Tag: software studies

• Use the Web instead

  January 3, 2019

  Few things annoy me more than a random website asking me: “do you want to use the app instead?” Of course I don’t want to—that’s why I use your website. There are people… more ›

• The Cathedral and the Bazaar

  January 3, 2019

  Linux is subversive. Who would have thought even five years ago (1991) that a world-class operating system could coalesce as if by magic out of part-time hacking by several thousand… more ›

• The Friendship That Made Google Huge

  December 4, 2018

  The Friendship That Made Google Huge One day in March of 2000, six of Google’s best engineers gathered in a makeshift war room. The company was in the midst of… more ›

• Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work

  November 29, 2018

  Chinese Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes Defends His Work A Chinese scientist who claims to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies said at a conference on… more ›

• Apple's Airpods Are an Omen

  June 17, 2018

  Apple's Airpods Are an Omen » The moment I put the Apple AirPods in my ears, I feel like I’ve already dropped them in the toilet. They are so small… more ›

• GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5 Billion Undo Button

  June 9, 2018

  GitHub Is Microsoft’s $7.5 Billion Undo Button » Oh, GitHub, we knew ye … pretty well, actually, over the past decade. At least programmers did. more ›

• The software layer between the company and their…

  May 25, 2018

  “The software layer between the company and their armies of contractors eliminates a huge amount of middle management, and creates a worrisome disconnect between jobs that will be automated, and… more ›

• At I/O, Google showed its willingness to change…

  May 9, 2018

  At I/O, Google showed its willingness to change and shape our lives » Every company in Silicon Valley will tell you, with operatic grandeur, that it aims to change the… more ›

• new-aesthetic: Malcolm Harris on Glitch…

  May 1, 2018

  new-aesthetic: Malcolm Harris on Glitch Capitalism and AI Logic In the stories of algorithms gone haywire, the glitches prompt programmers to reassess what they really want from their programs, and… more ›

• In computing, a Monte Carlo algorithm is a…

  April 17, 2018

  “ In computing, a Monte Carlo algorithm is a randomized algorithm whose output may be incorrect with a certain (typically small) probability. Two examples of such algorithms are Karger–Stein algorithm[1]… more ›