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Asteroid ZTm0038 with a >3% impact probability https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys2/NEOScan/risk_page/ZTm0038/index_summary_ZTm0038.html
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32002277/why-does-gcc-or-clang-not-optimise-reciprocal-to-1-instruction-when-using-fast-m
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23891810
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23891810
Stack Overflow
Why does GCC or Clang not optimise reciprocal to 1 instruction when using fast-math
Does anyone know why GCC/Clang will not optimist function test1 in the below code sample to simply use just the RCPPS instruction when using the fast-math option? Is there another compiler flag that
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Firefox finally outperforming Google Chrome in SunSpider (🔥 Score: 150+ in 1 hour)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/5MteN
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Link: https://readhacker.news/s/5MteN
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/5MteN
Phoronix
Firefox Finally Outperforming Google Chrome In SunSpider
Mozilla developers are celebrating that they are now faster than Google Chrome with the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, although that test has been superseded by the JetStream benchmark.
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Today I learned you can pause the Windows Task Manager moving apps around https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834125/microsoft-windows-task-manager-pause-shortcut
The Verge
Today I learned you can easily pause the Windows Task Manager to stop apps moving around
I’ve used Windows for more than 20 years and its secrets still amaze me.
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LK-99 isn’t a superconductor https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02585-7
Nature
LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery
Nature - Efforts to replicate the material have pieced together the puzzle of why it displayed superconducting-like behaviours.
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FreeBSD replaces bubblesort with mergesort on SYSINTs https://twitter.com/cperciva/status/1693127769901969772
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Colin Percival (@cperciva) on X
FreeBSD (HEAD) no longer spends time running a bubblesort on its SYSINITs. We're now running a mergesort which is ~100x faster: https://t.co/1F8Yodedh3