NFT Gaming is snake oil

Transformations by the Oracle Optimizer

Provably Space-Efficient Parallel Functional Programming

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Hello It seems like the articles I've had discussing NFTs/crypto have been fairly anti-NFTs/crypto. That also happens to line up with how I view them. I'm very aware of my bias though, and haven't come across any articles arguing their positives that I thought were decent enough to feature. If you have, share them with me and maybe they'll be featured. I'm all for having a balanced view of something. Anyway, last issue of the week. Hope you have another lovely weekend! ==================================================================== NFT Gaming is snake oil Published: 1 January 2022 Tags: crypto Nick Berry explores the history of gaming and highlights some of the implementation issues with using NFTs in videogames. ==================================================================== Transformations by the Oracle Optimizer Published: 14 January 2022 Tags: sql Jonathan Lewis illuminates some common database query optimizations one can make when the Oracle Optimizer is being underwhelming. ==================================================================== Provably Space-Efficient Parallel Functional Programming Published: 14 January 2022 Tags: functional Sam Westrick, Jatin Arora, and Umut Acar explain how poor performance in implicitly-parallel functional programming can be counteracted by "utilizing a memory property of parallel functional programs called disentanglement". Want to help? Thank you for reading! If you enjoy the newsletter, I would really appreciate you helping me spread the word by forwarding this to your friends and colleagues! If you want to discuss or comment on this issue, head on over to this page at A Byte of Coding. You can also subscribe there if you're new! Have comments or feedback? Just reply to this email or hit me up on Twitter @AByteOfCoding. Email landed in your promotions tab? Please move it over to primary so you don't miss the latest issues in the future. Thanks for your Support!  Thanks to sponsors and supporters like Євген Грицай, Scott Munro, zturak, pek, Emil Hannesbo, Joe Hill, and Astrid Sapphire this newsletter is provided to you for free. If you'd like to also show your support and buy me a monthly meal, you can donate on the Patreon page. It's not necessary, but it lets me know that I'm doing a good job and that you're finding value in the content.

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