10jul2016
- Rosalind
- A platform for learning bioinformatics and Python programming
through problem solving. Neat!
- Fedora Analysis Framework
- First collect the data, then figure out what to do with it.
- MetaPost for Beginners
- A system for drawing pictures inspired by MetaFont. Uses systems of
linear equations for constraint satisfaction. Interesting to
contrast with functional
postscript.
- How China Took Center Stage in Bitcoin’s Civil War
- Even virtual currency has to bottom out in the real world. Bitcoin
is controlled by the mining pools, and that depends on finding cheap
power, a real-world problem. Also, again, we see the problem of
hardware people not understanding the whole system when software is
on the stack.
- Dead reckoning, maps, and errors
- Fascinating historical look at navigation.