Two fun things happened recently and the proximity of the two made something go click in my head and now I think I understand how bytecode interpreters work.

Cloud computing services that run customer code in short-lived processes
are often called "serverless". But
under the hood, virtual machines (VMs) are usually launched to run that isolated
code on demand. The boot times for these VMs can be slow. This is…

In a lawsuit on Thursday, the city attorney said tracking was used not just for local forecasts but also for commercial purposes like targeted marketing.

Walker Percy’s novel, from 1961, may be the first work of what we call contemporary American fiction.

Remarks on the life and work of Paul Erdos.

The vchan protocol is used to stream data between virtual machines on a Xen host without needing any locks.
It is largely undocumented.
The TLA …

The market for expensive shortwave radios collapsed in the early 2000s. But before it did, Grundig created a blaze of glory

Whether you are browsing Magnum docs or use Doxygen for your own C++ documentation, there’s always a way to improve your workflow. This article presents the most recent additions to the m.css Doxygen theme.

Writer Josh Kaufman shares his own tried-and-tested technique to learn a new skill by putting in just 45 minutes a day for a month.

Tiny Languages This week I have been looking at bygone computers and some of the languages they used - tailored to work within the framewo...

An ongoing case in Singapore is testing the legal boundaries of virtual conferences. A court in the Southeast Asian city-state this week convicted human rights activist Jolovan Wham of organizing a public assembly via Skype without a permit and refusing to…

Use 230+ ready-made Bootstrap components from the multipurpose library.

Mikkel created 10er, a Patreon-similar service for Danish creators. During the last months, the site has grown a lot and reached the $2,000/month goal.

WebGL 3d dynamical systems visualization. Contribute to portsmouth/fibre development by creating an account on GitHub.