NASA Reestablishes Contact With STEREO-B - Freelance developer London

from Pocket http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/nasa-establishes-contact-with-stereo-mission
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8 minutes of programming advice from my 13 year-old self - Freelance developer London

CS:GO Flashbang Script (youtube.

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4z5oel/csgo_flashbang_script/
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Your Code Might Be Unmaintainable… - Freelance developer London

Let’s talk about maintainability. Those of you that know me know that in my civillian identity, I work as a SQA professional.

from Pocket http://thedailywtf.com/articles/your-code-might-be-unmaintainable
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8 minutes of programming advice from my 13 year-old self - Freelance developer London

Magento link submission website inspired by hackernews (magentonewsnow.com)submitted 1 day ago by loading...

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4z5p54/magento_link_submission_website_inspired_by/
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SO, NASA Got Sick of all that Conspiracy Thing and Released over 10,000 Photos from the Apollo Moon Mission - Freelance developer London

Some say it was a giant leap for humanity, some say it was fake, some even say Stanely Kubrick directed it. However, the landing on the moon is still a subject that evokes mixed emotions.

from Pocket https://m.thevintagenews.com/2015/10/05/so-nasa-got-sick-of-all-that-conspiracy-thing-and-released-over-10000-photos-from-the-apollo-moon-mission/
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Ask HN: What is the business opportunity of climate change for startups? - Freelance developer London

prawn 19 minutes ago I live in South Australia which is very dry and gets very hot. Through summer months, it can be a challenge to keep gardens alive and houses cool.

from Pocket https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12343158
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‘Next year or the year after, the Arctic will be free of ice’ - Freelance developer London

Scientist Peter Wadhams believes the summer ice cover at the north pole is about to disappear, triggering even more rapid global warming Peter Wadhams has spent his career in the Arctic, making more than 50 trips there, some in submarines under the polar ice.

from Pocket https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/21/arctic-will-be-ice-free-in-summer-next-year
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How to Design and Build a Material Design App - Freelance developer London

Google's Material Design took the web design world by storm when it was introduced in 2014, and its popularity has continued to grow since then. If you still need to get fully up to speed on Material Design, the two courses described below are ideal for you.

from Pocket http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/material-design-design-build--cms-27070
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Getting Started with CSS Transitions - Freelance developer London

CSS Transitions allow you to animate CSS properties from one value to another. Learn how you can use this feature to make your web UIs more engaging and fun. For more info, go to http://aka.ms/CSSTransitions.

from Pocket https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/One-Dev-Minute/Getting-Started-with-CSS-Transitions
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Google keeps ex-Googlers close by investing in their startups - Freelance developer London

Not long ago, Google had one of the biggest social networks — at least in Brazil and India. Social site Orkut had a sizable presence in those two countries but not elsewhere, leading Google to shut its doors in 2014.

from Pocket http://www.recode.net/2016/8/22/12587644/google-investing-startups-orkut
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C14 story - Part 1 Meet Our Nuclear Fallout Shelter - Freelance developer London

Starting in October 2016, you will be able to store all your critical C14 data in our fallout shelter, located 26 meters underground in Paris, France. Today, we're starting a blog series about the C14 project and the nuclear fallout shelter we use to host your data.

from Pocket https://blog.online.net/2016/08/23/c14-story-part-1-meet-our-nuclear-fallout-shelter/
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I Don’t Need No Stinking API – Web Scraping in 2016 and Beyond - Freelance developer London

Social media APIs and their rate limits have not been nice to me recently, especially Instagram. Who needs it anyway? Sites are increasingly getting smarter against scraping / data mining attempts. AngelList even detects PhantomJS (have not seen other sites do this).

from Pocket https://franciskim.co/2016/08/24/dont-need-no-stinking-api-web-scraping-2016-beyond/
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Olympic Athletes Are Electrifying Their Brains, and You Can Too - Freelance developer London

It’s a chilly mid-April morning in the Silicon Valley suburb of Menlo Park. The sun climbs wanly above the horizon while techies start up their Teslas and baristas fire up their espresso machines.

