Author Archives: Dylan Tweney

Facebook’s Hacker Cup draws the world’s speed-programming elite

More than 6,000 hopefuls from around the world entered Facebook’s programming challenge, the Hacker Cup, in January. Three months later, just 25 finalists went head-to-head in a three-hour battle for supremacy today at Facebook’s new Menlo Park campus. The winner … Continue reading

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Links I posted to pinboard from March 17th through March 18th: How To Convert a SIM to a MicroSIM with a Meat Cleaver! – Solutios – I am relieved to report that this how-to on cutting a SIM down to … Continue reading

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Links I posted to pinboard from March 16th through March 17th: What do we mean when we say a poem is a machine? Part 7: Dara Wier « We Who Are About To Die – “Specs for this poem may … Continue reading

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Explore – After leap years explained and an animated history… – Very nice video explanation (about 6 minutes long) Your Soul Is in Your Eyeballs | Motherboard – This is awesome. You definitely want to look at the South Park … Continue reading

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Links posted to pinboard from March 5th through March 14th: Congress still not satisfied with Apple’s privacy protections, requests briefing | VentureBeat – U.S. government still isn't satisfied Apple is protecting its customers' privacy in iOS apps. by @jbruin Party … Continue reading

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Microsoft is about to drive a wedge into the mobile market

If the mobile market is a war, the battlefield is shifting. As VentureBeat’s Devindra Hardawar recently wrote, it’s no longer a contest between the Apple iOS and Google Android mobile operating systems. Microsoft is about to shake things up in … Continue reading

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Design goes minimal, online and off

Last year’s big fashion trend was the color block, and this year’s tech trend follows suit: It’s the square. More precisely, it’s the big, colorful rectangle filled with a solid color (like Windows or a photograph (like Pinterest). Mondrian would … Continue reading

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You will soon be using a Kinect, even if you don’t have an Xbox

In Microsoft’s vision of the future, Kinect sensors are everywhere: In your living room, your kitchen, at school, and even in the supermarket, above the fruit display. And why not? The $150 motion-sensing device provides a cheap way to add … Continue reading

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Startups struggle to keep their sites speedy on PCs, phones, and tablets

For a startup, a lot is riding on the home page. You might be surprised, then, to learn that startups vary wildly in how quickly and reliably their website home pages load. That’s especially true when you look at load … Continue reading

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