Weekly Random: #111

Miscellaneous

• Art by Gianlorenzo Bernini
• F1 2014 – New Rules Explained
• Google acquires a few robotics companies, including Bot & Dolly
• What goes in to a robot
•  “Car-L” meets the lions

Miscellaneous – Longer

• The Mission of Tesla
• 23 and You
• Helpless
• Interview with author Vaclav Smil
• Old Loves – Bill Murray

Technical

• Read less Hackernews <- Speaks to me…and the irony is not lost.

• Do you even lift?
• Scala – Would not use Again
  • Response from Martin Odersky

• What it takes to run StackOverflow
• Core Algorithms Deployed

• Electronic Component Purchasing for Manufacturing – Part 1
• What Every Hardware Startup Should Know About the Electronic Component Landscape – Part 2