How do I explain to non-programmers how complex, time-consuming, and error-prone software development is? A classic teaching tool for this is the “make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich” demo. https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-explain-to-non-programmers-how-complex-time-consuming-and-error-prone-software-development-is/answer/Paul-Bissex-1?srid=uBvo&share=7a731e2b Posted from WordPress for Android →
Some people ski on frozen lake and some swim. Posted from WordPress for Android →
New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter. Yet many of today’s most valuable firms have come to realize that analyzing and improving individual workers — a practice known as ‘‘employee performance optimization’’ — isn’t enough. As commerce becomes increasingly global and complex, the bulk of modern work is →
Last week, some 50 cybersecurity experts and observers took on a unique challenge: imagining a future in which bad things have happened in the digital world, and figuring out how to recover from them. The event, designed to help form solutions to problems before they happen, rather than in a panicked reaction afterwards http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/telecom/security/tackling-the-future-of-digital-trustwhile-it-still-exists Posted from WordPress for Android →
Raspberry Pi 3 to sport Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE – first photos emerge A Raspberry Pi 3 with onboard Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) support has emerged today. The Model B Raspberry Pi 3 will be the first in the family of tiny cheap-and-cheerful ARM-powered computers to feature builtin wireless networking. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/26/raspberry_pi_3/ Posted from →
Things are moving at blistering speed in the world of next-generation 5G mobile communications—even though many mobile users have still or only recently upgraded to 4G LTE communications, and even while 4G continues to evolve. Nevertheless, four of the telecom industry’s big hitters—Japan’s NTT Docomo, South Korea’s KT and SK Telecom, and Verizon in the →
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The benefits of Open Data are diverse and range from improved efficiency of public administrations, economic growth in the private sector to wider social welfare. http://www.europeandataportal.eu/en/content/using-data/benefits-of-open-data Posted from WordPress for Android →
Not only are leap years the result of millennia of mathematical work, they are also the consequence of rulers imposing their will on people’s day to day lives, and the gradual understanding of our place in the universe. http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/science-behind-leap-years-and-how-they-work Posted from WordPress for Android →
A UN panel has recommended that airlines ban all lithium-ion shipments from commercial flights. Why? Because batteries catch fire sometimes. A new packaging standard is expected in 2018 that might make batteries safe enough to be shipped on passenger planes again, but there’s no guarantee. http://www.geek.com/chips/un-panel-bans-lithium-ion-battery-shipments-from-passenger-flights-1648244/ Posted from WordPress for Android →