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In the 19th century, Scottish scammer Gregor MacGregor made a fortune selling land in Poyais.

Analysis of ancient DNA from the ashen casts of Pompeii victims changes presumed relationships between them, and reveals the port city's socioeconomic and geographic diversity.

Don't panic! Here's how to tactfully answer salary expectations questions without costing yourself a ton of money

Automated Chess Board

Pros and cons for different typesetting engines from engineering perspective and why PPReseume chose LaTeX.

Pathfinding applied to the software solution domain

I just did a massive spring cleaning of one of my servers, trying to clean up what has become quite the mess of clutter. For every website on the server, I either:

The Web Locks API allows noscripts running in one tab or worker to asynchronously acquire a lock, hold it while work is performed, then release it. While held, no other noscript executing in the same origin can acquire the same lock, which allows a web app running…

Between 2009 and 2012, Apple iPhones and iPod Touches included a feature called “Send to YouTube” that allowed users to upload videos directly to YouTube from the Photos app.

The Rust Foundation is pleased to announce that the Rust trademark policy has been updated and a new draft is available to view. Since the open trademark policy draft consultation period in 2023, we have incorporated a number of suggestions from the Rust…

Create book from markdown files. Like Gitbook but implemented in Rust

Corporate Self Interest & the Failures of Government & Regulators

Lambda Calculus is a fascinating idea, but it's not immediately obvious. In this post, I'm trying to understand and explain the basic terms used in Lambda Calculus.