Daily Shaarli

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October 9, 2015

Light Speed: It’s not Just a Good Idea | Hackaday

[Kerry Wong] took apart a PM2L color analyzer (a piece of photography darkroom gear) and found a photomultiplier tube (PMT) inside. PMTs are excellent at detecting very small amounts of light, but they also have a very fast response time compared to other common detection methods. [Kerry] decided to use the tube to measure the speed of light.

Ludicrously Fast Page Loads - A Guide for Full-Stack Devs
Improve your pronunciation using Youtube
ribosome - A simple generic code generation tool

You write standard JavaScript, Ruby or Python scripts.
However, lines starting with a dot (.) go straight to the output.
To expand JavaScript/Ruby/Python expressions within dotted lines use @{expr} construct.

Sysdig | Wiki | Sysdig Examples
FLIF - Free Lossless Image Format

FLIF is a novel lossless image format which outperforms PNG, lossless WebP, lossless BPG and lossless JPEG2000 in terms of compression ratio.

Crypton

Crypton is a JavaScript framework for building applications where the server doesn't know the contents it's storing on behalf of users. It hides the complexity of its encryption model from developers, it is fast, and it aims to be pleasant to work with. Crypton exists to build applications where users aren't required to trust the developer with their data.

Code Smells, Ethical Smells | Melting Asphalt
Lit Pixel - Solar Flares and other causes