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The thing to remember, above all else when writing JS code, is that it’s a dynamic language. This means there are a lot of ways to do things. You don’t have to deal with strongly typed classes, or some of the more complex features from languages, like C# and Java. This is both a blessing and a curse. You can read an article on the history of JavaScript here, but the gist of it is that Brandon Eich, in 1995, was hired by Netscape to design a language. What he came up with was the loosely typed language that we know as JavaScript. Over the years, it became ”standardized” as ECMAscript, but, throughout all the browser wars, the various browsers implemented these features differently. This, naturally, lead to a lot of sleepless nights for web developers. This problem, when combined with the fact that JavaScript was considered to be most applicable for manipulating images and performing quick bits of validation, led JavaScript to, incorrectly, be viewed as a terrible language. ...

We built Twemcache because we needed a more robust and manageable version of Memcached, suitable for our large-scale production environment. Today, we are open-sourcing Twemcache under the New BSD license. As one of the largest adopters of Memcached, a popular open source caching system, we have used Memcached over the years to help us scale our ever-growing traffic. Today, we have hundreds of dedicated cache servers keeping over 20TB of data from over 30 services in-memory, including crucial data such as user information and Tweets. Collectively these servers handle almost 2 trillion queries on any given day (that’s more than 23 million queries per second). As we continued to grow, we needed a more robust and manageable version of Memcached suitable for our large scale production environment. ...

The TTY subsystem is central to the design of Linux, and UNIX in general. Unfortunately, its importance is often overlooked, and it is difficult to find good introductory articles about it. I believe that a basic understanding of TTYs in Linux is essential for the developer and the advanced user. Beware, though: What you are about to see is not particularly elegant. In fact, the TTY subsystem ” while quite functional from a user’s point of view ” is a twisty little mess of special cases. To understand how this came to be, we have to go back in time. ...

Random number generation is subtle. Random number generators contain deterministic algorithms designed to produce output that simulates non-deterministic behavior. It’s amazing that there are algorithms that do this well enough for many applications. But unless used carefully, random number generators can misbehave in mysterious ways. » John D. Cook | codeproject.com

Bajo la intensa mirada del telescopio espacial Kepler, van apareciendo ante nosotros más y más planetas similares al nuestro. Todavía no hemos encontrado uno exactamente igual que la Tierra, pero son tantos los descubiertos que parece que la galaxia debe estar llena de planetas habitables. Estos descubrimientos nos traen de nuevo una vieja paradoja. Tal como el físico Enrico Fermi, preguntó en 1950, si hay muchas sitios adecuados para la vida ahí fuera y las formas de vida extraterrestre pueden ser comunes, ¿dónde se han metido? Después de más de medio siglo de búsqueda de inteligencia extraterrestre, hasta el momento nos quedamos con las manos vacías. ...

There was a recent question about a PHP security checklist on a forum I frequent, and I’ve decided to write my own comprehensive checklist to fill the void. There’s something for everyone but the security expert. In fact, you might find an issue that you never thought about. Securing PHP web applications would be a better title for this article. » sk89q.com

We have been working hard the last several months to stop Restricted Boot, a major threat to user freedom, free software ideals, and free software adoption. Under the guise of security, a computer afflicted with Restricted Boot refuses to boot any operating systems other than the ones the computer distributor has approved in advance. Restricted Boot takes control of the computer away from the user and puts it in the hands of someone else. ...

We believe that a free and open Internet can bring about a better world. To keep the Internet free and open, we call on communities, industries and countries to recognize these principles. We believe that they will help to bring about more creativity, more innovation and more open societies. We are joining an international movement to defend our freedoms because we believe that they are worth fighting for. Let’s discuss these principles ” agree or disagree with them, debate them, translate them, make them your own and broaden the discussion with your community ” as only the Internet can make possible. ...

In every decent programmer’s toolbox lies a strange weapon called a Radix Sort. Where does it come from ? Who invented it ? I don’t know. As far as I can remember it was there, fast, easy, effective. Really effective. So unbelievably useful I’ve never really understood why people would want to use something else. The reasons ? Most of the time, they tell me about floats, negative values, and why their new quick-sort code rocks. ...