What is Linear Programming?
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Pyston 2.1 Is Blowing Past Python 3 Performance
Camel Pilot writes: Pyston 2.1, a closed-source but faster and highly-compatible implementation of the Python programming language, significantly outperforms Python 3 in a variety of benchmarks. All the system details and benchmarks in full can be fo.....»»
Can You Tell a Programming Language Inventor From a Serial Killer?
Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: A new web quiz challenge visitors, "Can you tell a coder from a cannibal? A mathematician from a murderer? Try to spot who liked hacking away at corpses rather than computers." One commenter on BoingBoing says the.....»»
Brad Cox, Creator of Objective-C Programming Language, Dies At 76
We have learned that Brad Cox, computer scientist known mostly for creating the Objective-C programming language with his business partner Tom Love, died on January 2, 2021 at his residence. He was 76. From a Legacy.com post: Brad was born on May 2,.....»»
Chinese esports player VSPN closes $60M Series B+ round to boost its international strategy
Esports “total solutions provider” VSPN (Versus Programming Network) has closed a $60 million Series B+ funding round, joined by Prospect Avenue Capital (PAC), Guotai Junan International and Nan Fung Group. VSPN facilitates esports competitions i.....»»
Scientists use diamonds to generate better accelerator beams
Beam-driven wakefield acceleration approaches are promising candidates for future large-scale machines, including X-ray free electron lasers and linear colliders, as they have the potential to improve efficiency and reduce operation cost......»»
Miami-based Ironhack raises $20 million for its coding bootcamps as demand for coders continues
Ironhack, a company offering programming bootcamps across Europe and North and South America, has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding. The Miami-based company with locations in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Lisbon, Madrid, Mexico City,.....»»
Netflix’s ‘Shuffle Play’ feature will roll out to all users worldwide this year
Netflix is always in search of a better way to instantly connect users to something to watch, instead of having them waste time unsuccessfully scrolling through all the available programming options. Now, the company says a recent test focused on sol.....»»
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night"s Classic Mode is now available
In Classic Mode, protagonist Miriam is tasked with traversing five linear stages, doing battle with common enemies and sub-bosses along the way. The levels and gameplay are said to be inspired by the classic games of yesteryear, and to make things a.....»»
People turned to familiar programming to help get through the pandemic
The continued rise of streaming platforms was one of the few bright spots of 2020. Fortunately, much of the infrastructure and content libraries were already in place to support the unexpected spike in at-home viewing brought about by the pandemic......»»
Python Named Programming Language of the Year by "Somewhat Dubious" TIOBE Index
Programming columnist Mike Melanson describes the announcement of this year's programming language of the year: The TIOBE Index, the somewhat dubious ranking of programming language popularity according to search engine results, has announced its ye.....»»
Roku acquires Quibi"s content and is adding it to The Roku Channel
The streaming media specialist on Friday said it is working to add more than 75 shows and hundreds of hours of programming from Quibi to The Roku Channel later this year. Content mentioned by name included Punk’d, Reno 911!, Survive, Die Hart, Dumm.....»»
Phil Spencer says Microsoft is cranking out as many next-gen consoles as it can
Last week Xbox Live's Director of Programming Lawrence Hryb (aka Major Nelson) invited Phil Spencer to his podcast for an interview. When Nelson brought up shortages, the Xbox head said that all the cogs in the console manufacturing machine are turni.....»»
Discovery+ launches in the US today
The new year is kicking off with the launch of a new streaming service — Discovery+, which offers programming from Discovery’s networks including HGTV, Food Network, TLC, ID, OWN, Travel Channel, Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Discovery.....»»
Study Finds Brain Activity of Coders Isn"t Like Language or Math
"When you do computer programming, what sort of mental work are you doing?" asks science/tech journalist Clive Thompson: For a long time, folks have speculated on this. Since coding involves pondering hierarchies of symbols, maybe the mental work is.....»»
New model reveals previously unrecognized complexity of oceanic earthquake zones
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba applied seismic data from around the world to build a model of the 2020 Caribbean earthquake. Oceanic transform faults are generally considered to be linear and simple and have been widely used in studies of.....»»
Google Plans to Calculate "Criticality" Scores for Open Source Projects
Programming columnist Mike Melanson writes: As part of its involvement in the recently announced Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), Google has penned a blog post outlining one of the first steps it will take as part of this group, with an att.....»»