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Hermes: An open-source document management system
Learn about Hermes, an open source document management system created by HashiCorp to help streamline writing and document processes.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 6,299 posts.
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Reducing Go execution tracer overhead with frame pointer unwinding
The Go Execution Tracer (aka runtime/trace) was designed to achieve low enough overhead to be usable on “a server in production serving live traffic”. This is achieved by writing events into per-P buffers, using RDTSC for timestamps, and encoding into a relatively efficient binary format.
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Reducing technical debt by valuing comments as much as code
Annotations, such as Javadoc, help maintainers understand your coding decisions.
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New AI classifier for indicating AI-written text
We’re launching a classifier trained to distinguish between AI-written and human-written text.
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Cosmic DE update: System76's new Linux desktop environment
Alex shares more progress on the work-in-progress COSMIC DE for Pop!_OS. This one’s got new mockups for you to poke around in!
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Elementary OS 7
Forward thinking and designed for real life
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Discovery could extend battery life by replacing tape that causes self‑discharge
Thanks to a discovery in a Dal lab, manufacturers of laptops and other tech devices now have an explanation for why the batteries that power their gadgets tend to lose some of their charge over time and a path forward to fixing the problem..
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Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow
Old law proposes to turn the Bay Area's zoning system into something like Japan's in just two days.
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Is AM radio dead?
...that was the question I asked my Dad, a radio engineer for many decades, who worked at the biggest AM station in St. Louis, KMOX. The station is approaching its centennial in 2025, as are—some YouTube commenters argue—its primary audience! I recorded that video during my convalescence at my parents' house (I am…
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W3C re-launched as a public-interest non-profit organization
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards.
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Backblaze Drive Stats for 2022
Check out the 2022 year-end Drive Stats data, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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C++ Neural Network in a Weekend (2020)
A blog about game engines, graphics, C++, and more.
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I want to lose every debate
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
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The limits of "computational photography"
I was recently discussing laser etching with an engineer/font-designer friend of mine, and I wanted to show him a picture of some really good laser etching on a particular piece of optical equipment.
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Cistercian Numerals
Cistercian numerals were invented by the Cistercian order of monks in the 13th century. Giuseppe Frisella explains how the notation system works: A vertical str
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Git archive checksums may change
We are reverting this change for now. More details to follow. The default compression for Git archives has recently changed. As result, archives downloaded from GitHub may have different checksums…
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Automerge 2.0
Automerge 2.0 is here and ready for production.
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Burning a NeXTCube (1993)
I am writing this memo to explain what happened to the case our NeXTCube Computer, Serial Number AA001032.
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Berkeley Mono Ligatures Release
Berkeley Mono Ligatures v1.009 release, Chicago Corporate Typeface, Berkeley Graphics identity, Houston Mono™ sneak peek.
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The Parallel Port
A few days ago, on a certain orange website, I came across an article about an improvised parallel printer capture device . This contains the line:
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TigerBeetle raises $6.4M to power the future of financial accounting infra
A textbook database problem
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WebAssembly: Adding Python support to WASM language runtimes
Providing up-to-date, convenient WebAssembly builds of Python with WASI support
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How likely is losing a Google account?
Let's say you use a Google account as the root of your online identity: Gmail, Fi, "Sign in with Google", Google's password manager, etc. How much should you be worried that you'll suddenly find yourself unable to get into everything? Should you do something else instead? To get a sense of how common lockouts are and…
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The benefits of everything being a buffer in Emacs
For today I only have a very short tip – or maybe let’s call it an anecdote. (This is not because I didn’t have time for writing last week. Quite the opposite – I’ve been working very hard on one of the projects I mentioned in my 2023 planning post . I think I’ll be able to share some details next week.)
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Cargo airships could be big
A capital-intensive, high-risk way to revolutionize global commerce
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How to find your blind spots
You probably aren't qualified to dissect your own failures because you're the idiot who screwed everything up.
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SQL should be the default choice for data transformation logic
SQL should be the first option considered for new data engineering work. It’s robust, fast, future-proof and testable. With a bit of care, it’s clear and readable.