Monthly Archives: December 2014

RT @iaindooley: RT @workingsoftware: you can achieve greatness by solving a very small problem for a very large number of people with software.

RT @netpresops: We’re on-track for our Scheduled Maintenance & Upgrade Works at our Sydney Data Centre POP this evening. blog.networkpresence.co/?p=5887 #NetPres

Moonjs “uses Emscripten compiler to convert existing C code into asm.js” svtsim.com/moonjs/agc.html

Quantum Deep Learning: “investigate if quantum algorithms lead to an advantage over existing classical algorithms” arxiv.org/abs/1412.3489

How GPUs Work: GPUs are becoming “General Purpose Units”, see how they work & why they’re so important nowadays. cs.virginia.edu/~gfx/papers/pa…

The @backblaze 6TB SATA drive ‘face-off’: WD vs Seagate. backblaze.com/blog/6-tb-hard…

Quad Core Linux computer for $35 & how it stacks up to the venerable rPI Model B. hardkernel.com/main/products/…

Good info on how “Buffered Writes” really work, noting aligning with page size helps. yoshinorimatsunobu.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/why-bu…

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Good write-up of Parrot’s new Bebop mini-drone. yahoo.com/tech/parrots-n…