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The C standard library function atexit is broken
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Nat!'s Journal
Challenges of shared library environments, Part 2
This is a small article series concerned with static initialization and destruction. This time we take a look at the atexit call. This is a C standard library function, that registers callbacks with the exit handler: atexit(3): The atexit() function registers…
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How to Do Distributed Locking (2016)
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Estimate the size of your English vocabulary with this online experiment
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Continuous Partial Attention
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V Programming Language Is Released
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vlang.io
The V Programming Language
Simple, fast, safe, compiled programming language
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Canada becomes first G20 country to ban trade in shark fins
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The Japan Times
Canada becomes first G20 country to ban trade in shark fins
Canada passed a new law banning the import and export of shark fins, which also includes a requirement to rebuild depleted fish populations. The new Fisher
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Where Has the Magic Gone?
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Arnav's Weblog
Where has the magic gone?
A big change that I've realised during undergrad is that engineering doesn't feel 'magical' anymore.
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Deutsche Bank Faces Criminal Investigation for Potential Money-Laundering Lapses
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NY Times
Deutsche Bank Faces Criminal Investigation for Potential Money-Laundering Lapses (Published 2019)
Federal authorities are focused on whether the bank complied with anti-money-laundering laws, including in its review of transactions linked to Jared Kushner.
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Ask HN: What are the signs that you have a great manager?
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A live map of marine traffic
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MarineTraffic.com
MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic
MarineTraffic Live Ships Map. Discover information and vessel positions for vessels around the world. Search the MarineTraffic ships database of more than 550000 active and decommissioned vessels. Search for popular ships globally. Find locations of ports…
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Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hackers $600k
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NY Times
Hit by Ransomware Attack, Florida City Agrees to Pay Hackers $600,000 (Published 2019)
Riviera Beach, Fla., authorized its insurer to pay a Bitcoin ransom to hackers who have paralyzed the city’s computer systems for three weeks.
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Bone music: the Soviet bootleg records pressed on x-rays (2015)
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the Guardian
Bone music: the Soviet bootleg records pressed on x-rays
In 50s Soviet Union, western records such as Rock Around the Clock and Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy were banned. But intrepid music lovers found a way to defy the authorities by making bootleg pressings on discarded x-rays. Pete Paphides reports
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Smoltcp: A small TCP/IP stack in Rust
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GitHub
GitHub - smoltcp-rs/smoltcp: a smol tcp/ip stack
a smol tcp/ip stack. Contribute to smoltcp-rs/smoltcp development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Sarah Stewart Revealed the Missing Link Between Viruses and Cancer
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Smithsonian Magazine
The Woman Who Revealed the Missing Link Between Viruses and Cancer
Today, vaccinating against cervical cancer is routine. But before Sarah Stewart, scientists dismissed the idea of a cancer-preventing vaccine as ludicrous
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 ($199) Beats Intel's Core i7-9700K ($374) in Cinebench
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TechQuila
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 ($199) Beats Intel's Core i7-9700K ($374) in Cinebench
These results once again highlight why AMD is chipping away at Intel's market share both in the consumer as well as the server market.
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Migrating 300k LOC from Flow to TypeScript
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Medium
Now or Never: Migrating 300k LOC from Flow to TypeScript at Quizlet
At Quizlet, we are constantly working on improving our developer experience. After two mostly happy years with Flow, we recently decided…
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One Day of Work a Week Is Most ‘Effective’ Dose for Mental Health
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Texas Is Latest State to Attack Surprise Medical Bills
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Young adults have less to spend on non-essentials, study says
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the Guardian
Young adults have less to spend on non-essentials, study says
Britons between 18 and 29 have less left over after housing costs than older generations had at same age
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More Bad Buzz for Bees: Record Number of Honeybee Colonies Died Last Winter
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Sony launches a taxi-hailing app to rival Uber in Tokyo
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TechCrunch
Sony launches a taxi-hailing app to rival Uber in Tokyo
Sony last year announced it would enter Japan’s taxi-hailing space and, good to its word, the electronics giant has kicked off its S.Ride service in Tokyo.
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