How moving from Vnode-based replication to tablets helps dynamically distribute data across the cluster, ultimately increasing ScyllaDB's elasticity.

Mac shipments grew by more than 10% in the second quarter of the year, compared to the same period in...

security sandbox

📨 The ultimate social media scheduling tool, with a bunch of AI 🤖 - GitHub - gitroomhq/postiz-app at dailydev

In one of the more bizarre twists of the Dan Ariely saga, there is a huge issue of provenance in one of Dan Ariely’s studies. The study in question is Dan Ariely’s Ten Commandments study at JMR. The hugely impactful paper has over 3,000 citations but unfortunately…

Intel is abandoning the coolest thing the company makes.

The purpose of this study was to develop normative values for Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) events and to demonstrate the use of these normative values. Data, collected during the 1988 Active Army Physical Fitness Survey by the U.S. Army Physical Fitness…

A teen traveling solo for the first time from Gainesville, Florida to Charlotte was taken to a security room by American Airlines. There he was interrogated – and forced to buy a new ticket – according to the boy’s father.

Qubes is a security-oriented, free and open-source operating system for personal computers that allows you to securely compartmentalize your digital life.

Here at Nothing, we’re building a world where tech is fun again. Remember a time where every new product made you excited? We’re bringing that back.

Why is there so much data and how do we shrink it?

Human cells evolving in the laboratory undergo a series of predictable, sequential genetic changes that lead to pre-cancer. Blocking these changes may allow intervention before cancer occurs.

Link to: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pke9k9/facebook-wanted-nso-spyware-to-monitor-users

A common failure mode in complex systems is that some part of the system hits a limit and falls over. In the software world, we call this phenomenon resource exhaustion, and a classic example of th…

An open-source, self-hosted note-taking service. Your thoughts, your data, your control — no tracking, no ads, no subnoscription fees. - usememos/memos

Last month I researched two historical questions. I originally posted summaries on Twitter and am reproducing both here.1
Why Vim Uses hjkl Question: Why does Vim use hjkl and not the arrow keys for navigation?
Common Explanation: It keeps your fingers on…

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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research