Becoming a dungeon master for an interview
Interviews should be as close as possible to the work that the candidate would do if they join. While that seems like a pretty tautological statement, it is unfortunately not always true. When interviewing as a software engineer, for example, you’ll run into places that lean heavily on algorithms interviews. And don’t get me wrong, […]
How to Study (2023)
“… this is the way you taught me to study years ago and it finally paid off last year!” (a college sophomore who went from high-school grades in the 70s to a 3.00 average in college) “Thank you for the guide. It has some great tips! I’m surprised that I use some of the techniques […]
46% of Americans didn’t read a book in 2023
This week! Books! First up, some stats that are as bracing as the January weather outside (not really, I live in Southern California) to kick off our roundup. A full 46% of Americans did not finish a book last year and 5% more read just one, so if you read two books you’re in the […]
Aho – a Git implementation in Awk
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Svelte Tenets by Rich Harris
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A rent-stabilized 1 bedroom apartment for $1,100 In NYC? broker’s fee is $15K
How much would you pay a broker for a $1,100-a-month apartment if you knew the rent wouldn’t be jacked up year after year? A broker in Queens was offering apartment hunters the deal of a lifetime: a one-bedroom, rent-stabilized unit in Flushing, well below market rate for the area. The only catch was a $15,000 […]
I Was Illegally Fired by Amazon for Speaking Out About a Coworker’s Death (2023)
I Was Illegally Fired by Amazon for Speaking Out About a Coworker’s Death An interview with Magda Malinowska When Amazon worker Magda Malinowska spoke out about a coworker’s death at a warehouse in Poland, Amazon fired her. Now a court has ruled that Amazon committed illegal union busting. Malinowska tells Jacobin why Amazon is so […]
Is the Media Prepared for an Extinction-Level Event?
The Weekend Essay Is the Media Prepared for an Extinction-Level Event? Illustration by Nicholas Konrad; Source photographs from Alamy / Getty Save this storySave this story Save this storySave this story My first job in media was as an assistant at The American Prospect, a small political magazine in Washington, D.C., that offered a promising […]
A look at the Mojo language for bioinformatics
Written 2024-02-09 A few days ago, a blog post was posted on the website of Modular, the company behind the new high-performance programming language Mojo. The post made the case for using Mojo in bioinformatics due to Mojo’s dual features of being high-level language with high performance, and the blog author substantiated the case by […]
Semiconductor Fabrication 101 at Purdue Online for Free
Free online course from Purdue University in collaboration with Intel Corporation, the University of Texas at Austin, and leading worldwide partners in the field* The courses is designed for students and professionals who want to know how these essential physical building blocks of the digital age are made. Semiconductor Fabrication Course Description Semiconductor electronics are […]