Video: "Experts" by Dr. Richard Hamming

This is from an excerpt from the course "The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn" by Dr. Richard Hamming (of the Hamming code).

There are a few good lectures for the semester, but this "Experts" one particular stood out because it is more applicable to everybody. One of the top take-aways is to make sure you aren't too closed-minded when you become an expert.

Video: Experts

And, here's some motivation that I liked, especially at and after the 17-minute mark: You and Your Research.

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Video: The Birth and Death of JavaScript (1995-2035)

Great comedic and serious talk about how JavaScript is bad and popular. Learn about the timeline of 1995-2035 about how JavaScript became the most popular language and fell.

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript

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Read: Refresh on Graph Representations (Name 3)

At some point, I've forgotten about "edge lists", which are different from "adjacency lists" and "adjacency matricies". I'm glad I read this quick refresher on Khan Academy.

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Read: Better Languages For This Generation

As a side-hobby, I'm creating the ultimate language that starts from scratch and questions everything. And, I've found two languages that come really close. So, that's why I deem them for "this generation". ;)

Haxe and Ceylon.

I couldn't do justice for them in a small blog post. And, their websites already explain them really well. So, I recommend taking a few good minutes to find out what you're missing and how much better your language could really be!

http://haxe.org/

http://ceylon-lang.org/

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Video: Compressor Head

If you are interested in compression algorithms, then the "Compressor Head" short series is a great collection of videos. And, the compression algorithm to beat is the LZ family, which is the backbone of just about all compression that is done. Though, the Markov Chain Compression looks really interesting!

The LZ77 Compression Family
Markov Chain Compression
Burrows-Wheeler Transform

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Read: Nearly All Binary Searches and Mergesorts are Broken

A great reminder that even the simplest code can have bugs that aren't found for year or even decades in this case!

Remember the integer overflow.

Source: Google Research Blog - Extra, Extra - Read All About It: Nearly All Binary Searches and Mergesorts are Broken (2006-06)

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Video: A Whole New World

This great talk by Gary Bernhardt will make you think about the legacy systems that you are using everyday and why can't they be better. Hint: They can.

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/a-whole-new-world

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