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- Fast Symbolic Computation for Robotics https://symforce.org/ 2 comments
- A linear algebra trick for computing Fibonacci numbers fast https://codeconfessions.substack.com/p/a-linear-algebra-trick-for-fibonacci-numbers 73 comments
- Firecracker: Secure and fast microVMs for serverless computing https://firecracker-microvm.github.io/ 103 comments
- One-Atom-Thin Silicon Transistors Hold Promise for Super-Fast Computing http://www.utexas.edu/news/2015/02/03/silicon-silicene-transistors/ 2 comments
- IBM Develops Optical Bus; "computer systems 100 times as fast" http://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductors/optoelectronics/get-on-the-optical-bus/ 15 comments
- Controlling VR with Your Mind - The startup Neurable thinks its brain-computer interface will be fast and accurate enough for playing games in VR. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603896/controlling-vr-with-your-mind/ 6 comments technology
- Death of a star in three dimensions - Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching have for the first time managed to reproduce the asymmetries and fast-moving iron clumps of observed supernovae by complex computer simulations. http://www.mpg.de/english/illustrationsdocumentation/documentation/pressreleases/2010/pressrelease201005111/index.html 4 comments science
- curl wtfismyip.com/text - Fast way to find a computers public IP https://wtfismyip.com 47 comments sysadmin
- Uncertain<T>: Fast and correct computations with uncertain values https://crates.io/crates/uncertain 64 comments rust
- Quantum leap from Australian research promises super-fast computing power. ‘Ruthlessly systematic’ research achieves qubit communication 200 times faster than ever before. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/19/quantum-leap-australian-researchers-could-lead-to-much-greater-computing-power?cmp=share_iosapp_other 5 comments technology
- How fast could a processor reboot a computer if it wasn't held back by other components? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7banc9/how_fast_could_a_processor_reboot_a_computer_if/ 9 comments askscience
- NASA Cancels its High Performance Fast Computing Challenge https://herox.com/hpfcc/update/1454 4 comments math
- NASA Cancels its High Performance Fast Computing Challenge https://herox.com/hpfcc/update/1454 48 comments programming
- Super-Fast Computer Made from DNA 'Grows as it Computes' https://pionic.org/super-fast-computer-made-from-dna-grows-as-it-computes 3 comments technology
- Scientists reveal new super-fast form of computer that grows as it computes https://phys.org/news/2017-03-scientists-reveal-super-fast.html 27 comments technology
- Julia: A Fast Language for Numerical Computing https://sinews.siam.org/detailspage/tabid/607/articleid/744/julia-a-fast-language-for-numerical-computing.aspx 12 comments programming
- Non-volatile Storage: The age-old assumption that I/O is slow and computation is fast is no longer true https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2874238 6 comments hardware
- Computers are *fast*! http://jvns.ca/blog/2014/05/12/computers-are-fast/ 424 comments programming
- A company you’ve probably never heard of caused half the internet to go dark: Countless websites, including major news outlets, were offline after an outage at Fastly, a cloud computing provider. https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/6/8/22524024/fastly-web-outage-news-websites 63 comments technology
- NASA Seeking Submissions for High Performance Fast Computing Challenge - $55,000 in prizes available for optimizing source code of NASA’s FUN3D Computational Fluid Dynamics suite https://herox.com/hpfcc 3 comments compsci
- Anyone Notice that for loop computations are now equally as fast as vectorized computations in 2016b? For loops were painfully slow back in 2012a. https://www.reddit.com/r/matlab/comments/5k3v37/anyone_notice_that_for_loop_computations_are_now/ 9 comments matlab
- To ensure that every child can learn the skills required to work in New York City’s fast-growing technology sector, Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce on Wednesday that within 10 years all of the city’s public schools will be required to offer computer science to all students. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/nyregion/de-blasio-to-announce-10-year-deadline-to-offer-computer-science-to-all-students.html 28 comments politics
- Scientists invent new way to control light, critical for next gen of super fast computing http://phys.org/news/2015-03-scientists-critical-gen-super-fast.html#ajtabs 5 comments science
- Scientists invent new way to control light, critical for next gen of super fast computing http://phys.org/news/2015-03-scientists-critical-gen-super-fast.html#ajtabs 14 comments technology
