Sat.Mar 28, 2015 - Fri.Apr 03, 2015

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Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - Machine Learning

All Things Distributed

'Machine learning is a scientific discipline that explores the construction and study of algorithms that can learn from data. Such algorithms operate by building a model from example inputs and using that to make predictions or decisions, rather than following strictly static program instructions. Machine Learning is playing an increasing important role in many areas of our businesses and our lives.

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Evaluate A Reverse Polish Notation Equation With JavaScript

The Polyglot Developer

Previously, I demonstrated how to convert an Infix Notation expression into Reverse Polish Notation using JavaScript, but I never explained how to evaluate the expression. Reverse Polish Notation via Wikipedia : A mathematical notation in which every operator follows all of its operands, in contrast to Polish notation, which puts the operator in the prefix position.

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Activist Investing in Strategic Software Chapter 1 Excerpt - Why Governance Matters

The Agile Manager

I've published drafts of the introduction and first 4 chapters of my book, Activist Investing in Strategic Software. I still have some citations to finalize, several visuals to integrate and a lot of editing to do. But the foundation is there. A sample of the book (currently, just the introduction) is available on from the site. Here's an excerpt from Chapter 1, Why Governance Matters. * * * That there are abundant examples of bad governance but few examples of good ones comes as no surprise.

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Scaling Redis and Memcached at Wayfair

Wayfair Tech

I wrote a post last year on consistent hashing for Redis and Memcached with ketama: [link] We've evolved our system a lot since then, and I gave a talk about the latest developments at Facebook's excellent Data@Scale Boston conference in November: [link] We have some updates to both design and. Read more.

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European Union Data Protection Authorities Approve Amazon Web Services’ Data Processing Agreement

All Things Distributed

'As you all know security, privacy, and protection of our customer’s data is our number one priority and as such we work very closely with regulators to ensure that customers can be assured that they are getting the right protections when processing and storing data in the AWS. I am especially pleased that the group of European Union (EU) data protection authorities known as the Article 29 Working Party has approved the AWS Data Processing Agreement (DPA), assuring customers that it meets the hi

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European Union Data Protection Authorities Approve Amazon Web Services’ Data Processing Agreement

All Things Distributed

As you all know security, privacy, and protection of our customer’s data is our number one priority and as such we work very closely with regulators to ensure that customers can be assured that they are getting the right protections when processing and storing data in the AWS. I am especially pleased that the group of European Union (EU) data protection authorities known as the Article 29 Working Party has approved the AWS Data Processing Agreement (DPA), assuring customers that it meets the hig