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Weekend miscellany

Posted on 4 December 2010 by John

Software development

Languages used by top programmers in Google contest
Why do we need database joins?
Hammock-driven development

Math

Notation and thinking
Serpinski hiding in the Sistine Chapel
Mathematics of foam
Carnival of Mathematics #72

Science

How hard is space travel, in principle?
DNA evidence of North American in Europe circa 1000 AD

Design

Why is 37signals so arrogant?

Kevin Bacon

‹ You can be a hero with a simple idea
Military intelligence from serial numbers ›
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One comment on “Weekend miscellany”
  1. Jared says:
    7 December 2010 at 09:44

    Awesome Kevin Bacon ad.

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  1. dispatches from TJICistan » Blog Archive » Google AI challenge – a look at language choice says:
    4 December 2010 at 09:19

    [...] John points us to charts showing what language choices folks used in the Google AI Challenge. [...]

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