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  Google IDX Product Manager Kirupa Chinnathambi writes a code-backed, step-by-step review of Dijkstra's famous graph algorithm, depth, and breadth first search, touching up on Bellman-Ford and A*. This reminded me of a uni assignment where we recommended shortest path routes to passengers based on geo data from London Tube stations, using A* to compute them. "Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm" #algorithms #datastructures #graphs #dfs #bfs #dijkstra #astar #compsci #javascri...

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  RE: https://flipboard.com/@polygon/star-wars-a9j0jgedz/-/a-1872Vwo7QrK4W64SB9Q9sQ%3Aa%3A785933440-%2F0 This is not at all surprising with Lucas' questionably being OK with previous Star Wars original trilogy cgi fiddling to sometimes good, and many times bad effect.

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  What type of font do you prefer for reading long-form content (e.g. novels, papers)? #poll #typography #fonts #serif #reading #books

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  RE: https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/116891826640634536 Makes one wonder how much of this "government greenlighting LLM releases" initiative is about actual public safety, and how much is corrupt hype-boosting for politicians' own investment earnings. #ai #llms #chatgpt #uspol

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  Software developer and book author Alexey Makhotkin reviews fifth normal form (5NF) and offers valuable links to (some free) further information on relational database design and normalization. "5NF and Database Design" https://kb.databasedesignbook.com/posts/5nf/ #programming #databases #relationaldatabases #sql #databasenormalization #normalforms

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  Quanta Magazine writer Konstantin Kakaes shares the many ways large language models, genetic algorithms, and services such as AlphaEvolve are reshaping the mathematical discovery landscape. The mathematicians interviewed express a cautious optimism towards these technologies, and have achieved many goals even when the technology is imperfect in its current form. Sometimes the results are surprising. "The AI Revolution in Math Has Arrived" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-a...

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  @fluidlogic IBM PC XT.

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  RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@roots/116313911277830305 This account is filled with plant and root system illustrations. Most of which are pretty cool.

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  Software Patterns guru Martin Fowler sanctions (Software) Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) as a good document type to add to a software architect's arsenal. ADR's were coined by Michael T. Nygard in this 2011 article published in a cognitek blog: https://cognitect.com/blog/2011/11/15/documenting-architecture-decisions TL;DR? You can get a feel for the document's structure and content here: https://martinfowler.com/articles/building-infrastructure-platform.html#Arc...

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  C# Corner author Aarav Patel breaks down the differences between system-level threads and .NET tasks using a "restaurants and chefs" analogy in this brief post. .NET tasks are preferred in most situations largely in part due to performance considerations. They also integrate more seamlessly with async/await language constructs, which can mean cleaner code. "What is the Difference Between Task and Thread in C#?" https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/what-is-...

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  bytes.dev briefly reminds us that TypeScript 6.0 is the last version of TypeScript that will use JavaScript to do its compiling and type checking. TypeScript 7.0 will feature as discussed here before Microsoft's new native compiler, and multi-threaded type checker written using the Go language. https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/114299644066167176 Developer experience should be improved as compile and type checking times go down. "TypeScript 6.0 is your final warning&...

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  Dear Fediverse: What is your main Linux distribution of choice? Given the limited amount of poll options in my instance, I'll put up a few random popular ones, and will expect much of it being sorted out in the replies ("Other" option.) Please consider boosting for a larger sample. #poll #linux #distro #computing #fediverse

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  I scanned your comments (so far) in a previous poll for Mastodon mobile app mentions, and made a list sorted by frequency. I put the top four most mentioned mobile apps into this poll. Honorary mentions to #Moshidon, #Ivory, #Trunks, #Toot, and #Tusker. What mobile app do you use to access Mastodon the most? Feel free to boost for a larger sample. #poll #fediverse #mastodon #mobile #tusky #pwa #fedilab

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  "SQL" will be exclusively pronounced from this day henceforth: Feel free to boost for a larger sample. #poll #sql #databases #pronunciation

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  Dear everyone. If you post in more than one language, please remember to set the language of your post correctly. It's the only way the language translator works properly. Many thanks. Please consider boosting to raise awareness of this issue. #fediverse #mastodon #language #posting #settings #translation

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  Tiger Data author Raja Rao makes a pretty good case for reducing operational complexity by using a single database server (PostgreSQL) to supplant non-relational use cases that were previously handled by the likes of Elasticsearch, Redis, and MongoDB to name a few. He goes on to list and explain the different PostgreSQL extensions that can provide equivalent services without the database sprawl. "It's 2026, Just Use Postgres" https://www.tigerdata.com/blog/its-2026-just-use-pos...