There is growing confidence that the Ethereum Merge, scheduled for mid-September, won’t be postponed after the Goerli merge went smoothly. After Ropsten and Sepolia, Goerli was the final testnet left to be merged, and as of 1:45 a.m. UTC on August 11, it…

Contains formulas, tables, and examples showing patterns and options focused on number formatting for Python's Formatted String Literals -- i.e., F-Strings.

I have been interested in retro hardware for a long time. I don’t remember where the idea first came to me but I’ve always been interested in finding out how modern Linux behaves on bare metal old hardware, because quemu lies and is very inaccurate replicating…

Nature - Difficult tasks can lead to build-up of a signalling molecule in the brain, triggering fatigue.

Recently a friend of mine told me that he was planning to start a free software consultancy, and asked for my advice, as I have an extensive background doing free software consulting for a living. While I have already given him some advice on how to proceed…

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We are excited to announce that PGPP (Pretty Good Phone Privacy) is now in Beta.

Sony reportedly pays for "blocking rights" from developers in exchange for their agreement to keep their work off of Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscr

In a new University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers define how the circadian clock influences cell growth, metabolism and tumor progression. Their research also reveals how disruption of ...

I put together a list and explained why they are important.

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Ethereum is moving closer to adopting a proof-of-stake model for its network, which is less energy intensive than the existing proof-of-stake method.