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A new architecture has evolved to let developers conceptualize and build applications that satisfy today’s demands. We call these Reactive Applications. This architecture allows developers to build systems that are event-driven, scalable, resilient and interactive: delivering highly interactive user experiences with a real-time feel, backed by a scalable and resilient application stack, ready to be deployed on multicore and cloud computing architectures. The Reactive Manifesto describes these critical traits which are needed for going reactive. Turn me loose tonight, 'cause I'm... reactive?
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If we limit our discussion to personal computing devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops), where Intel uses two microarchitectures ARM uses three.... If we look at currently available cores, there’s the Cortex A15 on the high end, Cortex A9 for the mainstream and Cortex A7 for entry/low cost markets. If we’re to draw parallels with Intel’s product lineup, the Cortex A15 is best aligned with ultra low power/low frequency Core parts (think Y-series SKUs), while the Cortex A9 vector parallels Atom. Cortex A7 on the other hand targets a core size/cost/power level that Intel doesn’t presently address. Cortex the (Intel) Killer?
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Google has patched a security vulnerability that could have left Glass users with some major issues. Lookout Security discovered a flaw in Google Glass back in May that would allow a hacker to create a QR Code that -- once scanned by Glass -- could see all of the connections running through the glasses-mounted computer. A hacker could also deliver a payload over the Internet that would wreak havoc on Google Glass and possibly steal information. Look into my codez... You're getting sleepy... Very sleepy...
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A few days ago, Peter Gramantik from our research team found a very interesting backdoor on a compromised site. This backdoor didn’t rely on the normal patterns to hide its content (like base64/gzip encoding), but stored its data in the EXIF headers of a JPEG image. It also used the exif_read_data and preg_replace PHP functions to read the headers and execute itself. An interesting backdoor, but it's exploiting an age-old mistake: passing untrusted input.
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More than 40 percent of software developers globally say that security isn't a top priority for them, and a similar percentage don't use a secure application program process, according to a new study.... On the development side, only about 62 percent "always" take security into account when developing or contracting for software applications. Thirty-one percent "usually" do, and 7 percent "never" do, the survey found. A small number of respondents thought "Secure Development Lifestyle" was illegal in their jurisdiction.
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Seulement, dans certains cas, n'est-ce pas, on n'entend guère que ce qu'on désire entendre et ce qui vous arrange le mieux... [^]
Joe never complained of anything but ever did his duty in his way of life, with a strong hand, a quiet tongue, and a gentle heart [^]
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I've blogged before, in fact in 2004, (!) that Windows is missing the text mode boat. There is a massive opportunity for a great, nay, awesome and pretty, command line on Windows. If someone cracks this problem, they're gonna be heroes.... Here's some command line utilities that augment and help - but don't yet complete save - the Windows Command Line. Do you use the command line [Y/n]?
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A couple of years ago, Linus Torvalds was discussing Linux version numbers and said, "I think I will call 3.11 Linux for Workgroups." It turns out he wasn't joking. With a release candidate of Linux 3.11 now available, Torvalds has actually named the new version of the kernel "Linux for Workgroups." He even gave it a Windows-themed boot icon featuring Linux's mascot penguin, Tux, holding a flag emblazoned with an old Windows logo. Linux NT is just around the corner.
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Seems that Linux is not doing a very good job of staying current. Workgroups, my god, so one dimensional. Would vote up if I could.
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You can vote up, see those arrows to the left of the comment area? Click the green one...
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Never realized. Did not see the voting where it use to be. Have upvoted
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Amazing. The linux distro's before Linux 3.11 for Workgroups are still way more stable and advanced than Windows 8... hmmm. I guess Linux 3.11 will blow Windows out of that water
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this! term is way more advanced than cmd.exe, and who needs multimedia and stuff like filesystem ACL anyway
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A few weeks ago I wrote about the comparison between regex-based lexers in Python and Javascript. Javascript running on Node.js (V8) ended up being much faster than Python, and in both languages a speed improvement could be gained by switching to a single regex and letting the regex engine do the hard work. However, in the real world you’ll find that most lexers (particularly lexers for real programming languages) are not written that way. Go ahead, tell that Regex joke. You know you want to...