- Former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has sued the U.S. Department of Justice for illegal surveillance, alleging that the Obama administration hacked her computers while she was reporting on the Benghazi attacks, Fast and Furious and Obamacare. http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/01/sharyl-attkisson-sues-justice-dept-200583.html 9 comments politics
- The End Of Passwords? This Bracelet Unlocks Computers And Doors With Your Heartbeat | Fast Company http://www.fastcompany.com/3036375/wearables-week/the-end-of-passwords-this-bracelet-unlocks-computers-and-doors-with-your-hear 6 comments technology
- A recent legal ruling involved an IT manager who sought job security by holding “the keys to the kingdom”–the passwords to the company’s computer network that only he possessed. His plan didn’t become a fast track to climbing the corporate ladder; instead, it led to his relocation into a jail cell. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/11/04/think-hoarding-passwords-keeps-you-safe-from-firing-think-again/ 12 comments law
- Computer Language Benchmark Game: It's a game, so lets drop the fast competition we don't like (and use it in disguise as a C-Library??). https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=314288&group_id=100815&atid=413122 33 comments programming
- A shortage of tech workers? Not so fast -- Although the U.S. is minting more grads with computer and information science and engineering degrees, guest workers make up a large and increasing portion of the IT labor market. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57581903-38/a-shortage-of-tech-workers-not-so-fast/ 4 comments politics
- What happens when you put a computer with a fast Internet connection into a wall and let slum children have access to it with no explanation whatsoever? http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/hole-in-the-wall.htm 66 comments reddit.com
- Could Quantum Computers Defeat Bitcoin? Not So Fast. - Decrypt https://decrypt.co/101340/bitcoin-quantum-computing 13 comments bitcoin
- Mailpile enters beta—It’s like Gmail, but you run it on your own computer | Application aims to bring fast mail search and easy encryption to your browser http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/09/mailpile-enters-beta-its-like-gmail-but-you-run-it-on-your-own-computer/ 6 comments technology
- Too Fast to Fail: Is High-Speed Trading the Next Wall Street Disaster? - Computer algorithms swap thousands of stocks each instant—& could set off a financial meltdown http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/02/high-frequency-trading-danger-risk-wall-street 73 comments politics
- A yearlong experiment with the U.S. electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers - and make plug-in clocks and appliances run up to 20 minutes fast. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-power-grid-disrupt-clocks.html 5 comments technology
- 18-year-old Ewin Tang has proven that classical computers can solve the “recommendation problem” nearly as fast as quantum computers. The result eliminates one of the best examples of quantum speedup. https://www.quantamagazine.org/teenager-finds-classical-alternative-to-quantum-recommendation-algorithm-20180731/ 392 comments programming
- Tired of eating your fast food alone, in front of a computer? Burger King has created "Table Guest", wherein you eat alone in front of a computer pretending you're on a date with a Maxim model. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/2215975509_c7259421fd_o.jpg 2 comments reddit.com
- Physicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called “excitons” that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type of extremely fast computer based on excitons closer to reality. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090927165439.htm 7 comments science
- Google's Quest to Eliminate the Language Barrier "to build the perfect translation computer, a machine that is so inconspicuous and fast 'that you hardly notice it all, except as a whisper in your ear,' a device that can promptly spit out any text, the content of a website ... in any other language" http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/google-translate-has-ambitious-goals-for-machine-translation-a-921646.html#ref=rss 69 comments technology
- Supercomputers could some day think as fast as human brain- IBM Researchers unveiled a new type of computer chip that integrates both electrical and optical nano-devices on the same piece of silicon and can perform one million trillion calculations – or an exaflop – in a single second. http://news.bioscholar.com/2010/12/supercomputers-could-some-day-think-as-fast-as-human-brain.html 24 comments science
- AbiWord - the underestimated word processor - AbiWord is small, light, fast, free, cross-platform, portable, and will do everything you need, including unbelievable perks like equations in LaTeX, Computer Modern fonts or the presentation mode. http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/abiword.html 92 comments technology
