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Introducing T3: Enabling Large Scale JavaScript Applications | Box Blogbox.com
When I joined Box in 2013, the web application front-end was in a typical state for a fast-growing company - what had started out as a small codebase maintained by a few engineers had grown into a massive codebase maintained by dozens of engineers. Thi... - gnu.org
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Blow To Internet.org As Indian Internet Companies Begin To Withdrawhuffingtonpost.in
A day after Flipkart exited from the Airtel Zero platform, Cleartrip, NDTV, Newshunt and the Times Group announced that they are stepping away from Facebook’s internet.org initiative today. The Times Group will be pulling out TimesJobs and M... -
Lessons from Altoona: What Facebook's newest data center can teach usnetworkworld.com
How can Facebook's data center design apply to your data center plans? - andrisatteka.blogspot.com
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NASA - Engineers Test Rotor Landing for Capsulesnasa.gov
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Neil Sloane: the man who loved only integer sequences | Alex Bellostheguardian.com
Alex Bellos: The man who founded the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences 50 years ago has been called the most influential mathematician alive. To celebrate his 75th birthday, here he shares some recent favourites -
Multi-Folder Projectsblog.atom.io
At GitHub, we’re building the text editor we’ve always wanted: hackable to the core, but approachable on the first day without ever touching a config file. We can’t wait to see what you build with it. -
How Brain Pacemakers Treat Parkinson's Disease - IEEE Spectrumspectrum.ieee.org
Figuring out how deep brain stimulation actually works may lead to next-generation implants -
You Drink, Uber Drives - For Freestartuppanel.co
Looking to get drunk for a free ride home from Uber? The company's recent marketing stunt promises to do just that. - gabrielgonzalezgarcia.com
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Dissecting 3TB Hard Drive Failure Ratesbackblaze.com
Beginning in January 2012, Backblaze deployed 4,829 Seagate 3TB hard drives, model ST3000DM001, into Backblaze Storage Pods. In our experience, 80% of the hard drives we deploy will function at least 4 years. As of March 31, 2015, just 10% of the Seaga... - strong-pm.io
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Introducing our bug bounty programblogs.dropbox.com
Protecting the privacy and security of our users' information is a top priority for us at Dropbox. In addition to hiring world class experts, we believe it's important to get all the help we can from the security research community, too. - github.com
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The Minitransaction: An Alternative to Multi-Paxos and Raftforum.treode.com
Previously we discussed single-decree Paxos, and then we looked at problems that arise when it's extended into multi-Paxos. We concluded with the encouraging suggestion that we could use single-decree Paxos in a different way: the minitransaction. Tr... -
How Enums Spread Disease -- And How To Cure Itcodecraft.co
Poorly handled enums can infect code with fragility and tight coupling like a digital Typhoid Mary. Here's a cure.