There shall not be any self-modifying code. F=35 C++ [PDF]
Aside from the slightly scary prospect that one of the worlds “best” fighter jet’s, control code is written in C++. Its an interesting read for anybody who writes C++ or pseudo-C++.
Yahoo’s Thompson Out
Surely they should be spending more time on getting the Yahoo! back on track, rather than besmirching it some more. And also probably should hire a decent background checking company.
Yahoo’s embattled CEO Scott Thompson is set to step down from his job at the Silicon Valley Internet giant, in what will be dramatic end to a controversy over a fake computer science degree that he had on his bio, according to multiple sources close to the situation.
via Yahoo's Thompson Out; Levinsohn In; Board Settlement With Loeb – Kara Swisher – News – AllThingsD.
Tsipras clinches deal with Democratic Left, lays out bold anti-Troika plan
The SYRIZAS five point plan laid out by Tsipras isn’t going to go down well in Berlin-sur-Brussels:
* The immediate cancellation of all impending measures that will impoverish Greeks further, such as cuts to pensions and salaries.
* The immediate cancellation of all impending measures that undermine fundamental workers’ rights, such as the abolition of collective labour agreements.
* The immediate abolition of a law granting MPs immunity from prosecution, reform of the electoral law and a general overhaul of the political system.
* An investigation into Greek banks, and the immediate publication of the audit performed on the Greek banking sector by BlackRock.
* The setting up of an international auditing committee to investigate the causes of Greece’s public deficit, with a moratorium on all debt servicing until the findings of the audit are published.
Chomsky: “Jobs aren’t coming back”
I’m just old enough to remember the Great Depression. After the first few years, by the mid-1930s — although the situation was objectively much harsher than it is today — nevertheless, the spirit was quite different. There was a sense that “we’re gonna get out of it,” even among unemployed people, including a lot of my relatives, a sense that “it will get better.”
Drinking Alcohol May Significantly Enhance Problem Solving Skills
Drinking alcohol may enhance a person’s problem solving skills, according to a new study.Scientists found that men who either drank two pints of beer or two glasses of wine before solving brain teasers not only got more questions right, they also were quicker in delivering correct answers, compared to men who answered the questions sober.
via Medical Daily: Drinking Alcohol May Significantly Enhance Problem Solving Skills.
HIPSTERHOST – Macbook Air Servers?
Your Mac is beautiful, so why should your webserver be just an ugly black box? We use the power of the new MacBook Air to deliver your website on time and in style
via HIPSTERHOST.
Add Enemy Feature to Facebook
Like, Like, Like. Pun Intended.
Heres what he’s done. Last month he and a student released a Facebook plug-in called EnemyGraph, which users can install free and name their enemies, which then show up in their profiles.
With “Coveted Brand,” Dell Will Breach Tablet Market – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD
Run for the hills, the monkeys have taken over the asylum.
“In the areas where we come at the market, we think we are a coveted brand.”
via With “Coveted Brand,” Dell Will Breach Tablet Market – John Paczkowski – News – AllThingsD.
Its scary Dells lack of context and self-awareness. Everybody know Dell is the company to goto for cheap PCs that aren’t that great.
“On the commercial side there are a lot of concerns about security, interoperability, systems and device management, and I think Dell is in the best position to meet those.”
See: http://www.apple.com/uk/support/ipad/enterprise/
If Dell can do End-To-End like Apple can even in Enterprise I will eat a hat.
blargh: Why I like lots of languages, and Go is pretty neat too
Modernization takes years decades, sometimes and nobody wants to do all this work and have to do it again next year just because Java is “too verbose” or because Node.js is hot shit.
via blargh: Why I like lots of languages, and Go is pretty neat too.
Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs – NYTimes.com
TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity. And I can honestly say that the environment now is as toxic and destructive as I have ever seen it.