The landscape for the performance-minded developer has changed significantly in the last year or so, with the emergence of HTTP/2 being perhaps the most significant of all. No longer is HTTP/2 a feature we pine for. It has arrived, and with it comes server push!
Law makers in Kerala have recently enacted a law requiring bars, pubs and liquor shops be at least 500m from any state or national highways.
One such establishment which is only 250m from a highway, has come with a ingenious solution – the addition of a 250m maze from the highway to the entrance of the bar.
A Bar In Kerala Just Made A 250m-Long Maze Wall To Beat Supreme Court’s 500m Rule
The Deep Space Network, or DSN, is much more than a collection of big antennas. It is a powerful system for commanding, tracking and monitoring the health and safety of spacecraft at many distant planetary locales. About – Deep Space Network
Voyager 2 fun facts:
Links
What Is the Oldest Computer Program Still in Use?
Why NASA Needs a Programmer Fluent In 60-Year-Old Languages
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG)
Wiki: NASA Deep Space Network
Wiki: Voyager 2
See current activities on DSN.
Beneath the placid surface of product pages lies an unseen world of bots, algorithms, flash crashes and fierce competition.
The list:
- The end user got what they needed, or what they wanted.
- The end user was able to easily make use of what you made.
- The quality, performance, security or other attributes of what you made were acceptable to the end user.
- You utilized a reasonable amount of resources in building it.
- You completed the work in a reasonable amount of time.
- The work was built to be maintained or updated or expanded.
— http://thecodist.com/article/the-six-goals-of-every-programming-project
A few years ago, backstage at a conference, I spotted a blind woman using her phone. The phone was speaking everything her finger touched on the screen, allowing her to tear through her apps. My jaw hit the floor. After years of practice, she had cranked the voice’s speed so high, I couldn’t understand a word it was saying.
And here’s the kicker: She could do all of this with the screen turned off. Her phone’s battery lasted forever.
The little-known iPhone feature that lets blind people see with their fingers
