What The European Accessibility Act (Might) Mean for Mobile Development
Mobile A11yby a11y@mobilea11y.com (Mobile A11y)·24 Jun 2019
The European Accessibility Act, or EAA is due to become law in Europe later this year, and it defines some specific requirements for mobile.
Marco.org
Marco.orgby Marco Arment·10 Jun 2019
Something big changed at Apple around the beginning of 2017. They had encountered significant turbulence in the product line over the preceding years, especially Macs.
Lessons from AI Research Projects: The First 3 Years
Eric Jangby noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)·24 May 2019
I've been at Google Brain robotics (now referred to as Robotics @ Google) for nearly 3 years. It's helpful to reflect, from time to time, on the scientific, engineering and personal productivity...
A Visual Exploration of Gaussian Processes
Distillby Jochen Görtler; Rebecca Kehlbeck; Oliver Deussen·2 Apr 2019
How to turn a collection of small building blocks into a versatile tool for solving regression problems.
Maintaining Compatibility in Kotlin Libraries
zsmb.coby Márton Braun·30 Mar 2019
Maintaining Compatibility in Kotlin Libraries 2019-03-30 • Márton Braun A decent library author will know that, say, removing a method from their library in a new version will cause problems for...
The next CEO of Stack Overflow
Joel on Softwareby Joel Spolsky·28 Mar 2019
Big news! We’re looking for a new CEO for Stack Overflow. I’m stepping out of the day-to-day and up to the role of Chairman of the Board. Stack Overflow has been around for more than a decade.
Name It, and They Will Come — overreacted
overreacted·25 Mar 2019
Name It, and They Will Come March 25, 2019 You’ve discovered something new. You haven’t seen solutions quite like this before. You try to keep your ego in check and be skeptical.
Writing Resilient Components — overreacted
overreacted·16 Mar 2019
Writing Resilient Components March 16, 2019 When people start learning React, they often ask for a style guide.
What I Cannot Control, I Do not Understand
Eric Jangby noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)·10 Mar 2019
I often hear the remark around the proverbial AI watering hole that there are no examples of reinforcement learning (RL) deployed in commercial settings that couldn’t be replaced by simpler...
Activation Atlas
Distillby Shan Carter; Zan Armstrong; Ludwig Schubert; Ian Johnson; Chris Olah·6 Mar 2019
By using feature inversion to visualize millions of activations from an image classification network, we create an explorable activation atlas of features the network has learned which can reveal...
Site History
zsmb.coby Márton Braun·4 Mar 2019
Site History 2019-03-04 • Márton Braun I’ve owned the zsmb.co domain since the July of 2015, and there has been a website available on it in some shape or form - with some interruptions - ever...
Coping with Feedback — overreacted
overreacted·2 Mar 2019
Coping with Feedback March 2, 2019 The last few weeks have been very hectic. We’ve finally released a stable version of React Hooks and the first React website translations.
AI Safety Needs Social Scientists
Distillby Geoffrey Irving; Amanda Askell·19 Feb 2019
Properly aligning advanced AI systems with human values will require resolving many uncertainties related to the psychology of human rationality, emotion, and biases.
The Cloud Is Just Someone Else’s Computer
Coding Horrorby Jeff Atwood·17 Feb 2019
When we started Discourse in 2013, our server requirements were high: - 1GB RAM - modern, fast dual core CPU - speedy solid state drive with 20+ GB I’m not talking about a cheapo shared cpanel...
The State of Quicksilver Feb 2019
Ellie's Blog·4 Feb 2019
For anyone who doesn’t know, Quicksilver is my 2D game framework that targets desktop and web. It is a pure-Rust library that focuses on ergonomics and simplicity.
The “Bug-O” Notation — overreacted
overreacted·25 Jan 2019
The “Bug-O” Notation January 25, 2019 When you write performance-sensitive code, it’s a good idea to keep in mind its algorithmic complexity. It is often expressed with the Big-O notation.
The Elements of UI Engineering — overreacted
overreacted·30 Dec 2018
The Elements of UI Engineering December 30, 2018 In my previous post, I talked about admitting our knowledge gaps. You might conclude that I suggest settling for mediocrity. I don’t!
Uncertainty: a Tutorial
Eric Jangby noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)·28 Dec 2018
Chinese translation by Xiaoyi Yin Notions of uncertainty are tossed around in conversations around AI safety, risk management, portfolio optimization, scientific measurement, and insurance.
Things I Don’t Know as of 2018 — overreacted
overreacted·28 Dec 2018
Things I Don’t Know as of 2018 December 28, 2018 People often assume that I know far more than I actually do. That’s not a bad problem to have and I’m not complaining.
Sunsetting Dank
Saket Narayanby Saket Narayan·15 Dec 2018
I’ve been trying to write this post for a while, but I kept throwing my words in the bin in hopes that things will improve. I believe it’s now time to put an end to this.
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