The Clothesline Paradox and the Sharing Economy

“If you put your clothes in the dryer, the energy you use is measured and counted, but if you hang them on the clothesline to be dried in the sun, the energy saved disappears from our accounting.”

I found out about this talk of Tim O'Reilly on YouTube. I thought it was worth a reference in one of my little blogposts.

References

The Clothesline Paradox

http://www.wholeearth.com/issue/2008/article/358/the.clothesline.paradox

Coursera - Functional Programming Principles in Scala

On the 25th of April, meaning this Friday, I start my course on Scala.

I found Coursera¹, an education platform that partners with universities to provide courses online for free.

I am really excited in finding out how Scala differs from Java, and what new programming methods I'll learn.

The fact that the Course² has been set up by the creator of the language, Martin Odersky of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, is a big plus.

I hope I can meet the deadlines.

References

[1] Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/

[2] Coursera - Functional Programming Principles in Scala

https://www.coursera.org/course/progfun