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Review: Programming Collective Intelligence
Programming Collective Intelligence is a book about applying data mining techniques to analyse collections of data. There is submerged information in Ebay prices, in Facebook profile networks, in collections of movie reviews, in news sites, in the stockmarket; this book by Toby Segaran shows ways to extract, visualise, understand, and predict that information.
Why are mouse sensors in the middle of the mouse?
In 1987 researches found the best place for a mouse’s sensor was at the front of the mouse between the thumb and forefinger, because it gave much more precise control. But today, most sensors are in the middle of the mouse — why?
How-to: Optimize your site for speed
Does your website load as quickly as you — and your users — would like? If not, here’s a detailed set of proven guidelines aimed at improving the speed of your site.
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