Funny, and geeky. From this Twitter page.
Scala, Java, Unix, MacOS tutorials (page 222)
I don’t know much about it yet, but MkDocs is a static website generator that’s “geared towards building project documentation.” I’ll add more here as I learn it.
According to this Bloomberg article, AI software named RankBrain helps Google with 15% of all searches.
asciiflow.com is my favorite ASCII art drawing tool. It lets you draw and re-size boxes, draw lines and arrows, add text, supports and undo feature, and more. All online, all free.
I had two surgeries on my legs in the 1990s, so I know a lot about icing my legs, but when I saw a Denver Post headline that the Denver Broncos are using cryotherapy, I thought it was a joke. Turns out it’s not.
According to TheNextWeb and others, Elon Musk’s Hyperloop will soon begin development on a five-mile long test track.
Way back in April, 2014, I was having my cancerous thyroid removed, and Erik Meijer wrote an ACM article titled, The Curse of the Excluded Middle, “Mostly functional” programming does not work. I just got around to reading his article today, where he makes some points about why a hybrid FP/OOP approach doesn’t work.
NPR has a story titled, Would you let a robot manage your retirement savings?
“For Lease Navidad.” I don’t know the original source of this, but the temperature dropped 30 degrees last night, and it seems appropriate for this morning.
I saw this post on Facebook that you can have Thanksgiving dinner at the Boulder, Colorado Chatauqua Dining Hall. (Sorry, I can’t find the URL at the moment.)
The Atlantic has this story that details the timeline of what information George Bush and Condoleezza Rice were presented with long before September 11, 2001, and what they did and didn’t do.
adn.com has this story about a “net-zero ready” energy efficient home, built in the harsh environment that is Fairbanks, Alaska.
I don’t know the original source of this image, but the original source of the quote is the book, Tess of the D’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy. Pretty risque stuff for a book published in 1891.
It’s obvious to any football fan that Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning — who set an NFL record for touchdowns just two seasons ago — is struggling in the new Gary Kubiak offense. While (a) Wade Phillips is widely praised for taking advantage of Denver’s talent on defense and using a scheme that fits his players, (b) Manning takes 99% of the blame in the local Denver media for Denver’s poor offensive showing, but (c) Gary Kubiak is not blamed for poorly using his players on offense, and (d) John Elway is not criticized for giving both of them a poor offensive line. (The quote and image come from this denverpost.com page.)
medium.com has this story about the Apple design process, specifically related to the iMac and a new Magic Mouse.
The Chicago Tribune has a collection of quotes that partially tell the story of how the 1969 Chicago Cubs team lost the pennant to the New York Mets.