from Pocket http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/olympic-athletes-are-electrifying-their-brains-and-you-can-too
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Why 4 a.m. Is the Most Productive Hour - Freelance developer London

Most people who wake up at 4 a.m. do it because they have to—farmers, flight attendants, currency traders and postal workers. Others rise before dawn because they want to. Russ Perry, the 33-year-old Scottsdale, Ariz., resident and founder of graphic design firm Design Pickle, says that 4 a.m.

from Pocket http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-4-a-m-is-the-most-productive-hour-1471971861
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Firing up the Ignition Interpreter - Freelance developer London

V8 and other modern JavaScript engines get their speed via just-in-time (JIT) compilation of script to native machine code immediately prior to execution. Code is initially compiled by a baseline compiler, which can generate non-optimized machine code quickly.

from Pocket http://v8project.blogspot.com/2016/08/firing-up-ignition-interpreter.html
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Ask HN: Failed interview, feeling unemployable and depressed – what do I do? - Freelance developer London

Let me make you a deal: call me up and I'll interview you, no "puzzles". Except instead of this being about a job with me, I'll give you feedback from the interview and any advice I can. You can reach me at mikey@ (domain in my profile).

from Pocket https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12348756
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KDevelop 5.0.0 released - free & open source IDE for C++, Python, PHP and QML/JS - Freelance developer London

Looks as advanced as the Eliza chat bot written in the mid-60's, that I was able to type into my C-64 in under 2K of BASIC back in the 80's. It looks like it's just parsing keywords and looking up preset responses for those keywords.

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4z9zww/artificial_intelligence_chat_bot_open_source/
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Codeigniter Ajax Dropdown - Freelance developer London

Codeigniter Ajax Dropdown (developerinvention.in)submitted 1 day ago by loading...

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4za0w7/codeigniter_ajax_dropdown/
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New York Times’s Moscow Bureau Was Targeted by Hackers - Freelance developer London

The New York Times’s Moscow bureau was the target of an attempted cyberattack this month. But so far, there is no evidence that the hackers, believed to be Russian, were successful.

from Pocket http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/technology/new-york-timess-moscow-bureau-was-targeted-by-hackers.html
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How Abe Lincoln improved my software development practices - Freelance developer London

How Abe Lincoln improved my software development practices (medium.com)submitted 20 hours ago by loading...[–]ledasll 2 points3 points4 points 13 hours ago(0 children)“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax. — Abraham Lincoln”.

from Pocket http://reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zaigl/how_abe_lincoln_improved_my_software_development/
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Undebt: How We Refactored 3 Million Lines of Code - Freelance developer London

Peter Seibel wrote that to maximize engineering effectiveness, “Let a thousand flowers bloom. Then rip 999 of them out by the roots.

from Pocket http://engineeringblog.yelp.com/2016/08/undebt-how-we-refactored-3-million-lines-of-code.html
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Liberal, Moderate or Conservative? See How Facebook Labels You - Freelance developer London

You may think you are discreet about your political views. But Facebook, the world’s largest social media network, has come up with its own determination of your political leanings, based on your activity on the site.

from Pocket http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/us/politics/facebook-ads-politics.html
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My journey to becoming a web developer from scratch without a CS degree - Freelance developer London

The content is good. Thanks a lot for this! Very helpful and it also linked to a very interesting blog. I'm an Android Developer and have always been meaning to develop my dad a nice website and these are the perfect resources to do it well.

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zbc1p/my_journey_to_becoming_a_web_developer_from/
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Evolution of shells in Linux - Freelance developer London

Shells are like editors: Everyone has a favorite and vehemently defends that choice (and tells you why you should switch). True, shells can offer different capabilities, but they all implement core ideas that were developed decades ago.

from Pocket https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-linux-shells/
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Why You Should Learn Python – G'd Up Code - Freelance developer London

My first encounter with Python was a part of the introductory course to programming. Well, I actually played with it on my own before, so I already was familiar with its syntax when the course began, but I didn’t do any real project in it before that course.

from Pocket https://iluxonchik.github.io/why-you-should-learn-python/
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What would you like to see most in minix? (Linus Torvald's post from 1991) - Freelance developer London

What would you like to see most in minix? (Linus Torvald's post from 1991) (groups.google.com) The irony...

