What were the historical forces at work, the tradeoffs to make, in deciding to use groups of eight bits as the fundamental unit? There were machines, once upon a time, using other word sizes. But t...| Software Engineering Stack Exchange
On Sunday morning I attended a Perth Writers Festival session discussing the future of printed books in this world of rapid, almost rabid, technological change. I was completely engrossed listening to the panel of Geordie Williamson (chief literary critic of the Australian), James Bradley (novelist), Lev Grossman (novelist) and Angela Meyer (writer, Literary Minded blog) […] The post Perth Writers Festival #2: The death of print? first appeared on Sara Foster.| Sara Foster
I was very excited this morning to read Jessica Rudd’s blog on Mama Mia, speaking out in defence of chick lit and commercial fiction. Go Jessica! While my books don’t fall easily into the chick lit category (they are a bit too dark, although they usually have at least one female chick-lit-style character doing her […] The post There’s nothing wrong with being popular! first appeared on Sara Foster.| Sara Foster
Drawing on decades of research in this area, David Mellor says it's time that horse riders acknowledge that some methods they use cause pain.| Horses and People
看了一个视频，Endianness Explained1, 对 Endianness 介绍的非常好。尤其是对常见的两个误解的解释。| www.kawabangga.com
Scenario Consider a prominent international organisation that has global leadership and regulatory roles in a well-known area of competitive activity involving animals. Participants are members of a global elite, lauded and applauded for their mastery of the exceptional animals they use in their sports activities, some at Olympic levels. Others, not the primary focus here, […] The post Seven Pillars of Deception to Delay Action on Horse Welfare appeared first on Horses and People.| Horses and People