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How to use GNU Parallel to gather stats on long-running flaky tests by running them many times and capturing their results.

The cost for something that can be replicated free and open source is absurd. The Fortune 100 have a use case for these companies, the rest…

Introduction We spend huge amounts of time sweating the details of our products. We want to remove all the friction we can from using them and want to make sure we never leave our users confus…

Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer.

In its default configuration, the Linux kernel will allow processes to
allocate more memory than the system can actually provide; this policy
enables better utilization of physical memory and works just fine — most of
the time. On occasions, though, the…

Just a few days ago I saw an amazing video about Kurt Quinn, a man who can talk backwards. When I say backwards, I don’t mean that he reverses the order of the words in a sentence, but he act…

Snoopers Charter: Dead cows don't snitch

Before you settle on basing design decisions on a handful of strict breakpoints, make sure you consider the vast fragmentation of screen sizes and browser viewports.

Editor’s Note: Due to the sheer amount of interesting material here we decided to break this into a three-part article.


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Could a nation’s bathing culture be…

Understanding and identifying when and why people use social media can inform intervention strategies that teach people when to seek connections, social support, or strengthen their offline relationships.

On the wonders and benefits of natural relationships and what happens when humans meddle with the delicate balance between species.

Welcome to Duo's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.

States now offer a vast menu of personalized plate options for a dizzying array of organizations, professions, sports teams, causes and other groups.

The average "reservation wage," or the minimum acceptable salary offer to switch jobs, rose to $78,645 during the second quarter of 2023.