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HTTP/2 is here. Goodbye SPDY? Not quite yet
Today CloudFlare is introducing HTTP/2 support for all customers using SSL/TLS connections, while still supporting SPDY. There is no need to make a decision between SPDY or HTTP/2.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 31,679 posts.
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Fast Allocations in Ruby 3.5
Many Ruby applications allocate objects. What if we could make allocating objects six times faster? We can! Read on to learn more!
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Closing the gap: cross-language LTO between Rust and C/C++
Link time optimization (LTO) is LLVM's way of implementing whole-program optimization. Cross-language LTO is a new feature in the Rust compiler that enables LLVM's link time optimization to be performed across a mixed C/C++/Rust codebase.
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Smaller, faster, safer: running Kimi and GLM at scale
Serving frontier models like Kimi and GLM means fighting for GPU memory. Here's how we quantize KV caches, compress model weights, and add integrity checks to serve them faster, cheaper, and safely.
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Asahi Linux Progress Report: January/February 2021
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
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Postgresql 9.6: Support parallel aggregation
Parallel workers can now partially aggregate the data and pass the transition values back to the leader, which can combine the partial results to produce the final answer.
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The rev.ng decompiler goes open source
In this blog post we announce the open sourcing of the rev.ng decompiler, the start of the UI closed beta, how to try rev.ng and much more!
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How to Learn Complex Things Quickly: A Guide
No matter what your field, learning efficiently (and well) is an indispensable skill. Here's how.
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A Curious Integral
Note: These pages make extensive use of the latest XHTML and CSS Standards . They ought to look great in any standards-compliant modern browser. Unfortunately, they will probably look horrible in older browsers, like Netscape 4.x and IE 4.x. Moreover, many posts use MathML, which is, currently only supported in…
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Dutch radio amateurs image far side of the Moon using Chinese satellite data
This image shows the far side of the Moon, as well as our own planet Earth. It was taken with a camera linked to an amateur radio transceiver on board the Chinese DSLWP-B / Longjiang-2 satellite (call sign BJ1SN), currently in orbit around the Moon, and transmitted back to Earth where it was received with the…
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How to Generate FiveThirtyEight Graphs in Python
Impressed by the graphs on popular site FiveThirtyEight? This quick tutorial gets you started making your own eye-catching visualizations.
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Learning a hierarchy
Stay up to speed on the rapid advancement of AI technology and the benefits it offers to humanity.
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Annual EFF Awards: Alexandra Elbakyan, Library Freedom Project, and Signal
SAN FRANCISCO—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce that Alexandra Asanovna Elbakyan, Library Freedom Project, and Signal Foundation will receive the 2023 EFF Awards for their vital work in helping to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all...
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Squarespace Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Google Domains Assets
Visit Squarespace Domains to learn more →
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Why we should all have a basic income
Imagine everyone getting a basic income just because they are a citizen. Read on to know how this basic income will change things in society.
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U.S. already has the critical minerals it needs, according to new analysis
A new Science study reveals the U.S. already mines the critical minerals it needs for energy and defense, but they are currently being discarded as mine waste.
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Jeffrey Epstein and MIT: FAQs
Today, January 10, 2020, the Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation released the fact-finding report it commissioned to help the Institute understand the origins, nature, and extent of Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to MIT and learn from them. The questions and answers below provide context.
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Privacy Sandbox – Open standards to enhance privacy on the web
Chrome is announcing a new initiative to explore how to evolve the web in a way that advances privacy, while supporting publishers, and free and open content.
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Java Virtual Threads Preview
Introduce virtual threads to the Java Platform. Virtual threads are lightweight threads that dramatically reduce the effort of writing, maintaining, and observing high-throughput concurrent applications. This is a preview API .
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Hepatitis C kills more Americans than all other infectious diseases combined
Hepatitis C has become so widespread that experts are calling on doctors to screen all adults 18 to 79, even those with no known risk factors or symptoms.
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Understanding ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a deep-learning model created by OpenAI whose ability to generate human-like prose has made AI a topic of conversation. Learn more
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The magic of small engineering teams
Creating a startup of small teams can help you ship stupidly fast.
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I'm retiring from the engineering profession
To protect our advocacy work against future harassment from the Minnesota licensing board, Strong Towns President Charles Marohn is retiring as a professional engineer.
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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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GCP Outpaces Azure, AWS in the 2021 Cloud Report
Now in its third year, the 2021 Cloud Report from Cockroach Labs compares AWS, Azure, and Google (GCP) to tell realistic performance stories on behalf of mission-critical OLTP applications.
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Dayjob: Tax – evaluating AI agents on 50 professional tax assignments
DAYJOB: Tax evaluates AI agents across 50 realistic tax environments, testing their ability to navigate messy records, exercise professional judgment, and deliver reliable tax work.
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Journalists’ Twitter use shows them talking within smaller bubbles
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Journalists in Washington, D.C., have long been accused of living in a “Beltway bubble,” isolated from the broader public, talking too much…
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How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain
Every time Disney’s beloved mouse is about to enter the public domain, U.S. copyright law magically changes. Does he deserve special protection, or should he be relinquished to society?