MPAA Aims to Prevent Piracy Leaks With New Security Program
When movies and TV shows leak onto the Internet in advance of their intended release dates, it’s generally a time of celebration for pirates. Grabbing a workprint or DVD screener of an Oscar nominee or a yet to be aired on TV show makes the Internet bubble with excitement. But for the studios and companies behind the products, it presents their worst nightmare. Despite all the takedown efforts known to man, once content appears,...
What the pandas Python data analysis library and SQL taught me about taking an average
For Python developers who work primarily with data, it’s hard not to find yourself constantly knee-deep in SQL and Python’s open source data library, pandas. Despite how easy these tools have made it to manipulate and transform data—sometimes as concisely as one line of code—analysts still must always understand their data and what their code means. Even calculating something as simple as summary statistics can...
Bring JavaScript to your Java enterprise with Vert.x
If you are a Java programmer, chances are that you’ve either used JavaScript in the past or will in the near future. Not only is it one of the most popular (and useful) programming languages, understanding some of JavaScript’s features could help you build the next uber-popular web application. read...
Creating flags with CSS and other open source tools
“The creation and development of a body of knowledge about flags of all types, their forms and functions, and of scientific theories and principles based on that knowledge.” —The definition of vexillology, according to the Fédération internationale des associations vexillologiques. read...
