Some time ago my friend (and co-investor in Clio , Jobber and Unbounce ) Boris Wertz wrote a great blog post about "the only 2 ways to bui...

Hanna-Barbera is a company that ruled televised animation for decades. There was a time when they controlled over 80% of the market but then it came crashing down. How did this happen? How did this studio fall so far from grace?

"What RUINED/What's RUINING..."…

Explains Transparent Hugepages in a nutshell, techniques that can be used to measure the performance impact, shows the effect on a real-world application.

A few notes for posterity

The punk-haired, constantly self-reinventing New Wave pioneer retained her playful, wise and humane spirit in a dazzling career spanning more than six decades.

The name of the era of Japan's soon-to-be-emperor Naruhito will be Reiwa, the government announced Monday. Emperor Akihito is stepping down on April 30, in the first abdication in 200 years, bringing his era of Heisei to an end. The new era takes effect May…

Visitors and locals rely on virtual private networks to access global internet

git, implemented in rust, for fun and education :crab: - chrisdickinson/git-rs

The “Immortals” of the Académie Française have failed to fill four seats, a paralysis that reflects France’s own struggle to adapt to the 21st century.

With his marriage to Norma Levor over, Claude Shannon was a bachelor again, with no attachments, a small Greenwich Village apartment,…

The RBI aims to help solve posters' puzzles, but with strict rules to prevent online manhunts and dangerous meddling

Pitchers have used all sorts of tricks to adulterate balls and make their jobs easier. These days, though, it’s harder to create the necessary mess.

A collection of anti-patterns seen in big IT companies regarding hiring practices

Empowerment or exploitation?

China warned United Nations delegates not to attend a panel event on human rights violations in Xinjiang last month, where Beijing faced criticism for detaining a reported million ethnic minority people in extrajudicial “reeducation” centres. Update: Diplomats…

A company culture built on metrics of success promotes short-termism, loses staff, and contributes to economic stagnation