Foundry’s WTF (28-Oct-2017)
The Foundry’s Weekly Technology Fix (WTF) is a curated list of articles/posts/etc. we found interesting. The Foundry @ Cornell Tech transforms research and ideas into products.
Send your suggestions to wtf-digest@cornelltech.io.
Department of 🎮 💉 (Digital Addictions)
How people perceive the digital 800 lbs gorillas; giving researchers a lifetime word limit; and the Algorithmic Justice League.
Department of 💡🏙 (Smarter Cities)
The "credit invisibles"; Parisian sparkling water fountains; and small black cities.
Department of 🤑 🔌 (Shameless Plugs)
As good as the first season; best soccer goal of the year, made in Arsenal; and the Google Colaboratory data platform (I co-founded the project 4 years ago).
Department of 🌈🎆(Silver Linings)
Amazing dance artist I saw live at the Apollo on Friday; a new furry tenant at the Bronx Zoo; and some cute little bats.
Department of 🙋👨🏽💼👷🏿👩🏼🔬(“we” the people)
Sleep matters; women across 60 countries; and the role of public squares.
Department of 🎬 📖 (worthy quotes)
« The purpose of authorship has shifted. Once, its primary role was to share knowledge. Now it is to get a publication — ‘pubcoin’ if you will. Authorship has become a valuable commodity. And as with all valuable commodities, it is bought, sold, traded and stolen. » — Brian C. Martinson in Give researchers a lifetime word limit.
« Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. » — Kent Beck in Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code.
« Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining, or testing your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. » — Dave Carhart.
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