The smell of fresh pine sawdust filled the air, with more floating up as I
sanded the last rough corner of the stool. My toddler was happily sanding her
own block off to the side.

Woodworking was a new hobby I'd picked up. My old ones, coding, reading,
writing…

My vote: no.

Discover semiconductor fabrication's secrets in a free online course by Purdue University, in collaboration with Intel, the University of Texas at Austin, and industry leaders. Tailored for students and professionals, delve into digital age building blocks…

Usborne children's coding books for a new generation

End of the (Spec Ops) line.

C/C++ Performance Profiler. Contribute to google/orbit development by creating an account on GitHub.

How did we end up in this place? Thousands – maybe millions? – of developers sit in standup meetings daily and answer the same 3 questions (“What did you do yesterday?”, &#8…

Despite assurances many living near the site of the train accident do not believe their homes are free of pollutants and feel officials are not listening

What the **** does that mean?

If you have even a passing interest in math, i.e., if you see an equation and don’t recoil as if you just spotted a spider moseying up your thigh, then these books are for you.   12 Flatterland by Ian Stewart – 2001 In 1884, Edwin A. Abbott published a brilliant…

Canadian children have fewer cousins than previous generations — a growing trend as the decreasing fertility rate causes extended families to narrow over time, sociologists and demographers say.

The SSH port is 22. This is the story of how it got that port number. And practical configuration instructions.

In a disturbing scene, a crowd in San Francisco surrounded an empty Waymo Robotaxi the evening of February 11, then began vandalizing it and breaking its windows.

Thanks to some misread handwriting, a temporary mini-moon of Venus has just been bestowed with an unusual name.

A story about quality from the development of the Multics operating system.

happening NOW in SF. Waymo car vandalized & lit on fire 🤯@sfchronicle

Minesto's fully operational Dragon 12 looks like some sort of futuristic military drone – but it behaves remarkably like a kite underwater. It uses lift generated by tidal flows to fly patterns faster than the currents, harvesting renewable energy.

Are you going to a Big Game party on Sunday? Or perhaps going to watch the pro football championship game? Or take in the majestic splendor of the Superb Owl? You can also just call it by its real

I'm sleep-deprived, completely exhausted, but incredibly excited about the whole experience. Here are my notes, impressions and a lot of pictures about FOSDEM 2024.