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Autobahn: Ruhrgebiet soll Testgebiet für autonomes Fahren werden

In NRW soll eine Teststrecke für autonomes Fahren entstehen. Das teilte Verkehrsminister Michael Groschek (SPD) auf Anfrage der Rheinischen Post mit. Zuvor…

Autobahn: Ruhrgebiet soll Testgebiet für autonomes Fahren werden

Debian bringt Reproducible Builds voran

Die Technologie soll die Sicherheit von Software erhöhen. Indem zwei aus demselben Quellcode erzeugte Binärpakete Byte für Byte identisch sind, lässt sie ihre…

Debian bringt Reproducible Builds voran

Using Project Kotlin for Android

Statically-typed, highly-interoperable augmentation to the Java language.
Author: @JakeWhartonCreated: 2015-01-20Updated: 2015-01-26
Note: This is a copy (and…

Using Project Kotlin for Android

Why Explore Space? A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Africa

Ernst Stuhlinger (1913-2008) Ernst Stuhlinger wrote this letter on May 6, 1970, to Sister Mary Jucunda, a nun who worked among the starving children of Kabwe,…

Why Explore Space? A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Africa

You're Missing the Point of Promises

This post originally appeared as a gist . Since then, the development of Promises/A+ has made its emphasis on the Promises/A spec seem somewhat outdated.…

You're Missing the Point of Promises

TypeScript 1.4 sneak peek: union types, type guards, and more

With TypeScript 1.3 out the door, we’re focused on adding more type system and ECMAScript 6 features to TypeScript. Let’s take a quick look at some of the new…

TypeScript 1.4 sneak peek: union types, type guards, and more

Orbáns Kleptokraten | Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik

Orbáns Kleptokraten | Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik
https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2015/januar/orbans-kleptokraten

Orbáns Kleptokraten | Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik

If Apple Were A Worker Cooperative, Each Employee Would Earn At Least $403K

https://www.forbes.com/sites/cameronkeng/2014/12/18/if-apple-was-a-worker-cooperative-each-employee-would-earn-at-least-403k/

If Apple Were A Worker Cooperative, Each Employee Would Earn At Least $403K

PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 9.4 Increases Flexibility, Scalability and Performance

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announces the release of PostgreSQL 9.4, the latest version of the world's leading open source database system. This release adds many new features which enhance PostgreSQL's flexibility, scalability and performance for many different types of database users, including improvements to JSON support, replication and index performance.

PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 9.4 Increases Flexibility, Scalability and Performance

Lessons From A Silicon Valley Job Search | Robert Heaton

Lessons From A Silicon Valley Job Search | Robert Heaton
https://robertheaton.com/2014/03/07/lessons-from-a-silicon-valley-job-search/

Lessons From A Silicon Valley Job Search | Robert Heaton

Why Apple before Android?

Why Apple before Android? | X-Plane Developer
https://developer.x-plane.com/2014/12/why-apple-before-android/

Why Apple before Android?

Iran: Eine „Generation der Bastarde“ – Transparency for Iran

In den iranischen Großstädten, vor allem in der Hauptstadt Teheran, wächst die Zahl junger Paare, die ohne Trauschein zusammenleben. Vor allem gebildete Frauen…

Iran: Eine „Generation der Bastarde“ – Transparency for Iran

Pegida: Nichts sehen, nichts hören, viel sagen - SPIEGEL ONLINE

Auf Facebook hat Pegida Zehntausende Anhänger. Sind die alle dumm? Sicher nicht. Aber genau das ist Teil des Problems.
Pegida ist eines der bisher wenigen…

Pegida: Nichts sehen, nichts hören, viel sagen - SPIEGEL ONLINE

The Evolution of eInk

Sure, smartphones and tablets get all the press, and deservedly so. But if you place the original mainstream eInk device from 2007, the Amazon Kindle, side by…

The Evolution of eInk

What I Learned Coding X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (1999)

When we started the X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter project, our goal was to create the first multi-player space combat simulator to be playable over the Internet. There were several major problems that we had to be overcome to accomplish this goal, not the least of which was the Internet itself. I will review the problems we faced, the approach we took, and the results we achieved. I hope the lessons I learned will prove to be valuable to those who read this paper.

What I Learned Coding X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (1999)

Monads: Your App As A Function, Part 2 - mttkay here.

This is part 2 of Monads: Your App As A Function . In the previous post we started looking at monads, and summarized that their core purpose is to transport…

Monads: Your App As A Function, Part 2 - mttkay here.

Monads: Your App As A Function, Part 1 - mttkay here.

A paper by Twitter’s Marius Eriksen ( “Your server as a function” ), which introduces the key concepts behind Finagle is what made me choose the title for this…

Monads: Your App As A Function, Part 1 - mttkay here.

Top 7 Tips for RxJava on Android — Futurice

Last November I found myself at Futurice in London starting a challenging project that seemed to be the perfect candidate for a more immersive reactive system.…

Top 7 Tips for RxJava on Android — Futurice

Getting Groovy With Reactive Android

“Slow,” a word no one ever wants to see associated with their app. Delay and lag of as little as 100–200 milliseconds will be perceived by users as poor, slow…

Getting Groovy With Reactive Android

staltz/introrx.md

(by @andrestaltz)
So you’re curious in learning this new thing called (Functional) Reactive Programming (FRP).
Learning it is hard, even harder by the lack of…

staltz/introrx.md

The unstoppable rise of the global surveillance profiteers

Imagine if your government put a price tag on your privacy, acquiring shadowy surveillance technology that exploited your personal vulnerabilities. Earlier…

The unstoppable rise of the global surveillance profiteers

Java, Scala, Ceylon: Evolution in the JVM Petri Dish | DZone

Ceylon is a marvelous new JVM language from Gavin King, the creator of Hibernate. It enters a crowded field -- ever since Martin Odersky's pioneering Scala…

Java, Scala, Ceylon: Evolution in the JVM Petri Dish | DZone

Hamburg wird zur WLAN-Hauptstadt

Sieht man ausnahmsweise vom Hafen ab, dann ist Hamburg in diesen Jahren längst kein Tor zur Welt mehr. Jedenfalls nicht, wenn man das World Wide Web als…

Hamburg wird zur WLAN-Hauptstadt

Luxe Valet Eliminates the Headache of Finding a Parking Spot