Technologie

Get Started With Serverless Computing On Kubernetes With Minikube And Kubeless
Bitnami, 2017/07/24
This is the sort of thing that could eat the rest of my vacation (or a lot longer, if you don't have a developer background). Kubeless allows you to manage a "serverless" architecture (it's not really 'serverless', it's just that all of your applications and functions run on other people's servers), and you use software like Kubernetes to set up and coordinate them. More...

A hacker stole $31M of Ether — how it happened, and what it means for Ethereum
Haseeb Qureshi, freecodecamp, 2017/07/26

Hackers robbed Ethereum of $31 million of Ether. More...

The Algorithm That Makes Preschoolers Obsessed With YouTube
Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 2017/07/26
You might read this article on the level it's presented: an expanation of the popularity of YouTube Kids in the fact that it allows kids to make choices. More...

We Need More, Not Fewer, Collaborations With Tech Companies
Mary L. Gray, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2017/07/27
The reasoning here is that since resources for research are so limited, it makes sense for academia to partner with business, and if there are problems with the relationship (as there most certainly are) then the focus should be on making it work better, not on ending it. More...

Information Underload
Mike Caulfield, Hapgood, 2017/07/20
Mike Caulfiend comes out with a gem of a post questioning the concept of 'information overload'. The problem isn't too much information, he writes. The "big problem is not that it’s a firehose, but that it’s a firehose of sewage. It’s all haystack and no needle." He has numerous examples: numerous cancer studies, no cancer cure. More...

Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology
Jason Palmer, EdSurge, 2017/07/18
It's interesting to see the writers at edSurge motivated to respond to the criticisms leveled by Audrey Watters. In this case we have Jason Palmer responding to "worries that “education technology [merely] serves as a ’Trojan Horse’ of sorts, carrying... the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].” More...

Managing the Complexity of Branching Scenarios
Christy Tucker, Experiencing E-Learning, 2017/07/18
Although this post touts a solution to the complexity of branching scenarios (specifically: Twine) the post illustrates the core problem with them, and with rule-based systems in general. More...

Apple’s Next Move? It’s Obvious. But We’re Missing It.
Seyi Fabode, HackerNoon, 2017/07/17
The title is unfortunate clickbait, but ignore that, as the content is worth the read. The main point is that the next big thing will be electricity management (and that Apple will be the ones to own the market). More...

Back to the RSS(R)
Doug Belshaw, Discours.es, 2017/07/17
I've been a Feedly Pro user (and payer) for the last four years (yes, I sometimes pay for software!). And RSS is one of the most important tools I use to compile these newsletters. Algorithms can be useful, but the algorithm doesn't exist yet that caters to personal informational needs. Twitter also, as Bryan Alexander observes, is a flawed filter. More...