Ron DeSantis to announce presidential bid in Twitter Space with Elon Musk
Photo by Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to announce he is running for president in a conversation with Twitter owner Elon Musk, NBC News reported Monday. The announcement will take place during a Twitter Spaces event on Wednesday at 6PM ET, and David Sacks,
Read moreHypergeometric distribution symmetry
One of these days I’d like to read Feller’s probability book slowly. He often says clever things in passing that are easy to miss. Here’s an example from Feller [1] that I overlooked until I saw it cited elsewhere. Suppose an urn contains n marbles, n1 red and n2 black.
Read moreAM over GM
Suppose you take the arithmetic mean and the geometric mean of the first n integers. The ratio of these two means converges to e/2 as n grows [1]. In symbols, Now suppose we wanted to visualize the convergence by plotting the expression on the left side for a sequence of
Read more5 Tips for Choosing an Angular Components Library
We explore five things to consider when choosing an Angular component library, and why a commercial library like Kendo UI is a good option. Continue reading 5 Tips for Choosing an Angular Components Library on SitePoint.
Read moreFor those who just don’t Git it (Ep. 573)
Pierre-Étienne Meunier, creator and lead developer of open-source version control system Pijul, joins the home team to talk about version control, functional programming, and why OCaml is a source of French national pride. Episode notes: Pierre-Étienne’s interest in computing began with the functional programming language OCaml, created by Xavier Leroy.
Read moreCategory theory without categories
I was bewildered by my first exposure to category theory. My first semester in graduate school I had a textbook with definitions like “A gadget is an object G such that whenever you have this unfamiliar constellation of dots and arrows, you’re allowed to draw another arrow from here to
Read moreBuyer beware: some SanDisk Extreme SSDs are wiping people’s data
The SanDisk Extreme Pro can shrug off dust and water, at least. | Image: SanDisk Western Digital has now tacitly admitted that its SanDisk Extreme Pro portable solid-state drives were critically broken after all — by issuing a firmware update that’ll hopefully keep the 4TB model from wiping your data
Read moreChris’ Corner: Baseline
At this latest Google I/O, Rachel Andrew introduced a new concept they are spearheading called Baseline. It’s a visual thing to help developers understand browser support for features better. Here’s one: It’s not a Google-owned-website only thing, as you can see here on an MDN page. It’s essentially a simplified
Read moreModern work requires attention. Constant alerts steal it
In tough economic times, everyone looks for ways to lower costs without impacting productivity (heck, if we’re doing wish lists, let’s improve productivity, too). And this is one of those times, with many companies making the hard decision to lay off workers and worrying about the impact of new AI
Read more3 Ways Data Governance Leaders Can Promote Their Careers
Seeing data governance functions pigeonholed into compliance and data security responsibilities drives me a little nuts. First, it misses the key business value proposition of data governance, which should be on helping people in the organization, customers, and partners leverage data in decision-making in reliable and compliant ways. I advise
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