First android performance analysis app for game developers
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamebench.metricscollector2014-07-18 12:33:31
Equation of time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_time#Apparent_time_versus_mean_timenonbeard 2014-07-16 23:34:29
Excepted items: Confectionery: The bounds of confectionery, sweets, chocolates, chocolate biscuits, cakes and biscuits: The borderline between cakes and biscuits
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/vfoodmanual/vfood6260.htmWhy HMRC considers Jaffa Cakes to be cakes.
How to write a minimal WebKit browser in 30 lines of Swift
http://practicalswift.com/2014/06/27/a-minimal-webkit-browser-in-30-lines-of-swift/I really liked this tutorial for its back-to-basics nature and avoidance of GUI toolkits, which are essentially magic. Explaining it all in terms of code is educational in a way that "drop this component in Interface Builder" would not be.
De Broglie–Bohm theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Broglie%E2%80%93Bohm_theorypilot wave theory of quantum mechanics
Pilot wave theory, Bohmian metaphysics, and the foundations of quantum mechanics
http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~mdt26/PWT/lectures/bohm7.pdfPilot wave theory of quantum mechanics. Why does nobody like it? Wikipedia: because it is non-local; explaining behaviours requires knowing state of entire universe
Functors on hn
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7895764This and a short explanation by wting explained it very nicely. ("A functor is a thing that can be mapped over. [...] Arrays are the simplest example, but it looks like an iterable. However functors retain shape whereas iterables don't.")
Generics and protocols - Google Groups
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/swift-language/3PtydRXR0ao"It wouldn’t make sense to have Generator<Int> and Generator<String> because then types that implemented one wouldn’t be implementing the same protocol as types that implemented another. So there’s only one Generator protocol, but the next() method in it varies in its return type based on which class is implementing it". Pretty interesting. Via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7895504
How Chip-On-Boards are Made - Learn.SFE
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-chip-on-boards-are-made/allThis is amazing!
The Kernel Trick
http://www.eric-kim.net/eric-kim-net/posts/1/kernel_trick.htmlnonbeard 2014-06-04 01:05:47
Yeti programming language
http://mth.github.io/yeti/ML-alike for the JVM
Parsing English with 500 lines of Python « Computational Linguistics
http://honnibal.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/a-simple-fast-algorithm-for-natural-language-dependency-parsing/nonbeard 2014-05-26 14:34:45
A good POS tagger in about 200 lines of Python « Computational Linguistics
http://honnibal.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/a-good-part-of-speechpos-tagger-in-about-200-lines-of-python/Very well written
Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » Why I Am Not An Integrated Information Theorist (or, The Unconscious Expander)
http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=17992014-05-22 13:10:47
Tupper's self-referential formula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupper's_self-referential_formulaTupper's self-referential formula is a self-referential formula defined by Jeff Tupper that, when graphed in two dimensions, can visually reproduce the formula itself.
Watch "Barry from Watford calls Iain Lee about Blue Badg…" on YouTube
http://youtu.be/FOKKPJzr-4wHighly recommended
Transform any text into a patent application – Sam Lavigne
http://lav.io/2014/05/transform-any-text-into-a-patent-application/This is great.
Travel Clothing for Men and Women: Multi-pocket Vests, Jackets, Shirts, Pants
http://www.scottevest.com/total pockets sold
Chang flash from 4M to 16M, Which file of openwrt need to modify (Page 1) — General Discussion — OpenWrt
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=473118M flash
TP-Link MR3420v1 16M flash /64M Memory hardware mod with uboot bin (Page 1) — Hardware Hacking — OpenWrt
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=325128mb of flash on the wr703n -- only double the stock amount, but you can fit so much more of a usable system in 8mb.
Gyromitra esculenta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromitra_esculentaProblem: your mushroom delicacy contains deadly poison. No worries! Simply boil the mushrooms 3 times in separate water to leach the poison out. Don't do it inside though, because you'll breathe in poison vapour! Also, some poison remains in the mushroom. Homo sapiens, you crazy bastards.
A'bunadh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27bunadhA lovely whisky I tried last night.
Android Binary XML | Just An Application
http://justanapplication.wordpress.com/category/android/android-binary-xml/Android AXML format. Super helpful for decoding AndroidManifest.xml
OSM data: British Isles
http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/british-isles.htmlregularly-updated OSM data for the British Isles
Driving high-power loads with a microprocessor
http://www.arrickrobotics.com/highload.htmlFor motors, use a 2N2222 transistor which is good for up to ~200ma. Protect the transistor from voltage spikes from the motor with a 1N4000 diode.
practisevoodoo comments on My bank will lend me money for a holiday for a car but not to do a masters degree
http://www.reddit.com/r/britishproblems/comments/22etke/my_bank_will_lend_me_money_for_a_holiday_for_a/cgm4xtg"What you want is a PCDL (Professional and Career Development Loan) available from Barclays and Co-op."
