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Friday Links #381

Programming

• Babel Typecheck - Daily Javascript
• jaredreich/notie
• unpkg
• grz0zrg/wui

• [What’s Eating All My RAM?

  Gizmo’s Freeware](http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/whats-eating-all-my-ram.htm)

• Tabris.js 1.4 is here « EclipseSource Blog
• Gridifier.io / Async responsive HTML grids
• Containers Are Dead. Long Live Observable Combinators — Medium
• Babel Doctor · Babel

• [Supercharging JavaScript performance with asm.js

  Microsoft Edge Dev Blog](http://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/11/10/supercharging-javascript-performance-with-asm-js/)

• RiotJS Takes Big Step Forward with 2.3 Release
• dragula
• Exploring the Angular 1.5 .component() method @toddmotto

Applications

• Google Maps now offers offline navigation and search - SlashGear

Science and Technology

• Floating Mountains on Pluto—You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

• [Scientist Journals His Way Through Death By Snake Bite

  Nerdist](http://nerdist.com/scientist-journals-his-way-through-death-by-snake-bite/)

• [T-Mobile Will Put a Tiny LTE “Tower” in Your House

  WIRED](http://www.wired.com/2015/11/t-mobile-will-put-a-tiny-lte-booster-in-your-house/)

• [IBM is trying to solve all of computing’s scaling issues with 5D electronic blood

  Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/11/5d-electronic-blood-ibms-secret-sauce-for-computers-with-biological-brain-like-efficiency/)

• Breakthrough in superconducting materials opens new path to fusion: New high-temperature superconducting materials are also compatible with high magnetic fields – ScienceDaily
• Hands-on with HP’s potent ZBook Studio - SlashGear

• [Construction Begins On The Giant Magellan Telescope

  Popular Science](http://www.popsci.com/construction-begins-on-giant-magellan-telescope)

• Ford’s Active Noise Control fights noise with noise

On the Web

• [Here’s a Global Heatmap of People with Your Last Name

  Motherboard](http://motherboard.vice.com/read/heres-a-global-heatmap-of-people-with-your-last-name)

• [Can BPG replace JPG?

  Webdesigner Depot](http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2015/11/can-bpg-replace-jpg/)

Stuff I Just Like

• xkcd: Electoral Precedent
• Carvana vending machine dispenses new cars instead of snacks - SlashGear

Here is an amazing illustration of how #Jupiter protects Earth from major astroid impacts. pic.twitter.com/nN96Gu97QE

— Space | Science (@SpaceSciTM) November 6, 2015