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Instant Runoff Voting - Contest #2Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is a fascinating way to run an election. The basic idea is that voters rank the candidates and the votes for th… Started by Michael LevinLatest Reply |
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Instant Runoff Voting - Contest #2Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) is a fascinating way to run an election. The basic idea is that voters rank the candidates and the votes for th… Started by Michael Levin |
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Apr 5, 2010 Reply by Dan Lackey |
Apps for Healthy KidsOn President Obama’s first full day in office, he called for recommendations to make the Federal Government more transparent, participatory… Started by Michael Levin |
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Wari - Contest #1Senegal is a land of magic and mystery. People there use their heads for recreation! How? Well, here's an example. The photo you see abov… Started by Michael Levin |
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Feb 17, 2010 Reply by Lamine Ba |
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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InfoQ Reading List
Spring News Roundup: First Milestone Releases of Boot, Security, Integration, Modulith, AMQP
There was a flurry of activity in the Spring ecosystem during the week of January 19th, 2026, highlighting the first milestone releases of: Spring Boot; Spring Security; Spring Integration; Spring Modulith; and Spring AMQP; along with the second milestone release of Spring AI.
By Michael RedlichEnhancing A/B Testing at DoorDash with Multi-Armed Bandits
While experimentation is essential, traditional A/B testing can be excessively slow and expensive, according to DoorDash engineers Caixia Huang and Alex Weinstein. To address these limitations, they adopted a "multi-armed bandits" (MAB) approach to optimize their experiments.
By Sergio De SimoneTwo Missing Characters: How a Regex Flaw Exposed AWS GitHub Repos to Supply-Chain Risk
AWS recently published a security bulletin acknowledging a configuration issue affecting some popular AWS-managed open-source GitHub repositories. Dubbed CodeBreach, the critical vulnerability could have resulted in the introduction of malicious code and hijacking of the repositories leveraging AWS CodeBuild.
By Renato LosioGoogle’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) Powers Agentic Shopping
Google has launched the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open-source standard designed to enhance commerce on AI-powered platforms. UCP creates a common language for agentic shopping, enabling seamless interactions among consumers, businesses, and payment providers.
By Robert KrzaczyńskiExpired Oracle Patent Opens Fast Sorting Algorithm to Open Source Databases
A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows how this 20-year-old approach can speed up sorting similar data and could make database systems faster and more efficient.
By Renato Losio
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