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Data science

Algorithms

Smart approach to k-means: http://www.mattpeeples.net/kmeans.html

Nelder-Mead optimization: http://www.brnt.eu/phd/node10.html#SECTION00622200000000000000

http://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/neglected-machine-learning-ideas/

http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2014/06/10/win-bigger-statistical-fights-with-a-better-jackknife/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katz_centrality

http://spin.atomicobject.com/2014/08/11/fisher-yates-shuffle-randomization-algorithm/

http://web.stanford.edu/~hastie/glmnet/glmnet_alpha.html

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_principal_component_analysis
Applications

http://www.thertrader.com/
Bayesian techniques

http://camdavidsonpilon.github.io/Probabilistic-Programming-and-Bayesian-Methods-for-Hackers/

http://www.randomhacks.net/2007/03/03/smart-classification-with-haskell/

http://www.randomhacks.net/2007/02/22/bayes-rule-and-drug-tests/
Copulas (copulae?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula_%28probability_theory%29

http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/schools/actuarialstudies/Documents/M.%20Sherris%20and%20J.%20van%20der%20Hoek%20-%20An%20Approach%20to%20Fitting%20Copulas%20to%20Empirical%20Data%20and%20Distortion%20of%20the%20Gaussian%20Copula.pdf

http://www.danielberg.no/presentations/astin08.pdf

http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/r-help/library/copBasic/html/EMPIRsim.html

http://www.geofisica.unam.mx/unid_apoyo/editorial/publicaciones/investigacion/geofisica_internacional/anteriores/2014/02/5_hernandez.pdf

http://web.cs.uni-bonn.de/IV/strelen/Forschung/Publikationen/093Simutools.pdf

http://www.informs-sim.org/wsc07papers/058.pdf
Enough rope

http://www.sas.com/store/software/cSoftware-p1.html

http://www.execinfosys.com/SAS%20GSA%20PriceList.pdf
Free Data

http://aggdata.com/free-data
Machine learning

http://snippyhollow.github.io/blog/2014/08/09/so-you-wanna-try-deep-learning/

http://yyue.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-brief-overview-of-deep-learning.html?m=1

http://nikhilbuduma.com/2015/01/11/a-deep-dive-into-recurrent-neural-networks/
Public Oil and Gas Records

http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/about-us/resource-center/research/data-sets-available-for-purchase/

http://www.drillinginfo.com/Texas%20Allocation%20%2807-13-2012%29.pdf
Text mining

http://ropensci.org/blog/2014/04/16/topic-modeling-in-R/

http://www.slideshare.net/rdatamining/text-mining-with-r-an-analysis-of-twitter-data

http://cpsievert.github.io/xkcd/

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/open/2015/04/09/extracting-structured-data-from-recipes-using-conditional-random-fields/
Visualization

I should mess with this: http://shiny.rstudio.com/

http://flowingdata.com/

http://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2014/07/14/log-transformation-of-pos-neg/

https://medium.com/matter/the-trouble-with-the-purple-election-map-31e6cb9f1827

http://cesiumjs.org/

http://d3js.org

http://rgl.neoscientists.org/arc/doc/RGL_INTERFACE03.pdf

http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/color/

http://colah.github.io/posts/2015-01-Visualizing-Representations/
Web apps/tools

http://arohatgi.info/WebPlotDigitizer/app/
Algorithms

Fortune's algorithm for Voronoi diagrams

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=10549

http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcarc-voronoi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune%27s_algorithm
C

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23582544/strict-aliasing-and-memory-locations

https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1983-08/1983_08_BYTE_08-08_The_C_Language#page/n47/mode/2up

https://gustedt.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/the-controlling-expression-of-_generic/
C++

Building DLLs with MinGW

http://oldwiki.mingw.org/index.php/VB-MinGW-DLL

http://www.mingw.org/wiki/sampleDLL

http://www.peterstock.co.uk/games/mingw_sse/
COM(munism)

http://chadaustin.me/cppinterface.html

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13601/COM-in-plain-C

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6726/COM-from-scratch-PART-ONE

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/338268/COM-in-C
Optimization for MCMC

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.8.2/gcc/i386-and-x86-64-Options.html#i386-and-x86-64-Options

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FloatingPointMath

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FunctionMultiVersioning

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LinkTimeOptimization

http://www.jkp-ads.com/articles/apideclarations.asp

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Math_Optimization_Flags?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=sse&titlesearch=Titles

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Other-Builtins.html

http://locklessinc.com/articles/vectorize/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/199824

