A race condition is what happens when the expected completion order of a sequence of operations becomes unpredictable, causing our program logic to end up in an undefined state. This week, let's take a look at a common scenario that can cause race conditions…

What contributes to gender-associated differences in preferences such as the willingness to take risks, patience, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity, and trust? Falk and Hermle studied 80,000 individuals in 76 countries who participated in a Global…

A modern reverse proxy for node. Contribute to OptimalBits/redbird development by creating an account on GitHub.

A diver in South Africa says he "visited this incredible animal for almost a year."

How we went from “there’s an app for that” to “meh, do we really need one?”

Today we released version 1.10 of the KDE Connect Android app. Therefore it’s time again to share what we’ve been working on. Targeting Android Oreo As of this month app updates uploade…

A new book collects fantastic literary geographies.

Philosopher Tim Maudlin sees advances in free will, morality and the meaning of quantum mechanics

Hacker Dig is a custom Hacker News interface, enhanced with summaries and special functionalities that help the user to create and easily note innovative ideas.

Google Chrome is the most popular browser in the world. Chrome routinely leads the pack in features for security and usability, most recently helping to drive the adoption of HTTPS. But when it comes

The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation join Plan S initiative

Never go too long without catching up with a friend again. Get Millow for iOS and Android.

These days, I get a lot of messages from people on security related things. Often it's related to data breaches or sloppy behaviour on behalf of some online service playing fast and loose with HTTPS or passwords or some other easily observable security posture.…

Apple’s decision to stop reporting unit sales is defensible; the company, though, should provide more data to support its new growth story.

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