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  1. Allow users of multiple operating systems to seamlessly run WebGL and other OpenGL ES content by translating OpenGL ES API calls to one of the hardware-supported APIs available for that platform

  2. "Cache is king. And if your cache is cut, you're going to feel it."

    "Some providers now have something called Metal-as-a-Service, which I really think ought to mean that an '80s metal band shows up at your office, plays a gig, smashes the furniture, and urinates on the carpet."

  3. Twisted 2015-04-24

    Twisted implements a variety of networking and communication protocols and exposes them all as method-calls on your Python objects. Client and server implementations are provided for various standard protocols, including:

    • HTTP (twisted.web)
    • IMAP, POP, SMTP (twisted.mail)
    • DNS (twisted.names)
    • TLS (core)
    • SSH, Telnet (twisted.conch)
    • IRC, XMPP, OSCAR (twisted.words)
    • Ethernet, IP, TUN/TAP (twisted.pair)
    • NMEA (twisted.positioning)

    https://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Documentation

  4. "Human collective behavior can vary from calm to panicked depending on social context. Using videos publicly available online, we study the highly energized collective motion of attendees at heavy metal concerts. We find these extreme social gatherings generate similarly extreme behaviors: a disordered gas-like state called a mosh pit and an ordered vortex-like state called a circle pit. Both phenomena are reproduced in flocking simulations demonstrating that human collective behavior is consistent with the predictions of simplified models."