HOAOAORARG! : http://www.bailopan.net/blog/?p=7

HOAORARG NO MORE! Look up "force_align_arg_pointer": http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Attributes.html
General

http://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/02/26/c17-i-see-a-monad-in-your-future/

http://talesofcpp.fusionfenix.com/post-16/episode-nine-erasing-the-concrete

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/doc/html/variant/tutorial.html ("static visitor": a nice way to handle discriminated union types without doing full type erasure with runtime polymorphism)

http://oleb.net/blog/2014/05/how-dropbox-uses-cplusplus-cross-platform-development/

https://rawgit.com/google/cxx-std-draft/allocator-paper/allocator_user_guide.html

http://cpp.indi.frih.net/blog/2014/12/the-bell-has-tolled-for-rand/

http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/integer_sequence
Stupid Preprocessor Tricks

http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/the-x-macro/228700289

http://newbiz.github.io/cpp/2011/07/12/Clean-enumerations-using-xmacros.html
Design and Architecture

http://www.laputan.org/mud/
Functional Programming

http://tel.github.io/

http://venge.net/graydon/talks/mkc/html/index.html
F#

http://tomasp.net/academic/papers/computation-zoo/

http://tomasp.net/blog/2013/computation-zoo-padl/

http://tryjoinads.org/
Haskell

https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/MonadComprehensions

http://dev.stephendiehl.com/hask/

http://book.realworldhaskell.org/
HTML5 and CSS

http://css-tricks.com/gooey-effect/
Lexers, Parsers, etc.

http://www.cs.engr.uky.edu/~lewis/essays/compilers/rec-des.html

http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/223/1/pearl.pdf
JavaScript

http://perfectionkills.com/state-of-function-decompilation-in-javascript/

http://sweetjs.org/

http://www.matteoagosti.com/blog/2013/02/24/writing-javascript-modules-for-both-browser-and-node/

http://mrale.ph/blog/2015/01/11/whats-up-with-monomorphism.html

http://raganwald.com/2015/02/02/destructuring.html

http://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/
Julia

JuliaLang/julia#5699

http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/julia/
Numerical and Scientific Computing

http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/06/07/math-library-functions-that-seem-unnecessary/

http://www3.nd.edu/~zxu2/acms40390F11/sec4-7-Gaussian-quadrature.pdf
OCaml

http://blog.nullspace.io/beginners-guide-to-ocaml-beginners-guides.html

https://realworldocaml.org/
Programming Languages

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/courses/670Fall04/GreatWorksInPL.shtml

http://andrej.com/plzoo/
Python

http://www.dabeaz.com/coroutines/Coroutines.pdf
R

http://hackerretreat.com/r-good-parts/

http://adv-r.had.co.nz/
Reversing

http://www.joshbarczak.com/blog/?p=604
Rust

http://www.rust-lang.org/

http://huonw.github.io/2014/06/10/knn-rust.html

http://cosmic.mearie.org/2014/01/periodic-table-of-rust-types/

https://github.com/npryce/rusty-pi/blob/master/doc/compile-the-compiler.asciidoc

http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2014/11/6/error-handling-in-rust/

http://bitrust.octarineparrot.com/

This is why we can't have nice things and/or return iterator adaptors which use closures: http://stackoverflow.com/a/27648199/30160

https://rawgit.com/mrmonday/bitrust/gh-pages/index.html

How to serializing: http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2y1ezz/whats_replacing_write_le_u64_and_its_family/cp5bcw5

http://users.rust-lang.org/t/psa-feature-staging-will-be-fully-activated-in-the-next-nightly/731/3
Security

http://crypto.stanford.edu/~blynn/rop/
Software Development

https://medium.com/@karan/the-7-rules-for-writing-software-that-wont-die-when-you-do-38ef0a925650
Teaching and Learning

http://www.evanmiller.org/you-cant-dig-upwards.html
Fighting Broken Tools

Excel, ugh

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb687840%28v=office.15%29.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb687841%28v=office.15%29.aspx
libc++ is so damn clever

http://open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2013/n3680.html

http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=15299

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24253782/template-default-argument-sfinae-ambiguous-to-clang-fine-for-g
VBA crawled fully-formed from Satan's bunghole

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa383630%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384180%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

http://vb.mvps.org/hardcore/

http://www.classicvb.net/hardweb/mckinney2a.htm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee358847%28v=office.12%29.aspx
Windows is a wretched programming environment

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8bch7bkk.aspx
Oil & Gas

https://cdn.ihs.com/fekete/help/WellTest_2015v1/Content/HTML_Files/Analysis_Types/Minifrac_Test_Analyses/Minifrac-Pre-Closure_Analysis.htm

http://www.fault-analysis-group.ucd.ie/Projects/PUNQ.html

https://www.linkedin.com/grp/post/3719804-5994845970427371520  <- high-level source language for simulation decks?
Engineering

Stress in beams

http://bendingmomentdiagram.com/tutorials/how-to-find-bending-moment-diagrams/
Personal

Things to Do

http://www.reddit.com/r/houston/comments/2iptrr/new_pub_quiz_in_museum_district/

http://www.lotnet.com/learn-more/faqs.cfm
Things to Read

http://us.macmillan.com/echopraxia/PeterWatts#buy-the-book

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/06/new-torcom-original-fiction-in-june-and-july

