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    Mar 15

    A quick look at the Language Rankings over time

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    12 hours ago

    O(1): random access to an element in a collection, dependent on indexing O(n): list iterations O(n^2): nested loops on the same collection O(log n): divide and conquer O(n log n): iterations that use divide and conquer O(n!): adding a nested loop for every input you have

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    14 hours ago

    good at something? no. but you have to have a unique, universal(ish) and important topic to discuss.

    Replying to @sogrady @monktoberfest
    do you have to be particularly good at anything to be allowed to submit?
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    Mar 26

    "The New Kingmakers" book by was mentioned by three companies today at IBM, Red Hat and GE Digital

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  5. 23 hours ago

    I think we should all like this tweet from just to reflect on all things :).

    If I get 1000 likes on this tweet, next episode on CORBA!
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  6. 23 hours ago

    Threat to fintech industry as young coders shun London over - << not just , hearing this in lots of tech sectors. Skills shortages are becoming more acute.

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  7. Apr 4

    It is really, really good to see including an course as part of their professional course in << more of this from the rest of the industry please.

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    Apr 3

    Who Contributes? An Analysis of Projects - new on

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  9. Apr 3

    also known as far too many bar charts...

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  10. Apr 3

    Who Contributes? An Analysis of Projects - new on

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  11. Apr 3

    Nice video from at on Event Gateway (starting at 6mins, skip the preamble).

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    Apr 2

    This is good - Jobs: “Privacy means people know what they’re signing up for — in plain English, and repeatedly.” Cc

    Remember when Apple’s Steve Jobs tweaked Mark Zuckerberg about ‘onerous’ Facebook? I do!
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    Mar 31

    BREAKING: All EU passports to become dark blue

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    Mar 29

    A corrective guide to fixing one of my MAJOR pet peeves >

    I made a handy flowchart called “Should I say resources?” use as you need to
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  15. Mar 30

    And back in London, any flight with 7.5hrs sleep is a win :).

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    Mar 29

    Looking at open source code of BitKeeper brings tears of joy to my eyes -- it is such a beautiful, beautiful C They don't make it like that anymore (btw, I hope I'm not about to summon any kind of dark forces and daemons by putting it into Git, am I?)

    I sooo didn't know that Larry McVoy open sourced BitKeeper recently. And under Apache 2.0 License no less! You know what's left? Apache BitKeeper -- that's what! (cuz a little competition wouldn't hurt Apache Subversion)
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    Mar 27

    I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.

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  18. Mar 28

    Thread from . Well worth reading.

    I have some thoughts on the Oracle v Google case. First, holding that APIs are subject to copyright is the single most destructive thing to happen to the software industry in my 40+ years of being a software professional. 1/22
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  19. Mar 28

    Lots of great content from . Thanks to , & co for hosting.

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    Mar 27

    Wait! Facebook doesn’t sell people’s data. It profiles people based on extensive data collection and then sells people’s *attention*. CA got data because Facebook was giving it away—not selling. Pass a law saying Facebook can’t sell your data, and Zuckerberg will celebrate it.

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    Facebook: "This is their information. They own it" BBC: "And you won’t sell it?" FB: "No! Of course not." Please help this 2009 interview of Facebook's CEO get seen by people who don't use Twitter. Here's a download link so you can pull and repost it:
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  21. Mar 28

    This thread. Such a frequent pattern.

    1/ SaaS company raises larger round than anyone expected on punchy plan - everyone’s a bit nervous but play to win, right? What happens next?
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