Data-driven approach to history

Some thoughts and explanations about quines (self-printing computer programs) and related concepts

Have you ever noticed that gradients tend to look a little gray and washed-out in the middle? This happens because of a mathematical quirk with RGB colors. Fortunately, we can work around this quirk, and create beautiful, lush, saturated gradients.

Window.js is an open-source Javanoscript runtime for desktop graphics programming. - windowjs/windowjs

By Oren Liebermann, Pete Muntean and Barbara Starr, CNN Business An unusual ground stop was issued to some pilots for a short period of time following a North American Aerospace Defense Command alert of a launch of a North Korean missile, a US official said…

We need fewer things to work on. Starting now.

Donald Shoup, famed author of the most fascinating possible book about parking, can also do comedy.  From his recent essay on “The Pseudoscience of Parking Requirements“: Everyone wants to park free, and most people consider parking a personal issue, not…

I suspect we all know how hard it is to come up with a single great story idea. Imagine one meeting in which you come up with four great ideas, each of which becomes a hit movie. That happened with…

A fully-functional open source and open hardware mechanical USB computer keyboard with only three keys! - taylorconor/threeboard

Malware targeting multiple operating systems has become no exception in the malware threat landscape. Vermilion Strike, which was documented just last September, is among the latest examples until now.   In December 2021, we discovered a new multi-platform…

Taking apart the GNU coreutils

The new PCIe Gen6 specification from the PCI-SIG is out and will provide for up to 256GB/s of bandwidth on a PCIe Gen6 x16 link

The U.S. Justice Department is creating a new unit to counter domestic terrorism following the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack, a senior official said on Tuesday, as it faces a growing threat from white supremacists and anti-government activists.

Ongoing mining craze is actually affecting how some products are designed.

#CommonLisp #Lisp Let's consider the following function: (defun make-adder (x huge-p) (lambda (y)…

This document explains why the IAB believes that, when there is a conflict between the interests of end users of the Internet and other parties, IETF decisions should favor end users. It also explores how the IETF can more effectively achieve this.

3.22.16 This Is What DEFCON Sounds Like: Skyking Emergency Action Messages General Curtis LeMay, known in the Air Force as father of USAF Strategic Air...