• Probability Party

    At a party with 23 guests, having two guests with the same birthday in more than 50 percent of cases may sound fairly unlikely to amateur mathematicians. Armed with statistical methods, party animal Mike Schilli sets out to prove this claim.

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    Tutorial – Writing QML Apps

    QML makes writing desktop applications a breeze, and you can later compile them into standalone programs that work more or less anywhere.

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    Knight's Tour

    If you're looking for a head start on solving the classic Knight's Tour chess challenge, try this homegrown Python script.

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    Red Alert

    We show you how to control devices connected to Rasp Pi GPIO pins with text messages from an Android phone.

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  • Tempus fugit

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    Maddog gives a brief history of the last (almost) half century of *x, plus a call for spreading the love.

  • ADC Breakout

    We put our Analog-to-Digital converter to work reading positions from an analog sensor (a potentiometer) and control a bat in a simple implementation of the classic Breakout game.

  • Ubuntu 18.04 Released

    Ubuntu

    “Bionic Beaver” comes with hardware-focused improvements and Gnome as the default shell.

  • Richard Stallman Calls Azure Sphere OS a Positive Step

    Stallman is glad that Microsoft will respect user’s freedom.

  • Peppermint

    If you are looking for a lean but modern Linux with a solid foundation and seamless cloud connection, take a look at Peppermint OS.

  • Playful

    Edit vector graphics with Gravit Designer and save the results in the SVG, PNG, and JPEG formats.

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