I moderate /r/kafka and people often mistake for a subreddit about the programming language. Our users have almost spontaneously developed their own way for dealing with this confusion. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

The nice thing about technological progress is that even once innovative technologies are considered outdated at some point. And outdated technology is cheap technology. So it comes that one can buy the first generation of digital xray image sensors on ebay…

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The volcanic island of Jeju is a wild paradise home to haenyeo, the women of the sea. Follow us as we join the free divers on a treasure hunt along its winding coast.

Alan Kay talk at Alex' class on Apr 07th, '16.

Git ls-files is up to 5 times faster than fd or find in this benchmark, but why?

You might have heard people say that functional programming is more academic, and real engineering is done in imperative style. I’m going to show you that real engineering is functional, and …

Over on Reddit member u/OlegKutkov has recently posted about his success at receiving Starlink beacons at 11.325 GHz with his HackRF "supercluster". Starlink is an Elon Musk / SpaceX venture that aims to provide fast global satellite internet access for low…

Over the summer, the Los Angeles City Council Public Safety Committee approved a proposal to expand Fire District 1, an anachronistic planning overlay that would effectively ban wood-frame construction in much of the city. Superficially premised as a measure…

Space junk in orbit is looking to become our next ecological mess

Networking is painful, and I’m suspicious of anyone who claims to enjoy it. Unfortunately for me, networking is effective.

Australian entrepreneur, aviator, and political activist