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New WebKit features in Safari 15.4
With over 70 additions to WebKit, Safari 15.4 is packed with new web technologies, updates, and fixes.
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The case for JPEG XL
The recent decision by Chrome developers to no longer support JPEG XL has sent a ripple through the developer community and is a bit premature given the relative newness of the image format.
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How the SQLite virtual machine works
Let's look at how SQLite parses, optimizes, and compiles every query that it receives.
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I am not a supplier
For the past few years, we have seen a lot of discussions around the concept of the Software Supply Chain. These discussions started around the time of LeftPad and escalated with multiple incidents in the past few years. The problem of all the work in this domain is that it forgets a fundamental point.
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EdgeDB 2.0
Today we're excited to announce the release of EdgeDB 2.0, the latest version of our graph-relational database.
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Reverse engineering yet another eBook format
In the distant past I was super into removing DRM from books and magazines (check out my posts on that topic: Removing Edge Magazine DRM , Removing Zinio DRM ). This interest eventually faded away, mostly because I just stopped using websites that wouldn’t allow me to download and own the products I paid for (kudos to…
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When everything is important but nothing is getting done
A step by step guide for solving a difficult organizational problem, including notes on single stack ranks, team interdependencies, building consensus, reducing work in progress, and how to move your company towards better priority management.
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Spam blacklisting is out of control
If you got shuned by the society not because of what you did but what your neighbor did, you will cry bloody injustice. This is exactly what is happening in SPAM blacklisting.
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The collapse of complex software
In 1988, the anthropologist Joseph Tainter published a book called The Collapse of Complex Societies. In it, he described the rise and fall of great…
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2021 Letter
Getting worse and getting better; Jesuits; common prosperity; Rossini's glittering realm; slow-casual chains; Lem's ocean; vowelsongs.
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The future of Nginx: Getting back to our open source roots
At NGINX Sprint 2022, we're focusing on our open source roots. Find out about the initiatives we're pursuing in the coming year and let us know what you'd like to see.
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Idiot Proof Git
Aliases, etc that have made rebase-based workflows in Git much less advanced feeling.
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Terminated
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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How many radioactive bananas would you need to power a house?
I heard that bananas are radioactive. If they are radioactive, then they radiate energy. How many bananas would you need to power a house?
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Intellectual Loneliness
I have a confession to make: I leave most parties early because I'd rather read a book. The world comes to life when I'm surrounded by ideas.
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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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Cut the cutesy errors
If your app has just ruined my day, I need help, not humour.
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My experience getting a tech job with no degree or relevant work experience
Sometimes you see a headline or a Youtube video “How I got into tech without a C.S.
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An extensive tutorial on how to setup a Pi-Hole
Welcome! In this article, I am going to detail for you what I consider to be the perfect Pi-hole setup instructions for 2023 (yes, I know – as of the writing of this article, it’s still 2022, but we’re close enough).
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Keyboard shortcuts for GNU Readline
Most command line programs that offer line editing -- like bash, Python, GDB, psql, sqlite and more -- do so using GNU readline. Readline's a powerful library that grants history, completion, movement and editing to programs that use it --- and a stable and consistent set of keyboard shortcuts. Shame, then, that even…
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Sunsetting the Bethesda.net launcher and migrating to Steam
You may now begin transferring your Bethesda.net Library to Steam. Find the instructions and get all the details in our updated FAQ.
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6 Raspberry Pis, 6 SSDs on a Mini ITX Motherboard
A few months ago someone told me about a new Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 cluster board, the DeskPi Super6c. You may have heard of another Pi CM4 cluster board, the Turing Pi 2, but that board is not yet shipping. It had a very successful Kickstarter campaign, but production has been delayed due to parts shortages…
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Using GPT-3 to explain how code works
One of my favourite uses for the GPT-3 AI language model is generating explanations of how code works. It’s shockingly effective at this: its training set clearly include a vast …
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All companies are fucked up
Belts in Karate are ordered from white to black. This is of course a new invention. Originally, new colored belts were not given upon arbitrary levels of attainment, a white belt was given at the beginning of one's training and you just never washed it. Over the years...
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Experian, you have some explaining to do
Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts. Research suggests…
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An X11 apologist tries Wayland
I think it’s only fair to call me an X apologist. I get incredibly frustrated when people talk about dropping support for X11. I fight back against the notion that some day X11 will be dead and unmaintained, a curiosity of a time before. I’ve spoken to people in my circles at-length about the accessibility tools that…
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Evernote to be acquired by Bending Spoons
CEO Ian Small discusses what’s next for the company, and reaffirms Evernote’s commitment to helping customers remember everything and accomplish anything.
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The satellite imagery industry still has no idea what customers want
The satellite imagery industry still has no idea what customers actually want