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Concurrent JavaScript: It can work
With the recent addition of SharedArrayBuffer, concurrency is finding its way into the JavaScript language.
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Posts that commenters keep linking to, ranked by how many different people have cited them in Hacker News comments. 11,897 posts.
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Learn difficult concepts with the ADEPT method (2014)
After a decade of writing explanations, I've simplified the strategy I use to get new concepts to click. Here's how to teach yourself a difficult idea, or…
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WebGPU and WSL in Safari
WebGPU is a new API being developed by Apple and others in the W3C which enables high-performance 3D graphics and data-parallel computation on the Web.
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Phi-2: The surprising power of small language models
Phi-2 is now accessible on the Azure model catalog. Its compact size and new innovations in model scaling and training data curation make it ideal for exploration around mechanistic interpretability, safety improvements, and fine-tuning experimentation on a variety of tasks.
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Design of This Website (2021)
Meta page describing Gwern.net, the self-documenting website’s implementation and experiments for better ‘semantic zoom’ of hypertext; technical decisions using Markdown and static hosting.
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LLVM for Grad Students (2015)
LLVM is a godsend of a research tool. Here are some detailed notes on what LLVM is, why you would want to use it for research, and how to get started as a compiler hacker.
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Zig 0.8.0 Release Notes
Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust , optimal , and reusable software.
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Pebble: A RocksDB Inspired Key-Value Store Written in Go
Today we’re introducing Pebble, a RocksDB-inspired and RocksDB compatible key-value store written in Go that brings greater stability to CockroachDB.
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Bpftrace for Linux 2018
bpftrace (DTrace 2.0) for Linux 2018: the bpftrace front-end
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Are we shooting ourselves in the foot with stack overflows?
How-to articles about designing safe, reliable, and secure embedded systems.
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Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover vulnerabilities
Patch the Planet connects security researchers, maintainers, and incident responders to help address critical vulnerabilities across open source.
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Innernet: open source Rust based Tailscale alternative
Nurture and shape your own private networks with simple, free, open-source infrastructure
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If your product is Great, it doesn't need to be Good.
By now, everyone is tired of hearing about the iPad, but the negative responses are so perfectly misguided that it would be wrong to waste t...
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What Happens to Us Does Not Happen to Most of You
This blog post is a personal account of sexism, harassment, and racism that I and some anonymous members of the computer architecture community have experienced. We are sharing these experiences in…
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Google Introduces Passkey Authentication
By: Arnar Birgisson and Diana K Smetters, Identity Ecosystems and Google Account Security and Safety teams Starting today , you can create a...
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Doom engine code review
Before studying the iPhone version, it was important for me to understand how Doom engine WAS performing rendition back in 1993. After all the OpenGL port must reuse the same data from the WAD archive. Here are my notes about Doom 1993 renderer, maybe it will help someone to dive in. January 13th, 2010 : Reddit…
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AWS free tier data transfer expansion
The AWS Free Tier has been around since 2010 and allows you to use generous amounts of over 100 different AWS services. Some services offer free trials, others are free for the first 12 months after you sign up, and still others are always free, up to a per-service maximum. Our intent is to make […]
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Target="_blank" – An underestimated vulnerability (2016)
Target="_blank" - the most underestimated vulnerability ever - Wednesday, 04 May 2016 - Alex's blog
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Crafting Interpreters: 640 Pages in 15 Months
My book Crafting Interpreters on programming languages is done. OK, OK. I know I said it was done like fifteen months ago . But now it’s really done. And by that I mean, the print, e-book and PDF versions are done. You can buy it . You can hold it in your hands. And I do mean “hands” plural. Because this little…
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Adding a fiber link to my home network
Motivation Despite using a FTTH internet connection since 2014, aside from the one fiber uplink, I had always used network gear with 1 Gbit/s links over regular old rj45 cat5(e) cables. I liked the simplicity and uniformity of that setup, but decided it’s time to add at least one fiber connection, to get rid of a…
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Replit now supports every programming language in Nix
At Replit, we want to give our users the most powerful, flexible, and easy-to-get-started coding environment. However, it has been limiting because we only support a fixed set of languages and OS packages, some of which are outdated. Ideally, users should be able to use any language and install any package with…
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How to open a file in Emacs: a story about Lisp, technology, and human progress
A short story about Lisp, technology, and human progress.
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The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise
Around the end of high school, I started to get really into photography. My friend (let’s call him T) was also into it, which should have been great fun. But it wasn’t. Going shooting with him was never great, for a reason I didn’t figure out till much later. I wanted to take photos. T mostly enjoyed tinkering with…
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Postgres 9.2 will feature linear read scalability up to 64 cores
Remember when I blogged about linear read scalability out to 32 cores ? Well, the awesome Nate Boley provided me with access to his brand n...
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Blender: Beyond Mouse and Keyboard
Get ready for blending on-the-go.
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