James Scott Geras can still remember the day he got the voicemail: If I ever catch you near my wife again, I am going to slit your throat. It was 2015, the same year Geras had relocated to Palm Springs, … Read more
As a performance engineer, I am disgusted to look at their benchmarks and the fact that it’s ‘forged’. Makes me very sad. And then you try correcting them, they don’t want to be corrected. Later, they try to hire you … Read more
In a prior post, we reported on a decision from a U.S. district court holding that it was false advertising for a company to claim that software licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 with the addition of … Read more
One of my more frequent rants, both online and in person, is the danger posed by the “fast-math” compiler flag. While these rants may elicit resigned acknowledgment from those who already understand the dangers involved, they do little to help … Read more
Imagine merging three public firms, by making each firm into a division of a single new firm with one new boss. In principle, this new boss has the option to keep these firms running exactly as before. The prior CEOs … Read more
CAREER COLUMN 27 September 2021 For objective careers advice, talk to those who left science as well as those who stayed. Dave Hemprich-Bennett Dave Hemprich-Bennett is a postdoctoral research assistant in molecular ecology at the University of Oxford, UK. Dani … Read more
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The problem with fast, accurate data A martial arts student went to his teacher and said earnestly, “I am devoted to studying your martial system. How long will it take me to master it?” The teacher’s reply was casual, “Ten … Read more
We have been alerted about applications that use the root store provided by Mozilla for purposes other than what Mozilla’s root store is curated for. We provide a root store to be used for server authentication (TLS) and for digitally … Read more
Literature used to be a place for transgressive ideas, a place to question taboos, and seek naked insights into humanity. It no longer is. Critics, writers and publishers are today enforcing a new vision that treats books less as a … Read more