What is Linear Programming?
What is Linear Programming?.....»»
Study provides insight into how we sense threats in our environment
Researchers at the University of Toronto have shown that our ability to quickly assess threats in our environment comes from our perception of discrete linear features in a scene rather than details or objects within it......»»
Sim City for food science takes on Listeria outbreaks
Researchers from Cornell University are blending food science expertise and computer programming savvy to help the food industry stop Listeria outbreaks......»»
Proposed Change Could Speed Python Dramatically
"One of Python's long-standing weaknesses, its inability to scale well in multithreaded environments, is the target of a new proposal among the core developers of the popular programming language," reports InfoWorld: Developer Sam Gross has proposed.....»»
Epic Games May Make Fortnite Movie as Part of Entertainment Expansion
Epic Games is considering launching an entertainment division focused on scripted video programming, The Information reported Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. From the report: The maker of hit videogame Fortnite is looking to divers.....»»
Python Core Developers Release Version 3.10 -- First Major Release Since Transition from Python 2
ZDNet reports: "Python 3.10.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations," CPython maintainers announced in a blogpost... One of the headline features is "structural pattern.....»»
Beating C and Java, Python Becomes the #1 Most Popular Programming Language, Says TIOBE
ZDNet reports that Python "is now the most popular language, according to one popularity ranking." "For the first time in more than 20 years we have a new leader of the pack..." the TIOBE Index announced this month. "The long-standing hegemony of J.....»»
Transitioning urban economy from linear to circular
Transitioning to a circular economy and utilizing resources efficiently in cities is necessarily a collaborative effort. We interviewed two experts, Jaana Pelkonen and Heikki Sorasahi, to learn what they thought are the things to consider in addressi.....»»
April Fools" Copy-Paste Button For Lazy Programmers Now Actually For Sale
Stack Overflow's copy-paste keyboard, an April Fools' Day prank that ribbed lazy programmers, is now actually for sale. CNET reports: It's been a joke in programming circles for years: Instead of writing your code from scratch, just head over to the.....»»
Technological breakthrough in energy-efficient particle accelerators
At Technische Universität Darmstadt, the world's first operation of a multi-turn superconducting linear accelerator with significant energy recovery succeeded. The experiment at the university's electron linear accelerator (S-DALINAC) proved that a.....»»
Light computes any desired linear transform without a digital processor
Different forms of linear transformations, such as the Fourier transform, are widely employed in processing of information in various applications. These transformations are generally implemented in the digital domain using electronic processors, and.....»»
PHP maintains an enormous lead in server-side programming languages
Despite many infamous quirks, the server-side language seems here to stay. Enlarge / Ruby is the only server-side web language which experienced much growth over the last decade—and the closest remaining "threat" to PHP, despite having only 6......»»
Spotify’s Clubhouse clone adds six new weekly shows, some that tie to Spotify playlists
This summer, Spotify launched its live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom, with the promises of more programming to come in the months ahead to augment its then primarily user-generated live content. Today, the company is making good on.....»»
Report: Java "Surges" Back Up in Programming Language Popularity
"The programming language Java's popularity has been slowly declining in some programming language index rankings, but it's popped back into the second spot in RedMonk's latest chart," reports ZDNet: Javascript still rules in RedMonk's Q3 2021 langu.....»»
The Perl Foundation is fragmenting over Code of Conduct enforcement
"I'm fresh out of ideas with regards to handling toxicity in the Perl community." Enlarge / One of the Perl programming language's best-loved nicknames is "the Swiss Army chainsaw." The nickname also seems unfortunately applicable to Perl's rece.....»»
Hiwin has strong order visibility
Mechanical motion control component maker Hiwin Technologies has obtained orders for ball screws and linear guideways with shipments scheduled until November-December 2021 and January 2022 respectively, according to company chairman Chuo Wen-hen......»»
Roku expands its original programming lineup with 23 more shows acquired from Quibi
Roku this morning announced an expansion of its original content lineup, with the addition of 23 new Roku Original programs that will debut on August 13 on The Roku Channel free streaming hub. The new programing — which also hails from RokuR.....»»
Angry Windows Pioneer Blogs "Screw You, Microsoft Edge"
68-year-old technology writer Charles Petzold wrote about Windows programming for 25 years, including several books published by Microsoft Press. In 1994 he was one of seven "Windows Pioneers" honored in a special ceremony (with an award presented by.....»»
Texas Instruments" New Calculator Will Run Programs Written in Python
"Dallas-based Texas Instruments' latest generation of calculators is getting a modern-day update with the addition of programming language Python," reports the Dallas Morning News: The goal is to expand students' ability to explore science, technolo.....»»
Non-linear effects in coupled optical microcavities
Scientists from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw have demonstrated exciton-polariton lasing and parametric scattering of exciton-polaritons in a system of coupled optical microcavities. The results have been published in the prestig.....»»
"Programming Is Hard" Considered Harmful
theodp writes: The commonly held belief that programming is inherently hard lacks sufficient evidence," begins CS Prof Brett Becker in [an article published in the journal Communications of the ACM]. "Stating this belief can send influential messages.....»»