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High-performance applications form the backbone of the modern web. At LinkedIn, a number of internal high-throughput services cater to thousands of user requests per second. For optimal user experience, it is very important to serve these requests with low…
23 April 2014Slashdot
KentuckyFC (1144503) writes "Face recognition has come a long way in recent years. In ideal lighting conditions, given the same pose, facial expression etc, it easily outperforms humans. But the real world isn't like that. People grow beards, wear make up…
23 April 2014Planet Ubuntu
After working with my ambilight clone for a few days, I discovered the biggest annoyance was that it wouldn't turn off after turning off the TV. I had some ideas on how I could remotely trigger it from the phone or from an external HTPC but I really wanted…
23 April 2014MacOSXHints.com
There are many step-by-step guides on the internet that explain how to add an SSD to an existing Mac, and create a 'Fusion Drive' that has the speed of an SSD, but also the capacity of a Hard Drive. All these guides fall short in one way that was important…
23 April 2014Hacker News
A powerful feature that makes JavaScript unique is its ability to work asynchronously via callback functions. Assigning async callbacks let you write event-driven code but it also makes tracking down bugs a hair pulling experience since the JavaScript…
22 April 2014Hacker News
Ever since we started Iron.io, we’ve been trying to solve a problem: how to keep our IronWorker containers up to date with newer language runtimes and Linux packages. For the past two years, IronWorker has been using the same, unchanged run-time…
22 April 2014Hacker News
I’ve been in the technology industry for 14+ years mostly as a Software Developer. I've worked on projects ranging from a Ruby on Rails Portal, a high performance/low latency .NET search stack, R&D for building infrastructure in the cloud including…
21 April 2014Hacker News
Guides for getting things done, programming well, and programming in style. * A reason is good when you can convince a teammate. * "Avoid" means don't do it unless you have good reason. * "Prefer" indicates a better option and its alternative to…
21 April 2014Planet Ubuntu
Recently I came acrosswww.androidpolice.com/2014/04/07/new-app-huey-synchronizes-philips-hue-lights-with-your-movies-and-tv-shows-for-awesome-ambient-lighting-effects/and thought it was pretty neat. The lights were expensive however, and it required your…
21 April 2014Hacker News
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20 April 2014