Neuroscientists have studied treadmill runners, ultramarathon athletes – and a number of lab animals – to investigate the effects of running on grey matter. It may seem obvious – as you push on through a long run, veering wildly between sensations of agony and elation – that running can have a huge effect on your … Continue reading What does running do to your brain?
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Meituan, the Tencent-backed ‘one-stop super app,’ files for IPO in Hong Kong
After months of speculation, Meituan, the largest service booking app in China, confirmed that it has filed for a public offering. The company’s IPO application was submitted to the Hong Kong stock exchange earlier today and is being sponsored by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. A spokesperson for Meituan said … Continue reading Meituan, the Tencent-backed ‘one-stop super app,’ files for IPO in Hong Kong
Xiaomi’s forthcoming IPO shows how the rules of business are changing
IN 1987, when Lei Jun was a computer-science student in Wuhan, on the banks of the Yangtze River, he read a book about Steve Jobs and vowed to emulate him. If all goes to plan, this summer Mr Lei will take a leap towards that dream with the flotation of his firm, Xiaomi, at a … Continue reading Xiaomi’s forthcoming IPO shows how the rules of business are changing
Why use Bower when there is npm?
In almost all cases, it's more appropriate to use Browserify and npm over Bower. It is simply a better packaging solution for front-end apps than Bower is. At Spotify, we use npm to package entire web modules (html, css, js) and it works very well. Bower brands itself as the package manager for the web. … Continue reading Why use Bower when there is npm?
Sublime Text reindent, autoindent, and autocomplete
You can find it in Edit>>Line>>Reindent, but it does not have a shortcut by default. You can add a shortcut by going to the menu Preferences - Keybindings-User, then add there (the config file takes as a JSON format): [ { "keys": ["f12"], "command": "reindent"} ] (example of using the F12 key for that functionality) … Continue reading Sublime Text reindent, autoindent, and autocomplete
A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself
Unlike chess moves, changes to a Rubik’s Cube are hard to evaluate, which is why deep-learning machines haven’t been able to solve the puzzle on their own. Until now. by Emerging Technology from the arXiv June 15, 2018 Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A … Continue reading A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself
Rise of the machines: has technology evolved beyond our control?
Technology is starting to behave in intelligent and unpredictable ways that even its creators don’t understand. As machines increasingly shape global events, how can we regain control? The voice-activated gadget in the corner of your bedroom suddenly laughs maniacally, and sends a recording of your pillow talk to a colleague. The clip of Peppa Pig … Continue reading Rise of the machines: has technology evolved beyond our control?
Getting Started with Node.js for the Rails Developer
Introduction In this article we are going to do a quick introduction to Node.js for Ruby on Rails minded developers. From Ruby to Node You’ve likely heard in the past few months that some big companies are starting to deploy Node applications in production and at scale. Walmart is running their entire mobile site on Node, … Continue reading Getting Started with Node.js for the Rails Developer
What is the use of Gemfile in Rails?
During your development in Rails, there will be times where you will want to provide some functionality which is required by you, but either you don't know how to do or you don't want to implement it on your own since a lot of work has been put into its development by talented developers. These … Continue reading What is the use of Gemfile in Rails?
Leveraging Sass mixins for cleaner code
Without question, one of the most powerful and valuable features of Sass is the ability to package up existing code into reusable chunks of code called mixins. Mixins are like macros Mixins are the Sass equivalent of macros in other programming languages. If you've programmed before you could think of them as functions, procedures, or … Continue reading Leveraging Sass mixins for cleaner code
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