks
How Apple Does Controlled Leaks | Analysis | The Mac Observer