I was talking with someone today that really really wanted the sqrtps to be used in some code they were writing. And because of a quirk with clang (still there as of clang 18.1.0), if you happened to use -ffast-math clang would butcher the use of the intrinsic.…

A popular free, open-source and super fast client for Old School RuneScape

The Atari 520ST was released in the US in July 1985, but because Atari did not provide magazines with pre-production models (like Commodore did with the Amiga), it took a while before magazine reviews appeared.

One weird hobby of mine is reasonable properties of cryptographic schemes that nobody promised they do or don’t have. Whether that’s invisible salamanders or binding through shared secr…

I'm in a CSS mailing list and this morning, Vince over at Ghodmode Development shared a fun little experiment showing that an em isn't an "m" in CSS. I, along with others, more or less responded with "d'uh". We've seen this phenomenon for years and didn't…

Neural radiance fields provide state-of-the-art view synthesis quality but tend to be slow to render. One reason is that they make use of volume rendering, thus requiring many samples (and model queries) per ray at render time. Although this representation…

The world's first Spatial Computing hack (CVE-2024-27812). Apple Vision Pro vulnerability fills victim's room full of spiders and bats.

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Microsoft's AI strategy has increasingly focused on OpenAI. The shift has led to some executive departures and less focus on Microsoft's own services.

Professor emeritus' operating system influenced multiple generations of students and inspired Linux

Using Ekko to sort of bypass Hunt Sleeping Beacons

The new textile was designed to combat the urban heat island, reflecting both the sun's heat and the heat that bounces off buildings and streets.

_"How do you write down how to dance?"_

An environment variables cli tool backed by SQLite - mattrighetti/envelope

From the construction industry to the tourism sector, Greek employers cannot find the staff they need. The government's solution: longer working hours. A new law enables employers to implement a six-day work week