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Why We Need More Programming Languages

Linux Today  Sat, 12/10/2011 - 12:06

InfoWorld: "Whenever a new programming language is announced, a certain segment of the developer population always rolls its eyes and groans that we have quite enough to choose from already, thank you very much."


 

Twitter aims to reach 1 billion users

Digg / Tech Industry News  Tue, 10/12/2010 - 08:06

Twitter revealed their growing adoption, with over 1.8 million users joining a week, more than the population of Stone’s home state of Nebraska.

The company is confident it will reach 1 billion users


 

Why Is Twitter More Popular With Black People Than White?

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sat, 05/01/2010 - 10:50

Black people make up 25% of Twitter users, compared to just 12% of the population. Why?


 

100 Essential Skills for Geeks

Linux Today  Sun, 07/12/2009 - 17:03

Wired: "As Geeks we are expected to have a certain set of skills that the majority of the population does not possess.

This list is by no means complete, but I think it is a good sample of the skills required to be a true geek."


 

Weekly Ten: Sand Into Microchips, Wine is Bad/Good, No More YouT...

Linux Today  Fri, 05/29/2009 - 07:04

Tech Source From Bohol: "Some of America's leading billionaires have met secretly to consider how their wealth could be used to slow the growth of the world's population and speed up improvements in health and education."


 

Greg Kroah Hartman on the Linux Kernel [Video]

Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community  Fri, 06/27/2008 - 11:15

Google Tech Talks brings us this presentation describing the rate of development for the Linux kernel, and how the development model is set up to handle such a large and diverse developer population and huge rate of change.

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