Err and err and err but less and less and less
Err and err and err but less and less and less
I’ve uncovered evidence that Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, may entertain a secret hobby. An interview of Linus Torvalds in a recent issue of IEEE Spectrum had the following passage: I’d rather make a decision that turns out to be wrong later than waffle about possible alternatives for too long. On the surface, this sounds […]
When you just fix a programming bug quickly, you lose. You waste a previous opportunity to think and reflect on what led to this error, and to improve as a craftsman. Some time ago, I discovered a bug. The firmware was crashing, seemingly at random. It was eventually resolved, the fix reviewed and tested, and […]
What is the very first question one is supposed to answer during a standup meeting? If your answer is: What did you do since the last standup? then congratulations. You have given the canonical answer recommended by Mike Cohn himself. But I am now convinced that this is the wrong question to ask. When you […]
You have been lied to. By me. I taught once a programming class and introduced my students to the notion of an unbiased estimator of the variance of a population. The problem can be stated as follows: given a set of observations $(x_1, x_2, …, x_n)$, what can you say about the variance of the […]
The SIM4Blocks European project held its kick-off meeting on 5 and 6 April 2016 in Stuttgart, Germany. A consortium of 17 European partners (including 3 Swiss organisations) have answered the H2020-EE-2015-2-RIA call for proposals for: … real time optimisation of energy demand, storage and supply (including self-production when applicable) using intelligent energy management systems with […]