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  How key-based cache expiration works

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things — Phil Karlton Doing cache invalidation by hand is an incredibly frustrating and error-prone process. You’re very likely to forget a spot and let stale data get served. That’s enough to turn most people off russian-doll caching structures, like the one we’re using for Basecamp Next. Thankfully there’s a better way. A much better way. It’s called key-based cac...

   Cache,Expiration,Key-base cache,Work     2012-02-20 05:32:40

  Build route graph of Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy swept US east side and landed in New York, it killed 113 persons and incurred 50 billion US dollars economic loss. Sandy is also considered as the most expensive hurricane. We will now use matplotlib and basemap libraries in Python to build a route graph of Sandy. Below is the animated GIF. Shadow is added in the graph to show the time at night, we can see from the graph that Sandy stayed a while in Panama after emerging, then it went through Cuba and became Hurricane-2. Late...

   Hurricane Sandy,Route graph,Python     2012-11-17 07:58:13

  The Power of Efficiency: 10 Practical Energy-Saving Tips for Tech Startups

In today's fast-paced world, where technology reigns supreme, energy consumption is a significant concern for tech startups. Not only does excessive energy usage contribute to environmental degradation, but it also adds up to substantial operational costs. However, the good news is that there are plenty of practical steps that tech companies can take to reduce their energy footprint without compromising productivity or innovation. In this guide, we'll explore ten actionable tips that can help te...

   STARTUP,ENERGY,ENVIRONMENT,RENEWABLE ENERGY     2024-03-03 03:07:04

  Techies: Let's Not Forget Brain Hacking

A close-up of a jellyfish Description automatically generated with low confidence Credit: SergeyNivens via Canva The world of cyber security never fails to surprise us with bolder and more sophisticated cyber-attacks and...

   HACKING     2022-02-03 21:43:11

  Keys to increase website conversion rate

In internet marketing, conversion rate is the ratio of visitors who convert casual content views or website visits into desired actions based on subtle or direct requests from marketers, advertisers, and content creators.Successful conversions are interpreted differently by individual marketers, advertisers, and content creators. To online retailers, for example, a successful conversion may constitute the sale of a product to a consumer whose interest in the item was initially sparked by clickin...

   Conversion rate, Website,Sale     2012-07-12 11:04:38

  How to monitor user behavior in webpage

Sometimes there is a need for website owners to monitor user behavior on the site so that they can know what pages are mostly visited and which parts are more popular so that they can provide better service to their users. These behavior usually contain user clicks, user mouse over events etc. These data can be sent back to server when triggered with some meta data. In this post, we will cover a few ways to monitor user behavior on a web portal and send data back to backend sever. 1. Synchronous...

   HTML,BEACON API,PING,USER BEHAVIOR     2019-06-29 06:06:59

  Cybersecurity | The New Dangers That Lurk Online and Their Solutions

(Image source: Pexels) Data is one of the most important things to us. While robbers that steal valuables like laptops, phones, or money are still a threat, cybercrimes are also more dangerous than ever. That’s because your data is far more valuable than you might think. Companies benefit from users’ data by applying it for their indexing, marketing, and accumulation needs. They actively use this information to sell you more products. Have you ever visited Amazon and instantly got a ...

   DATA SECURITY,VPN     2020-04-23 06:47:37

  GDC 2012: How Vector Unit made the leap from console to mobile games

Matt Small, creative director at independent developer Vector Unit, thought his small studio would focus on consoles forever when it was working on Hydro Thunder Hurricane for Xbox Live Arcade. But then the smartphone and tablet market picked up, and mobile devices started to offer increasing amounts of processing power. That increase in power opened up new opportunities for the people at Vector Unit, which had years of developing for consoles. So the studio worked with Tegra chipmaker Nv...

   Advice,Game design,Palm,Phone,Change     2012-03-14 13:46:22

  SpaceX's Starlink satellites were endangering other satellites

On 3 Dec 2021, The Permanent Mission of China sent a note to UN General Assembly complaining two dangerous approaches to China's Shenzhou space station from SpaceX's Starlink satellites during 2021. These two dangerous approaches were happening in July and October respectively and they almost caused collisions of the Starlink satellites and the Shenzhou space station because the two SpaceX satellites manoeuvred continuously to the orbit of China's space station. These dangerous approaches forced...

   SHENZHOU SPACE STATION,SPACEX STARLINK,CHINA SPACE STATION     2021-12-27 10:56:51

  Creativity requires isolation

How many times have you tried to get something done that needed some touch of originality and creativity and yet got that annoying mind block which is manifested by blank stares, scratching and biting on anything in reach? “all the damn time” I hear? As preconditions to be creative, one should know something well while having the utmost focus on it. Someone who knows little about aerodynamics can’t come up with the idea for next concord. And focus has two aspects: kno...

   Creativity,Isolation,Quiet,Paper,Pen     2011-11-28 09:33:57

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