ICIDS 2011
http://icids2011.wp.rpi.edu/interactive storytelling. papers behind a paywall
Mission Impossible: Hardening Android for Security and Privacy | The Tor Blog
https://blog.torproject.org/blog/mission-impossible-hardening-android-security-and-privacyAmazing post
DVB-T - ArchWiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DVB-Ttv with rtl-sdr
A bill of players' rights - Google Groups
https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/rec.arts.int-fiction/F_gosVUpdTMinteractive fiction, famous, slightly out of date now
Crimes Against Mimesis
http://web.archive.org/web/20050619081931/http://www.geocities.com/aetus_kane/writing/cam.htmlinteractive fiction
Characters | Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling
http://emshort.wordpress.com/how-to-play/reading-if/characters/nonbeard 2014-03-09 22:01:37
Creating Autonomous Non-Player Characters in Interactive Fiction
http://brasslantern.org/writers/iftheory/autonomousnpcs.htmlnonbeard 2014-03-09 21:59:38
Richard A. Bartle: Interactive Fiction and Computers
http://mud.co.uk/richard/ifan194.htmnonbeard 2014-03-09 21:58:48
The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the U.S. Labor Market
http://economics.mit.edu/files/5554"Employment polarisation": we have low skill (manual labour), middle skill (clerical), and high skill (management). Automation takes out the middle.
Structuralism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralism"Structuralistic literary criticism argues that the "literary banter of a text" can lie only in new structure, rather than in the specifics of character development and voice in which that structure is expressed."
Inform 7 for Programmers
http://xyzzy.plover.net/~pscion/inform7.htmlI7 started off sounding very mysterious and adventure-gamey; this is the antithesis of that, which is very much what I want.
Tech companies’ competitive advantage: Bayes’ Rule and behavioral economics | Robohub
http://robohub.org/tech-companies-competitive-advantage-bayes-rule-and-behavioral-economics-2/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tech-companies-competitive-advantage-bayes-rule-and-behavioral-economics-2nonbeard 2014-03-05 21:56:29
Improve SCP Speed using Tar and SSH
http://www.thingy-ma-jig.co.uk/blog/03-09-2008/using-tar-and-ssh-improve-scp-speedsNothing particularly magic about it but here is the cmdline
Domain Name Registration Search Results • Namecheap.com
https://www.namecheap.com/domains/registration/results.aspx?domain=wzdd.shoesI could have http://wzdd.shoes/ for a mere $129.88 a year. Also available, sometimes significantly more cheaply: wzdd.today, wzdd.sexy, wzdd.technology, wzdd.enterprises and wzdd.voyage.
Why vacation at tech companies should be mandatory: better code, happier people - The Sourcegraph Blog
https://sourcegraph.com/blog/mandatory-vacation"Mandatory vacation policies began in the banking world as a way to uncover fraudulent schemes perpetrated by employees." (via HN, on the MtGox fraud theory story)
Bad idea: Gmail now discriminates against mail servers without an IPv6 reverse
http://signal.eu.org/blog/category/spam/It's a dreadful idea given that my hosting provider doesn't even let me *set* an IPv6 reverse, forcing me to send email from IPv4 only
Determinism Is Not Enough: Making Parallel Programs Reliable with Stable Multithreading | Lambda the Ultimate
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4893"Stable multithreading (StableMT) reuses each schedule on a wide range of inputs, mapping all inputs to a dramatically reduced set of schedules. By vastly shrinking the [schedule set], it makes the [concurrency errors] much easier to find." Very good and IIRC not entirely novel: I'm sure I've encountered concolic / symbolic execution papers which attempt to reduce the concurrency search space in this way for the same reason.
New 1 Pcs USB Relay 1 Channel Programmable Computer Control For Smart Home 5V | eBay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-1-Pcs-USB-Relay-1-Channel-Programmable-Computer-Control-For-Smart-Home-5V-/190943255744?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item2c751adcc0As used by the hackspace doorbot system (probably not this model).
Study at the OU - Degrees, Diplomas, Courses, Certificates and Qualifications - Open University
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/Always an option