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A deeper look into the fundamentals of image dilation and erosion with the use of kernels.
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In Game Theory, No Clear Path to Equilibrium
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John Nash’s notion of equilibrium is ubiquitous in economic theory, but a new study shows that it is often impossible to reach efficiently.
Reading, That Strange and Uniquely Human Thing
How we evolved to read is a story of one creative species.
Pugilism on the Plains
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Ultimate CSS Reference Guide
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Thai Basil Stir-Fry (Put Kaprow)
With pork, chilies, a few sauces thrown in, finish this stir-fry recipe off with a big generous handful of Thai basil, a fried egg and fish chili sauce on rice.
How Junction-to-Ambient Thermal Resistance of an IC Package Affects Thermal
Assessing the thermal performance of an IC package becomes easier if you understand this common, but often misapplied, parameter known as theta JA.
The Tasting Menu at the End of the World
Sonoma County’s SingleThread has been hailed as the apotheosis of high-end, farm-to-table dining. The perpetual threat of wildfires and once-in-a-generation flooding also make it a case study in the challenges that climate change will soon pose to restaurants everywhere.
The Proving Grounds: Charley Crockett and the Story of Deep Ellum - Longreads
Generations of musicians got their start busking the streets of the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. After a decade of 'hobo-ing' around cities like New Orleans, Paris, and New York, Charley Crockett discovered it was his turn.
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A heatmap is a graphical representation of data in which data values are represented as colors. That is, it uses color in order to…
The Curious Cons of the Man Who Wouldn’t Die | GQ
When Mark Olmsted contracted HIV, in the early 1980s, he figured the disease was a death sentence. And so he hatched a scheme to live out his last years in style—swiping credit cards, bilking insurance companies, even faking his own death. What’s the problem with some forgery…
5 e-commerce tips for businesses in 2021
By Rob van den Heuvel, CEO at Sendcloud. If there’s one thing 2020 has taught us, it is the art of adaptability. As we knock on the door of 2021, the next stage of transition is upon us.
A family with no fingerprints
A family in Bangladesh struggles with an extremely rare genetic condition, "immigration delay disease".
The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes
Mistletoes have all but shut down the powerhouses of their cells. Scientists are still trying to understand the plants’ unorthodox survival strategy.
Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast | The New Yorker
The state loses a football field’s worth of land every hour and a half. Now engineers are in a race to prevent it from sinking into oblivion.
The World’s Cheapest Hospital Has to Get Even Cheaper - Bloomberg
Cancer surgery for $700, a heart bypass for $2,000. Pretty good, but under India’s new health-care system, it’s not good enough.
John Franzese ratted out his Colombo crime family father – then disappeared
John Franzese Jr. helped send his father, notorious Colombo family mobster Sonny Franzese, to prison. Then he turned up in Indianapolis.
How To Lose Everything And Get Some Of It Back
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‘None of this happened the way you think it did’ — High Country News – Know
For years, the clients of a Colorado funeral home kept their loved ones’ cremated remains. Then the FBI called.
Practical Graph Theory in Ruby
This is the next installment in the "Practical Computer Science" series, where you will learn how to apply classic computer science concepts to solve real problems using Ruby. Today we are going to talk about Graph
How SoulCycle lost its soul
The boutique fitness phenomenon sold exclusivity with a smile, until a toxic atmosphere and a push for growth brought the whole thing down.
Linux Basic Commend u should know
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Album Premiere: Whitney Rose, ‘Rule 62’
AllMusic provides comprehensive music info including reviews and biographies. Get recommendations for new music to listen to, stream or own.
The Year in Physics
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A Complete Guide to LLVM for Programming Language Creators
We'll explain the concepts underlying LLVM IR, and how you can use the LLVM C++ API in your programming language's compiler.
Climbing Steep hills, or adopting Ruby 3 types with RBS—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
A deep dive into adding Ruby Type Signatures to existing projects and using Steep to perform type checking.
apt Command Examples for Ubuntu/Debian Linux
19 examples of apt command on Debian/Ubuntu Linux server to install/remove packages and update the system for Linux users/sysadmins/developers
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Gravity, Gizmos, and a Grand Theory of Interstellar Travel | WIRED
For decades, Jim Woodward dreamed of a propellantless engine to take humans to the stars. Now he thinks he’s got it. But is it revolutionary—or illusory?
Testing a Feature with Rails and RSpec: A deep dive
One of the things I hear most from developers who are new to Ruby and Rails, or just to testing is, How do you get started? What should I test? The value of testing your code and the confidence it brings is already apparent, but how to make it happen seems to be missing. In this…
RubyTapas – Short Screencasts of Gourmet Ruby, by Avdi Grimm
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The Rubyist's Guide to Memoization
This article covers one of my favorite techniques for improving performance: memoization. It's a source of easy little performance wins that eventually add up and only occasionally reduce your application to a heap of...
Ruby one-liners
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The Safe Navigation Operator (&.) in Ruby – Georgi Mitrev
Rake 201
In this second article about Rake, we dive a little deeper and cover slightly advanced topics like file tasks, rules, multitasks and more that will improve your Rake chops...
custom rake task in rails | codedecoder
rake command is explained in this post. rails provide a number of inbuilt tasks, but you can create your own task also as explained here. => Understanding the basics : When you create any new ra…
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Testing Your Ruby Code With Guard, RSpec & Pry: Part 2
Welcome back! If you missed the first part of our journey so far, then you might want to go back and catch-up first. So far, we've applied a Test-Driven Development process to building our...
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An encyclopedic site about typefaces and type design, managed by Luc Devroye
Treemaps: Data Visualization of Complex Hierarchies
Creating usable, readable treemaps is difficult. They are a complex, area-based data visualization for hierarchical data that can be hard to interpret precisely.
16 Tools to Sell Products on Pinterest
Pinterest provides tools to help merchants promote and sell products. Here is a list of tools for creating shops, product catalogs, ad campaigns, live events, and more.
A Beginner's Guide to Exceptions in Ruby
The other day I was searching for an introduction to Ruby exceptions written for beginners - people who know basic Ruby syntax but aren't really sure what an exception is or why it's useful. I couldn't find one, so I ...
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A strategist’s guide to blockchain
The distributed ledger technology that started with bitcoin is rapidly becoming a crowdsourced system for all types of verification. Could it replace notary publics, manual vote recounts, and the way banks manage transactions?