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This idea of a continuum as a tool to allow experimentation and gradual evolution of a critical infrastructure is an interesting one. Wonder if there's something similar in other d…

As engineers, we solve problems. Picking a problem domain close to your heart that intersects with your skills will likely be valued - and valuable. Engage the work, aim to underst…

An interesting post on the role of respect and skill building - in this case, the skill to end suffering. One paragraph near the end wraps it up somewhat: ---- Perhaps the most del…

Using Prolog to solve SEND + MORE = MONEY and the Zebra Puzzle.

For those who want a local copy, below might help: $ wget -r -p --tries=3 -nc --no-parent http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/focs.html Fetches the focs.html file (and all other un…

Or perhaps a return to analog, non-digital, older media such as paper film and video rolls will serve as "probably true".

This works. On a desktop, you can reload installed addons from the firefox profile folder >> extensions.

I've been using DuckDuckGo for about a year now and I've not noticed the difference. Stack Overflow, MDN are common search results while the occasional blog post also find its way …

Nicely and clearly put. Doesn't really matter if it is merely a convenience as @electrograv said, i find this a very pragmatic way of looking and handling at the matter.

kk.org is by Kevin Kelly of WIRED magazine.

> The reality is that computers are still computers. Mobile is the new TV. Thanks for this. It summarizes succinctly my uneasy observations of large numbers of mobile users. For de…

Thanks very much for the links. And Richard Gabriel is an interesting find.

As one digs deeper into distributed systems, Lamport's writing keeps popping up. Below is a transcript of the last few slides in the video lecture. [starting@28:30] The fundamental…