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The current state of experimental reproducibility in computer science is lamentable. The result is inevitable: experimental results enter the literature which are just wrong. I don’t mean that the results don’t generalise. I mean that an algorithm which was claimed to do something just does not do that thing. Without the ability to recompute your results, there's little science in Computer Science.
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I was feeling miffed a few months ago because a product I was managing at a startup got cancelled just as it was ready to ship. The company made a big strategy change and ten months' hard work from my team went down the drain.... Whenever something like this happens, it gets me thinking about how quickly most of the things I’ve worked on have become obsolete. Everything from one-off tools I worked on as an intern in college, to more successful pursuits like apps or businesses that I've sold. It's all gone down the drain eventually. Unfortunately, garbage collection doesn't clean up our old code.
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The document is not something someone leaked, a half-baked message sent off in a moment when a quick decision was needed. Nor is it an insiders document, full of shorthand terms and abbreviations that make complete sense, but only to insiders. No, this was actually designed for everyone to read, for all employees to read. It is on the web now, hosted on a Microsoft Website; you can read the full memo yourself. I’ve got a lot to say here, but I’m going to start by answering Joel’s question (‘what the heck does all this mean?’) with a little bit of commentary, leaving conclusions for next time. TLDR version: We're going to re-org. We'll keep making Windows.
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According to a report by security expert Kyle Lovett on the Bugtraq mailing list, critical security vulnerabilities exist in numerous ASUS routers and can be remotely exploited to take complete control of the router. The weak point is the AiCloud media server. If AiCloud is activated, unauthorised users can access critical system files over the internet – including files containing access credentials for the router in plain text format. Pwned media servers can mean only one thing: Rickroll-a-palooza!
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In two years, mobile and tablet games will be predominantly hardcore. I understand why you might be skeptical: You, a hardcore gamer who just so happens to own a mobile device, have been hurt before.... But hear me now: The future is all but guaranteed. Why so confident? Simple. Every media platform optimized for games eventually ends up going hardcore. Mobile will not be different. And we're not talking about Angry Birds Deathmatch, either... though that could be interesting.
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Ten years ago, the Linux world was very different from today. Back then, the idea of using Linux if you weren't a hard-core computer geek was laughable. Mark Shuttleworth changed all that. He came along with an idea that Linux could be easy to use, and he made it so.... Canonical's contribution to the Linux ecosystem wasn't new code, but a new mindset. A mindset that said "Hey, Linux is for everyone." And, interestingly, that mindset was what Linux needed then. There were already hundreds of developers working on the kernel, but very few working on making it friendly. That hasn't stopped folks from complaining. Here are some of those complaints.
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Quote: that Linux could be easy to use, and he made it so What?! When did he do that? No one told me. I guess he didn't fix my linux. All well.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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As vendors, coders and users inch toward the smart-devices-everywhere future colloquially known as the Internet of Things, they're starting to address a whole bunch of nitty-gritty issues. For starters, there's the question of just how the various devices connected to the Internet of Things will talk to each other. Beyond that, though, lies an even larger challenge. Which is, once we've got devices on the Internet of Things speaking a common language, what in the world are they actually going to say to one another? Arguments, agreements, advice, answers, articulate announcements...
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Today I’m going to talk about the intersection between software and psychedelics, most specifically about the long strange trip from the NeXT computer to iOS.... And, here's the non-obvious take home of living on the cusp of the Now: We are always, always at the brink of being on the ground floor for the next big thing. You'll have a deep feeling, just as I did in '89. Go with it! What a long, strange trip it's been.
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A customer asked me the other day how to choose the right No SQL Database? Unfortunately this is not an easy task. There are over 150 different offerings and there are significant differences between them. The best advice I can give is “Choose the database that matches best your problem”. Big data analytics show that NoSQL jokes scale well for large audiences.
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