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zbh2h/what_would_you_like_to_see_most_in_minix_linus/
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I Don't Need No Stinking API - Web Scraping in 2016 and Beyond - Freelance developer London

I Don't Need No Stinking API - Web Scraping in 2016 and Beyond (franciskim.co)submitted 52 minutes ago by loading...

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zbi3e/i_dont_need_no_stinking_api_web_scraping_in_2016/
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You SHOULD Learn Vanilla JavaScript Before JS Frameworks - Freelance developer London

You SHOULD Learn Vanilla JavaScript Before JS Frameworks (snipcart.com)submitted 53 minutes ago by loading...

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zbol2/you_should_learn_vanilla_javascript_before_js/
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KDevelop 5.0.0 released - free & open source IDE for C++, Python, PHP and QML/JS - Freelance developer London

I've actually never heard of KDevelop before. What are some opinions that some of you have on it?

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zbtlp/kdevelop_500_released_free_open_source_ide_for_c/
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Exit the Dragon? Kung Fu, Once Central to Hong Kong Life, Is Waning - Freelance developer London

HONG KONG — Bruce Lee was 14 years old, and on the losing end of several street fights with local gang members, when he took up kung fu.

from Pocket http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/world/asia/hong-kong-kung-fu.html
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Six Similarities Between Learning to Code and Launching a Startup - Freelance developer London

Six Similarities Between Learning to Code and Launching a Startup (medium.com)submitted 18 hours ago by loading...

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zcuma/six_similarities_between_learning_to_code_and/
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Our Nearest Star Has a Planet, and These Are the Ways It Could Be Habitable - Freelance developer London

A couple years ago, I was part of the team that discovered the first Earth-sized planet, Kepler-186f, rotating comfortably in its star’s “habitable zone,” where water can be liquid.

from Pocket http://nautil.us/blog/our-nearest-star-has-a-planet-and-these-are-the-ways-it-could-be-habitable
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All the Ways Your Wi-Fi Router Can Spy on You - Freelance developer London

It can even be trained to read your lips. City dwellers spend nearly every moment of every day awash in wi-fi signals.

from Pocket http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/08/wi-fi-surveillance/497132/
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Try this handy tool to convert a Web site into a native app with Electron - Freelance developer London

Try this handy tool to convert a Web site into a native app with Electron (alexl.netsons.org)submitted 1 hour ago by loading...

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zeg4u/try_this_handy_tool_to_convert_a_web_site_into_a/
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Montreal researchers are using magnetic fields to steer drug-carrying bacteria deep into cancerous tumours - Freelance developer London

A problem cancer researchers have described as “trying to put a screw in the wall with the wrong screwdriver” may be one step closer to being solved thanks to a new treatment that uses specialized magnetic bacteria loaded with anti-cancer drugs.

from Pocket http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/montreal-researchers-are-using-magnetic-fields-to-steer-drug-carrying-bacteria-deep-into-cancerous-tumours
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A list of popular developer books and blogs on "war stories" and postmortems - Freelance developer London

A list of popular developer books and blogs on "war stories" and postmortems (techbeacon.com)submitted 17 hours ago by loading...

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zczn5/a_list_of_popular_developer_books_and_blogs_on/
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The Concept of ‘Cat Face’ - Freelance developer London

Over the course of a week in March, Lee Sedol, the world’s best player of Go, played a series of five games against a computer program. The series, which the program AlphaGo won 4-1, took place in Seoul, while tens of millions watched live on internet feeds.

from Pocket http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n16/paul-taylor/the-concept-of-cat-face
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Top 10 Music Playlists for Programmers and Coding - Freelance developer London

Where do you host? We curated this from 8tracks.

