This post describes the Oilpan C++ garbage collector, its usage in Blink, and how it optimizes sweeping, i.e., reclamation of unreachable memory.

Training the car to do self-parking using a genetic algorithm

In June, Apple announced it will add state IDs, such as driver’s licenses, to its Wallet app, rolling out in participating states and at TSA checkpoints this fall. But public records tell the behind-the-scenes story about Apple’s interactions with government…

This opens up the ability to repurpose the hardware for more things today, and means that a randomly discovered shrink wrapped headset twenty years from now will be able to update to the final software version, long after over-the-air update servers have…

Cap table, fundraising, and more—in one place

Private proof-of-vaccination app Portpass exposed personal information, including the driver's licences, of what might be hundreds of thousands of users by leaving its website unsecured. 

The killer product of robotics is hidden in plain sight and may be just a few years away. Summary The robotic space is still waiting for a truly widespread general purpose product which deeply changes our everyday life. I argue that such a product could…

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27.1.1 Hotfix

Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect deployment of 27.1 on Windows, c...

The judges failed to recuse themselves from 685 lawsuits from 2010 to 2018 involving companies in which they or their family held shares, a Wall Street Journal investigation found. “I am mortified,” said one. “I just blew it.”

I remember sitting there thinking, what the hell did I do wrong?

I love a good bug, especially ones that are initially hard to explain but then ...

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published a letter I wrote to their editor in response to Kevin Rudd’s exposition on Xi Jinping’s “Common Prosperity” campaign:

✨ Hacker News, but refined — Interface tweaks and features to make the HN experience better - plibither8/refined-hacker-news

Run the latest VS Code on a remote machine accessed through a modern web browser - from any device, from anywhere.

The Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept vehicle made a free flight at hypersonic speed as the Air Force and DARPA look to develop a hypersonic missile.

Podman is the new cool kid on the block. Podman is a deamonless container(OCI) engine for Linux. It's the natural open-source Docker replac...

Local 12 WKRC-TV is the local station for breaking news, weather forecasts, traffic alerts, community news, Cincinnati Bengals, Reds and FC Cincinnati sports updates, and CBS programming for the Cincinnati , Ohio area, including Avondale, Blue Ash, Bond Hill…

The global supply chain mess will require increased vaccination and acquired immunity, semiconductor capacity expansion and the end of extraordinary housing/labor supports to resolve. A close look at some very anomalous charts on shipping, semiconductors…

An OPSEC violation has once again made a case for why using TikTok should be a punishable offense in the military, this time after someone revealed some US stealth technology testing going on and posted it to the Chinese government-affiliated platform. The…