In the two years since I've posted I want off Mr Golang's Wild Ride, it's made the rounds time and time again, on Reddit, on Lobste.rs, on HackerNews, and elsewhere. And every time, it elicits the ...

A now-defunct organization spent decades casting doubt on the science that showed just how dangerous the metal could be.

On the last day of 1945, with World War II finally behind it, Finland's government announced a new and very strange policy. All Finns were r...

The fatalist's guide to productivity, or how to get through the day before it gets to you.

An analysis of all nearly 5,000 companies YC has backed to date reveals a surprising truth: YC startups don’t have to be unique. Far from it. 

Microsoft has now refuted the claims.

From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret?

Motorized rotation mounts and stages are versatile instruments that introduce computer control to optical systems, enabling automation and scanning actions. They can be used for intensity control...

Deno Land has petitioned the US Patent and Trademark Office to strip Oracle of its ownership of the JavaScript trademark, accusing Oracle of trademark abandonment and fraud.

Fugatto generates or transforms any mix of music, voices and sounds described with prompts using any combination of text and audio files.

A Jekyll plugin to use SQLite databases as a data source. - captn3m0/jekyll-sqlite

Criminals around the world using Canadian encrypted phones thought they were operating under the radar. But European police managed to intercept their messages and crack the code, leading to thousands of convictions. Radio-Canada’s Enquête reveals how some…

Kenji López-Alt posed a mathematical problem on his YouTube channel about how to best cut an onion. I present a detailed solution.

Virtualization is a powerful technique for code obfuscation, and reversing it can be challenging. In this post, we cover the work done during an internship on developing an automated devirtualization tool. We explore a simplified taint-based approach and…

The polymathic philosopher saw divine intention in the minute structure of reality. Voltaire painted him as a cockeyed optimist.

L.A. Unified deserves credit for maintaining education for fast learners. But schools across the state and country have been eliminating programs for them.

How we can mine asteroids for space food - Volume 23

John S. Jacobs was a fugitive, an abolitionist — and the brother of the canonical author Harriet Jacobs. Now, his own fierce autobiography has re-emerged.

Tactics for discharging Lean goals into SMT solvers. - ufmg-smite/lean-smt