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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 →
x86 virtualization in JavaScript, running in your browser and NodeJS: v86 emulates an x86-compatible CPU and hardware. https://github.com/copy/v86 Posted from WordPress for Android →
Power Problems Threaten to Strangle Exascale Computing Three possible solutions: specialized architectures, millivolt switches, and 3-D memory http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/power-problems-threaten-to-strangle-exascale-computing Posted from WordPress for Android →
Will future exascale supercomputers be able to withstand the steady onslaught of routine faults? http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/how-to-kill-a-supercomputer-dirty-power-cosmic-rays-and-bad-solder Posted from WordPress for Android →
Modern, Secure, Salted Password Hashing Made Simple https://paragonie.com/blog/2016/02/how-safely-store-password-in-2016 Posted from WordPress for Android →
https://toggl.com/developer-methods-infographic Posted from WordPress for Android →
http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/02/15/our-companys-greatest-project/ Posted from WordPress for Android →
The semiconductor industry will soon abandon its pursuit of Moore’s law. Now things could get a lot more interesting. http://www.nature.com/news/the-chips-are-down-for-moore-s-law-1.19338 Posted from WordPress for Android →
Let’s continue the VGA theme I started in VGA memories and future posting. Here are some VGA hacking ideas on using VGA graphics adapter for non-traditional uses. VGA connectors and cables carry analog component RGBHV (red, green, blue, horizontal sync, vertical sync) video signals, and VESA Display Data Channel (VESA DDC) data. Those analog component →