If you haven’t read the previous parts of this series yet, here are the links: [ Part 1 | Part 2 ].
A Refresher In the first part of this series I said that RAM access is the slow component of a modern in-memory database engine and for performance you’d want…

From the creators of rebar3_format, here comes… rebar3_hank, a powerful but simple tool to detect dead code around your Erlang codebase (and kill it with fire!)

If you’re thinking it’s weird to treat a friendship like a backlog grooming meeting, then maybe you’re right. But it works.

You just keep on trying till you run out of cake

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary. Click to read Astral Codex Ten, by Scott Alexander, a Substack publication.

Parler, the beleaguered social network advertised as a "free speech" alternative to Facebook and Twitter, has had a tough month. Apple and Google removed the Parler app from its stores, and Amazon blocked the platform from using its hosting services.…

SecureDrop is an open-source whistleblower submission system that media organizations can install to securely accept documents from anonymous sources. It was originally coded by the late Aaron Swartz and is now managed by Freedom of the Press Foundation.

This chart shows the percentage change in homicides in selected U.S. cities between 2019 and 2020.

Japan's government to join forces with industry to supercharge development

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Introduction This will be a short example-based guide to (a) awk (b) gnuplot and (c) using them in a noscript.
I needed to graph some data based on the output of a command run a couple times. So what…

The tech giant says it will remove its main search function from Australia if it passes a new law.

It takes courage to expose the corruption of Vladimir Putin’s regime

A free collection of Tailwind components built with Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js ready to copy paste on your next project.

Instacart is shutting down some of its in-store operations in favor of curbside pickups amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Loon’s time as an Other Bet is coming to an end

Early count numbers from Xerces’ Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count suggest that the western migratory population is headed for an all-time low. If early data reflects monitoring at the rest of the sites, we may see fewer than 10,000 monarchs overwintering…

A Full Live-Scripted CAD Kernel in the Browser. Contribute to zalo/CascadeStudio development by creating an account on GitHub.