It would be something of an understatement to say that Alphabet, Google’s holding company, is big and successful. Some Wall Street analysts are even predicting it could become the world’s most valu…

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Stress test for parallel disk i/o using git and pnpm - NullVoxPopuli/disk-perf-git-and-pnpm

The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

On database building blocks.

Today we are releasing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model via the API, which outperforms leading alternatives at browser and mobile tasks.

In the expanding world of AI my heart still lies in AST transforms, browser fingerprinting, and anti-bot circumvention. But my workflow felt... primitive.

Threading macros make Lisp-family languages much more readable. Other languages too, potentially! Except… other languages don’t have macros. How do we go about enabling threading “macros” there?

A cat(1) clone with wings. Contribute to sharkdp/bat development by creating an account on GitHub.

Bluesky’s protocol is so complicated that not even the biggest alternative network has figured out how to become independent

Recursive Reasoning with Tiny Networks

How similar is it to the 1990s telecoms bubble?

Deploy any AI model, agent, database, RAG, and pipeline locally or remotely in minutes - llama-farm/llamafarm

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Could we halve aviation's climate impact at a fraction of the cost of sustainable aviation fuels?

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Reading What is the proper Algebraic Notation for a pawn being promoted? made me wonder whether pawn promotion to rook or bishop ever happens. The only time I can think this might happen is when

The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts. We’re…

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it