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Wayland on Wine: A First Update
Proposed on the upstream mailing list as a new RFC (Request for Comment), this update contains more details and instructions for building and running the Wayland driver.
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We are starting to operate our CNC machines remotely
Explores how a CNC micro-factory adapted to remote operation using cameras, dashboards, and VPNs to overcome challenges like travel restrictions, improving…
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Streams – The Definitive Guide
The Streams API allows JavaScript to programmatically access streams of data received over the network and process them as desired.
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“I will slaughter you”
You might know that I've posted funny emails I've received on my blog several times in the past. The kind of emails people send me when they experience problems with some device they own (like a car) and they contact me because my email address happens to be visible somewhere. People sometimes say I should … Continue…
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Raiders of the Lost Ark as a Black-and-White Silent Film (2014)
(Note: This posting is for educational purposes only.)I’m assuming the phrase “staging” came out of the theatre world, but it’s equally at home (and useful) in the movie world, since the term (roughly defined) refers to how all the various elements of a given scene or piece are aligned, arranged, and coordinated. In mo
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How to be more productive without forcing yourself
Imagine you could work more and be wildly productive. And you wouldn’t need to force yourself to work.
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Where Everything Went Wrong: Error Handling and Error Messages in Rust (2020)
Today you are frustrated.
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Monolith First (2015)
Going directly to a microservices architecture is risky, so consider building a monolithic system first. Split to microservices when, and if, you need it.
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Radio Amateur Copies Signal from Mars-Orbiting Satellite
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the national association for amateur radio, connecting hams around the U.S. with news, information and resources.
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The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
History is bound to repeat itself and it has almost every year
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California State Legislator Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Psychedelics
Today, California State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 519 to decriminalize certain psychedelics in the interest of public health and safety and to address some harms of the War on Drugs. The bill would decriminalize MDMA, LSD, DMT, psilocybin, psilocyn, ibogaine, and mescaline and…
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Gleam 0.14 – Type-safe language for the Erlang VM
News post: Gleam v0.14 released!
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How ClickHouse saved our data (2020)
The Mux Data platform is used by some of the biggest broadcasters to monitor the video streaming experience of their end users. Think of it like Google Analytics or New Relic for video playback. It's a...
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1977: Zork
When four MIT hackers decide they can make a better Adventure, they start building a game that will still be topping bestseller charts eight years later.
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Nvidia announces mining GPUs, cuts the hash rate of RTX-3060 in half
This Halloween week, GFN Thursday is delivering a fresh batch of gaming treats. Something wicked this blade comes. S-GAME’s Phantom Blade Zero launches on GeForce...
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Browsers eating RAM
This got a lot more attention than it deserves. As I'm pointing out below, it's likely the case that the system tool I used for measuring memory footprint isn't giving the full picture. It's also not a very indicative test in terms of every day use. However, I do think the reason this resonated with so many people is…
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OpenZFS – dRAID, Finally
Learn about dRAID in OpenZFS 2.1. Explore its data protection capabilities, distributed hot spares, faster resilvering, and enhanced performance in this article.
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Mitigating Memory Safety Issues in Open Source Software
Posted by Dan Lorenc, Infrastructure Security Team Memory-safety vulnerabilities have dominated the security field for years and often lead ...
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Don’t format a drive of M1 Macs from recovery mode
Because it’s a real mess to reinstall Big Sur!
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Reflections on Using Haskell for My Startup
Almost exactly one year ago I quit my job to create a Haskell startup as a solo developer. I had about 20 ideas, but eventually settled on the idea of dependency project health tracking with Deadpendency.
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Zsh Tricks to Blow Your Mind
Learn some zsh tips to blow your mind and make your developer workflow easier.
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