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When I moved to US to join Facebook a decade back, I had no idea whether the offer I was given was good or bad. I actually didn’t even…

Scientists are still uncovering all the players that help keep proteins folded inside cells—and all the ways the process can go wrong

This is a survey regarding the usage of the Common Lisp language and it's ecosystem. Common Lisp was created in the early 1980's, however it's usage and tools continue to evolve. This survey aims to get a sense of community usage and direction in 2020.

This video was recorded at Code Mesh V 2020 - https://codesync.global/conferences/code-mesh-ldn/A Computer Culture for Children | Cynthia SolomonABSTRACTIn 1...

Our benchmark results surprised even us - but even after testing with several configurations, we found Amazon Timestream slow, expensive, and missing key database capabilities like backups, restores, updates, and deletes.

Micro Magic unveiled an up to 64-bit RISC-V core showing a groundbreaking 110,000 CoreMarks/Watt, with a 3GHz chip consuming less than 70mW. The company claims 10 times better CoreMarks/Watt compared to other processors in the 3-5GHz range.

Considering the…

This graph of Replit's user base is very impressive, not just for its perfect exponential shape, but for the numbers. 5 million users is a lot when those users are programmers. Imagine how many users Replit's users will have.

My Phone Was Spying on Me, so I Tracked Down the Surveillants THREAD on the location data industry and how European personal data ended up at a U.S. government contractor.

Better tooling, export maps and improvements to slots and context

The M1 is up *here*, running fast and cool, and all the competing chips from Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Samsung, and whoever else are down *there*, running hot or running slow, looking around for their recently stolen pants.

In which I recommend bcrypt.

Intel badly needs its next-gen Rocket Lake processors to arrive on time, early in 2021, to stop the rot.

California will impose regional stay-at-home orders when I.C.U.’s near capacity. Biden says he will ask Americans to wear masks.

Stripe Financial Accounts for platforms lets customers store funds, move money and use payment cards issued by your platform – all within your ecosystem.

Stripe’s announcement of Treasury — banking-as-a-service — manifests the breadth of the company’s ambition.