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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The story starts with a company you probably never heard of – Engineering Research Associates. In January 1946, they founded Engineering Research Associates (ERA). Norris became the VP of Engineering, Engstrom the VP of Research, and Meader VP of Manufacturing. Parker agreed to invest. The company hit the ground running.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

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It’s written for a business leader, not an engineer. Pragmatic Assessment : An in-depth evaluation by working engineers who understand what it takes to deliver in different development situations. Expert Recommendations : Concrete next steps that working engineers believe would be appropriate to consider. Who responds to alerts?

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Why the Gig Economy is Coming for Architects, Engineers

ReadWriteStart

While other industries have been quick to adapt to freelance employment, architects and engineers within the construction sector have lagged behind — and that is beginning to change. Here’s why the gig economy is coming for architects and engineers. It’s official: The gig economy is coming to construction.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 8 – AI – Chris Lynch and Nand Mulchandani

Steve Blank

Now the problem is, in the diagram below on the left, this is what our DOD architecture looks like today. And for students of economics, you see the cost curve. Your marginal costs and your average costs of building software do not go down over time. The graph on the left just doesn’t work.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

These programs run on the same type of classic computer architectures they were programmed in. The CPUs (Central Processing Units) that write and run these Classic Computer applications all have the same basic design (architecture). Power Recommendation Engines. The sum of these feels like buzzword bingo.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Here are their breakdowns of the costs and time investments to create 10 of the world’s hottest startups. This means — assuming you already have a laptop — the cost is almost nothing to build the next Twitter. Luck, timing and social engineering are bigger components than most entrepreneurs care to imagine,” adds Werdelin.

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Think about Performance Before Building a Web Application

TechEmpower

Conversely, a low-performance application might have an architectural bottleneck through which many request types flow (e.g., a single-threaded search engine). Performs modestly complex calculations without requiring complex architecture. Generally respecting the value of users’ time. Congratulations, you can stop reading here!

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