Fedora To Get a New Partition Manager 170
Ask Slashdot: What Are the Strangest Features of Various Programming Languages? 729
Interviews: Andrew "bunnie" Huang Answers Your Questions 32
Ask Slashdot: Best PDF Handling Library? 132
- open source, with a community following ; the kind of stuff Slashdotters would prefer
- tidy software architecture; simple things should remain simple
- allow open API allowing usage across many languages (say: Python & Java)
- clear licensing status, not estranging future commercial use
- serious multilingual & font support
- PDF-handling rich features, not limiting usage for invoicing, e-commerce, reports & data mining
- digital signing should not go against other features
I'd like to poll the collective Slashdot crowd wisdom about if/which PDF related libraries, they have written software with, keeps them happy for *all* the above reasons. And if not happy with that all, what do they thing is the best bet for learning one piece of software in the area, with great reusability across different circumstances and little need for extra hacks? I'd really like to hear the smoked out war stories. It is easy to obtain a list of such libraries, yet tricky to understand whethe people have obtained success with them!
Interviews: Dr. Andy Chun Answers Your Questions About Artificial Intelligence 33
Python Bumps Off Java As Top Learning Language 415
Book Review: Data-Driven Security: Analysis, Visualization and Dashboards 26
Ask Slashdot: Switching From SAS To Python Or R For Data Analysis and Modeling? 143
Ask Slashdot: Best Rapid Development Language To Learn Today? 466
R Throwdown Challenge 185
LegoTechno -- Making Music With Lego Bricks, Python, OpenCV and a Groovebox 5
The information about brick color, position, and orientation is derived from the image and then converted into OpenSoundControl (OSC) messages. Those are sent over a network connection to a computer running Native Instruments Maschine to play back the sounds. Of course, this would work with other sound generators as well, since the whole thing simply spits out OSC-Messages and MIDI — but hey: if the guys from Native are there, you'd better use their Maschine stuff. Being real Masterbuilders, of course we used only unmodified, standard Lego Parts and no Kragle* for the construction. (*see the Lego Movie for reference.)"