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_Light_and_Darkness

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/05/short-fiction-spotlight-the-men-from-porlock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dispossessed

http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Princes-Jack-Vance/dp/0739451030/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-2-ent&qid=1404252976

http://scotspec.blogspot.com/2014/05/book-review-three-by-sarah-lotz.html#more

http://scotspec.blogspot.com/2014/03/book-review-blood-kin-by-steve-rasnic.html#more

http://theproximaleye.com/

https://skillsmatter.com/skillscasts/6088-the-worst-programming-language-ever

http://www.houstonpress.com/2014-03-20/news/houston-traffic/full/
Food

http://www.thekitchn.com/the-best-waffle-youll-ever-eat-90629

http://whippedtheblog.com/2010/03/15/liege-sugar-waffles-perfected/

http://cakecrumbs.me/2013/07/24/jupiter-structural-layer-cake/

http://cakecrumbs.me/2013/08/01/spherical-concentric-layer-cake-tutorial/

http://cakecrumbs.me/2013/05/24/commission-earth-structural-layer-cake/

http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/21014/good-old-fashioned-pancakes/

http://m.allrecipes.com/recipe/22180/waffles-i/

http://buzz.hotmomsclub.com/she-pours-egg-into-the-waffle-iron-seconds-later-im-never-cooking-again/

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/derrickturk/c6eb26f1d07918588897/raw/f02c671de992f36593dec992738b120268364018/fbmp.txt

http://www.tablefortwoblog.com/the-moistest-chocolate-mug-cake/
Houseplans

http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/contemporary-house-plan-6924am.asp

http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/contemporary-house-plan-23480jd.asp

http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/contemporary-house-plan-23553jd.asp

http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/contemporary-house-plan-23556jd.asp

http://www.architecturaldesigns.com/contemporary-house-plan-9545rw.asp
Fun stuff

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=87537.0;topicseen

http://www.ci-n.com/~jcampbel/rpgs/battletech/rnd/optimalweight.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2716582/The-stomach-churning-optical-illusions-trippy-come-health-warning.html
http://www.shonner.com/ta/tips.htm

http://tazone.tauniverse.com/resource/key.shtml

http://coding.hanfling.de/launch/

http://www.wsgf.org/blog/blevar/2012/01/15/howto-unreal-tournament-3-4-players-split-screen-multiple-dispays

http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/250555-tachyon-the-fringe/faqs/33090

http://steamcommunity.com/app/65980/discussions/0/619569341084978180/

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?118703-Useful-Homeworld-Technical-Stuff
Jesus Christ, Apple!

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5984310?start=0&tstart=0
Jesus Christ, Microsoft!

http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/office-online-help/set-up-your-office-365-or-exchange-based-email-in-windows-8-mail-HA102834576.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd815243%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/jj721676.aspx

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22099092/how-to-develop-deploy-a-web-app-for-microsoft-excel-2013-and-later-without-a-net

CHM help: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms669980%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

http://superuser.com/questions/495290/how-to-rename-user-folder-in-windows-8
What the hell, open source!?

http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/CapturePrivileges
Long reads

http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/07/social-justice-and-words-words-words/

https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1910/08/should-smith-go-to-church/306715/

http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2014/11/everything-problematic/

http://goodmath.scientopia.org/2012/10/05/everyone-should-program-or-programming-is-hard-both/

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/01/not-a-very-pc-thing-to-say.html

http://m.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/01/liberals-and-the-illiberal-left/384988/
Wedding website and stock photos

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238646
Useful stuff?

http://netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/faq.html

https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/wiki/Example-Presentations

http://xmonad.org/

👽🍆 http://www.emoji-cheat-sheet.com/
Houses

http://www.trulia.com/property/3170675362-Bakerdale-Amd-1220-Stanford-St-Houston-TX-77019#photo-26 (terrace!)

http://www.trulia.com/property/3168606691-Bakerdale-Amd-708-W-Clay-St-Houston-TX-77019#photo-9 (why so low?)

http://www.trulia.com/property/3171253874-Huldy-Street-T-H-1910-Huldy-St-A-Houston-TX-77019#photo-11 (two small yards)

http://www.trulia.com/property/3166940224-5304-Blossom-St-Houston-TX-77007#photo-22

http://www.trulia.com/property/3170421908-Rosine-Street-Twnhms-803-Rosine-St-Houston-TX-77019#photo-28 (lots of redecorating)

http://www.trulia.com/property/3170017778-Waterhill-Homes-Dickson-4133-Dickson-St-Houston-TX-77007#photo-25 (nothing special)

http://www.trulia.com/property/3167699052-CITY-VIEW-COURTYARD-917-Nash-St-Houston-TX-77019 (terrace, 4th ward)

http://www.trulia.com/property/3164348659-Dickson-Street-T-H-4704-Dickson-St-Houston-TX-77007 (big front yard)

http://www.trulia.com/property/3164445476-Feagan-Street-Courtyard-Home-4408-C-Feagan-Houston-TX-77007#photo-6 (nice deck & yard, office space)
Computer upgrade

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/scanview/FDC95FE931D926C3

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Dual-Link-Graphics-02G-P4-2966-KR/dp/B00SC6HAS4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1425234619&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-295/specifications

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-960/specifications