Enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux to include support for Wayland and X server related scenarios - microsoft/wslg

When I first began learning programming with basic and pascal, our computer class started teaching us Java. As for a 10 year old it was hard for me to grasp the concept of object oriented programming. It took me another 10 years to partially grasp the concept…

By Robert Smith, Elias Lawson-Fox, Cole Scott
Updated July 1, 2025 by Robert Smith.
Introduction
Coalton is a statically typed functional programming language built with Common Lisp. We can load it like a normal Lisp library.
CL-USER> (asdf:load-system "coalton")…

The case of the Kyoto canal, or, building cities that can last a thousand years

There has been a new development in The Mystery of AS8003. As you may recall, this was the AS number registered to a defunct company in Florida that appeared earlier this year in the global routing table announcing over 175 million IPv4 addresses belonging…

A proof of work based captcha similar to friendly captcha, but lightweight, self-hosted and GPLv3 licensed.

And other misadventures

In the 1960s, some experimental horticulturalists went nuclear.

Tools and Things:
Stepcraft CNC: https://www.stepcraft.us/m
3D Printer: https://amzn.to/3E9jXge
Solder Breadboard: https://amzn.to/3DWLfX1
Solid State Relay: https://amzn.to/3hdRYlD
Arduino Starter Kit: https://amzn.to/3BTT1it
Arduino Uno: https://amzn.to/3yWY2oq…

Cheap money and power-law profits are killing venture funds and birthing venture firms.

A new technology called Codex generates programs in 12 coding languages and even translates between them. But it is not a threat to professional programmers.

My PalmOS port is making progress on a desktop computer, with keyboard, mouse and a 1920×1080 monitor for display.  While that was interesting, I wanted to try a different form factor, one tha…

Conservators at Dresden's Old Masters Picture Gallery have uncovered a full-length cupid in Vermeer's "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window" — likely painted over by someone other than the artist.

This article describes how PostgreSQL v14 reduces B-tree index bloat with "bottom-up index tuple deletion". A test case shows the difference.

Thread by @ds_m4riano: 1) The UK Government published their plans to water down GDPR. It is bad, incredibly bad. My first reaction on @OpenRightsGroup blog, but if you scratch under the surface it gets even worse. ...…