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zdhw2/top_10_music_playlists_for_programmers_and_coding/
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Text summarization with TensorFlow - Freelance developer London

Every day, people rely on a wide variety of sources to stay informed -- from news stories to social media posts to search results.

from Pocket http://research.googleblog.com/2016/08/text-summarization-with-tensorflow.html
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Buggy But Live! - Freelance developer London

For the mathematically minded, you can interpret the entire program as a function whose arguments are the literals in the program, and whose output is the particular inspected expression.

from Pocket http://alpha.trycarbide.com
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Reality matters — Updated Location Beacons - Freelance developer London

After we introduced the next generation of Proximity Beacons, many of you asked if we were adding NFC support to Location Beacons as well. Today, we’re refreshing our flagship line of beacons with a programmable NFC tag … and so much more.

from Pocket http://blog.estimote.com/post/149362004575/updated-location-beacons-200-m-range-nfc-new
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Founder's syndrome takes a troubling turn - Freelance developer London

Founder's syndrome has taken a troubling turn. Young startup founders, who have seen the success of companies like Apple, Google, Facebook and many others think they've got it all figured out.

from Pocket http://www.mercurynews.com/michelle-quinn/ci_30285683/founders-syndrome-takes-troubling-turn
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$100-Million Plan Will Send Probes to the Nearest Star - Freelance developer London

For Yuri Milner, the Russian Internet entrepreneur and billionaire philanthropist who funds the world’s richest science prizes and searches for extraterrestrial intelligence, the sky is not the limit—and neither is the solar system.

from Pocket http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/100-million-plan-will-send-probes-to-the-nearest-star1/
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Top 10 H-1B employers are all IT offshore outsourcing firms, costing U.S. workers tens of thousands of jobs - Freelance developer London

Top 10 H-1B employers are all IT offshore outsourcing firms, costing U.S. workers tens of thousands of jobs (epi.org) There is an easy solution to this. Make it an auction system.

from Pocket https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/4zged0/top_10_h1b_employers_are_all_it_offshore/
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Why the best email marketing happens when you don’t hit “send” - Freelance developer London

When done right, an automated email is like a breath of fresh air in the inbox. It’s relevant, personalized and timely — everything your subscribers want when they sign up for your email list.

from Pocket http://feeds.marketingland.com/~r/mktingland/~3/AcARZedJBuw/best-email-marketing-happens-dont-hit-send-186742
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The human side to SEO: the power of personas - Freelance developer London

Why do companies invest in SEO? Is it to generate more traffic? Leads? Brand identity? All of these are good reasons to invest in search, but I believe the reason so many invest comes down to something much more important. SEO, at its core, is about creating connections.

from Pocket http://feeds.marketingland.com/~r/mktingland/~3/uV9xFE08YDw/human-side-seo-power-personas-188925
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Marketing Day: Email marketing, Google AdSense & Instagram video ads - Freelance developer London

Here’s our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web.

from Pocket http://feeds.marketingland.com/~r/mktingland/~3/8NNUwRNMc8k/marketing-day-email-marketing-google-adsense-instagram-video-ads-189195
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Google Removes AdSense Ad Limit Policy: Reasons Behind the Change - Freelance developer London

Google recently refreshed its AdSense ad limit policy, removing the restriction it once had on the amount of ads publishers can place on one page. Publishers may not place more than one “large” ad unit per page. We define a “large” ad unit as any unit similar in size to our 300×600 format.

from Pocket https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-removes-adsense-ad-limit-policy-reasons-behind-change/171597/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=feedpress.me&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+searchenginejournal
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The Software Dilemma - Freelance developer London

Any time software and business come together, there is an inherent conflict between “get it done fast” and “do a good job”. This conflict often comes to a head when deadlines are missed, whether through unrealistic expectation or underestimation on the part of the developers.

from Pocket http://www.brandonsavage.net/the-software-dilemma/
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PHP News, Views and Community - Freelance developer London

This is a general release and comes with six months of bug fixes and security fixes are provided for one year. Laravel 5.1 is the latest LTS release which includes bug fixes for two years and security fixes for three years.

from Pocket http://www.phpdeveloper.org/news/24327
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