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Elementary OS is imploding
elementary founder: "I might take some time off from Linux or join another community maybe"
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 6,153 posts.
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Bugs in Hello World
A blog by sunfishcode
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My next main browser: a review of Orion
Orion is currently my favourite browser, and has replaced Safari entirely on one of my primary Macs. Here's why.
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I live in the country with the most expensive Apple products on the planet
I live in Brazil. Brazil is a developing country. It is definitely not a rich country, but it is definitely not among the poorest either. We are placed on 84th in human development index rankings. You will find Brazil similarly in the middle of other rankings like per-capita income, education or life expectancy. There…
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Why tensors? A beginner's perspective
Faizan Muhmmad is a Software Engineer at Google
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Put an io_uring on it: Exploiting the Linux kernel
How much do you know about system calls and how they introduce security risks? We shed light on these interactions and how security teams monitor them.
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Apple M1 Ultra
Apple today announced M1 Ultra, the next giant leap for Apple silicon and the Mac.
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How can we know if paid search advertising works?
Addressing causal problems on major eBay and Facebook
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AngelList Venture Raises $100M on a $4B Valuation
The round values the company at $4B pre-money.
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New iPhone SE
The most affordable iPhone features the powerful A15 Bionic, 5G, better battery life, improved durability, and a new camera system.
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The AMD Branch (Mis)Predictor Part 2: Where No CPU Has Gone Before
In this blog post, OSS Security Researcher Pawel Wieczorkiewicz shares his journey from trying to save one byte of code to the discovery of two new cases of Straight-Line-Speculation (SLS) which affect the Zen1 and Zen2 microarchitectures of AMD CPUs. Using the findings presented in his earlier blog on the AMD branch…
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An Investigation of the Facts Behind Columbia's U.S. News Ranking
Michael Thaddeus Professor of Mathematics mt324@columbia.edu thaddeus@michaelthaddeus.org February 2022, revised March 2022
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Red Hat is discontinuing sales and services in Russia and Belarus
Red Hat shares it's response to the war in Ukraine and how it is supporting its associates.
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Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of Americans: study
DURHAM, N.C. -- In 1923, lead was first added to gasoline to help keep car engines healthy. However, automotive health came at the great expense of our own well-being.
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WebGPU – All of the cores, none of the canvas
WebGPU is an upcoming Web API that gives you low-level, general-purpose access GPUs.
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One Way Smart Developers Make Bad Strategic Decisions
Learn why top-down standardization efforts can often lead to failure and how understanding specific problems through collaboration and embedding wi...
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The most important thing to understand about queues (2016)
You only need to learn a little bit of queueing theory before you start getting that ecstatic “everything is connected!” high that good math always evokes. So many damn things follow th…
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HTML comments work in JavaScript too
Some weird legacy behavior in JavaScript
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Google Cloud to acquire Mandiant for $5.4B
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (March 8, 2022)—Google LLC today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mandiant, Inc., a leader in dynamic cyber defense and response, for $23.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $5.4 billion, inclusive of Mandiant’s net cash. Upon the close…
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Google to Acquire Mandiant
Transform cyber defense with Mandiant. Engage frontline experts for incident response, threat intelligence services, and cyber risk management.
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A new speed milestone for Chrome
Everyday, billions of people around the world turn to Chrome to get things done quickly on their devices, whether shopping for a new pair o...
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A brief reflection on Mac software stagnation
I’ve been feeling a certain stagnation in Mac software these past few years. In this piece I try to understand why.
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An update on the threat landscape
Online security is extremely important for people in Ukraine and the surrounding region right now. Government agencies, independent newspapers and public service provide…
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Regrets of the Dying (2010)
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.
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How to get the most out of your 1:1s
As a Director of Engineering, I have monthly 1:1s with all of my direct reports. A 1:1 (one-on-one) is a recurring meeting with no set agenda between a manager and one of their reports. The internet is full of valuable insight into how to run them from my perspective, (ex. The Update, The Vent, and The Disaster) but…
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