16 August 2020

29 links · Sunday

labuladong/fucking-algorithm

刷算法全靠套路,认准 labuladong 就够了!English version supported! Crack LeetCode, not only how, but also why. - labuladong/fucking-algorithm

p-j-miller/ya-sprintf

a fast replacement for the sprintf family of functions (printf, fprintf, sprintf, etc). - p-j-miller/ya-sprintf

Pascal (Not Just Nickel & Dime) - Computerphile

Pascal evolved from Algol 60. Professor Brailsford discusses the rift in the Algol committee that led to its creation. Brian Kernighan's Bell Labs Memo: http://www.eprg.org/computerphile/pascal.pdf EXTRA BITS: https://youtu.be/nA_FXCzibgw https://www.faceb…

Developers’ side projects

If you’re a developer working for software company, does that company own what you do in your spare time?

Web by Google (TM)

Looking at Mozilla’s finances, it’s reasonable to conclude that Google is keeping them on life support to keep the anti-trust hounds at bay. Mozilla’s deal with Google will account for at least 70% of their revenues going forward. That’s over $400 million to b…

Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org

Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.

ROMAN EMPEROR PROJECT - Daniel Voshart - Design / Cinematography

Using the neural-net tool Artbreeder, Photoshop and historical references, I have created photoreal portraits of Roman Emperors. For this project, I have transformed, or restored (cracks, noses, ears etc.) 800 images of busts to make the 54 emperors...

Oh Shit, Git!?!

Git is hard: screwing up is easy, and figuring out how to fix your mistakes is fucking impossible. Git documentation has this chicken and egg problem where you can't search for how to get yourself out of a mess, unless you already know the name of the thing yo…

Fastest star ever seen is moving at 8% the speed of light

In the center of our galaxy, hundreds of stars closely orbit a supermassive black hole. Most of these stars have large enough orbits that their motion is described by Newtonian gravity and Kepler's laws of motion. But a few orbit so closely that their orbits c…

Domain hacks with unusual Unicode characters

Unicode contains a range of symbols which don’t get much use. For example, there are separate symbols for TradeMark – ™, Service Mark – ℠, and Prescriptions – ℞. Nestling am…

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