What can a technologist do about climate change? A personal view, by Bret Victor.
I do not fear, by John Goerzen. “If governors really wanted to save lives, they would support meaningful mass transit alternatives that would prevent tens of thousands of road deaths a year. They would support guaranteed health care for all. They would support good education, science-based climate change action, clean water and air, mental health services for all, and above all, compassion for everyone.”
The UNIX Time-Sharing System (PDF), by D. M. Ritchie. Previously unpublished 1971(?) draft.
The Visual ARM1, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of ARM Ltd., UK.
Locked doors, headaches, and intellectual need, by Max Kreminski. Required reading for everyone teaching anything.
Broken Performance Tools (PDF), slides by Brendan Gregg.
How to make error handling less error-prone (YouTube), by Daira Hopwood at StrangeLoop 2014. (Slides)
Quantum mechanical derivation of the Wallis formula for π, by Tamar Friedmann and C. R. Hagen.
Macbook charger teardown: The surprising complexity inside Apple’s power adapter