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A one pager explanation I wrote after it finally clicked for me -- floating point is just binary scientific notation! Not sure why more places don't explain it like this. https://g…

Is there a way to tell if my android phone received an update to protect against this exploit?

All of your LastPass browser extensions should be updated to version 4.1.44 or higher On firefox, the version I'm using is still 3.3.4, which is the version available from the mozi…

Kafka is backed by spinning disks though. Am I missing something?

This comment suggests you did not read the article. The article directly contradicts your assertions. In talking about how Japanese teaching methods are better than American teachi…

I had trouble getting it to recognize my "arrow"

What about this story is not dystopian? We have a city with a toxic sludge lake created to power our obsession with replacing our phones every year.

Cardiff University researchers estimated in 2006 that 41 per cent of UK press articles were driven by PR, a phenomenon known as “churnalism”. Wow.

Would you mind explaining a bit more? This is really interesting to me.

I agree with you that the traffic speed improvements being due to the bike lanes is poorly supported. But still, this shows that there is room for intersection/street design improv…

Wow, that's terrible. I am so sorry to hear that. Where do you live?

Is there any cause for concern about toxic chemicals being released into an oven that you use to cook food?

Mr. Obama was angry at the revelations, privately excoriating Mr. Snowden as a self-important narcissist who had not thought through the consequences of his actions. I could not di…

To me, that is a perverse thought. I cannot justify the killing of innocents today to make the world a better place tomorrow.

Generally, when I'm working on a specific task that affects a handful of files, I'll have all of those files open in tabs. This provides a visual cue for each file (i.e. I know the…

Another great article on bezier curves that I've used is: http://pomax.github.io/bezierinfo/

can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Do you have a source?

I thought php was also function scope, not block scope as the author claims...?

So it just watches github's live feed for commit messages that contain a curse word.

I'll be the dissenter here-- I was not a fan of the movie. It was a boring piece about a man obsessed to the point of craziness about sushi. His kids said to the mother: "Mommy, wh…

The gist of the article is this: the reason people are fat today is not because they burn fewer calories per day. In fact, they burn the same amount as hunter gatherers. Thus, the …

If you butter your corn, it's best to eat in spirals to ensure even distribution of butter over time and minimal dripping.