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Any recommendations for backing up (private) keys? Like pgp keys for example? I consider printing them on paper, as text or QR code. Anything better than that?

AFAIK, quite some components (Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, etc) of a typical big data stack are JVM based. Scala is JVM. And quite some people hate Java. That could be an answer.

For people with just some basic computer graphics background that don't know what this "deferred rendering" is: when this technique became popular, these [1] slides were popular an…

I guess it is because of the use of amplitude modulation [1], where the envelope ("strength") of the carrier (that is some higher frequency signal) follows the signal that is modul…

I think that learning of (and avoiding) the Granny Knot [1] is the best I ever learned about shoelace knots. If your shoelaces occasionally get loose while walking, check it. [1] h…

If you have a few pins that you suspect to be JTAG, but don't know which is which, there are tools for that too [1], (instead of manually trying). [1]: http://hackaday.com/2013/10/…

> As the linked article mentions, the solution was to optimize a massively-parallel algorithm by finding coherent rays that can be efficiently calculated together. It's a batch met…

"Facebook changed the profile to her real name against her will ..." How did they know her real name?

I agree with his problems with status codes.

What about Java?

What excited me most in that article is the line "The press event also saw Sony announce that long-awaited game The Last Guardian would soon be released."

FYI, Ken Silverman [1] is involved in this project. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Silverman (he wrote the Build engine, which powers Duke Nukem 3D and other games)

Trivia: a Johnny Popper is a John Deere model M. I am currently in the process of restoring one. It is called a popper because of its distinct sound, caused by the non-180 degree a…

Looks more like C than idiomatic C++ at a first glance.

In the Netherlands, the public transport card "ov-chipkaart" used Mifare classic too [0]. Even worse, the "defensiepas", for access to military bases, uses it too [1], even as of t…

But wait... how can the pharma industry profit from this?

And if you potentially enjoy fiction featuring Turing, read Cryptonomicon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon

A bit of context: these models are used in countless of computer graphics publications. Try a image search for "Stanford Bunny" for example.

Now we only need batteries that don't self-discharge within decades.

Up to 8K displays? Other than those Bloomberg terminal guys, who needs more than 3 displays?

Too bad that there aren't many details on the wireless link (e.g. frequency, protocol)

Are those images CGI or real?

I see, thanks!

I don't understand this sentence: "One caveat to the randomness is that in order to preserve chronological ordering if a client creates multiple push IDs in the same millisecond, w…