Fast and exact implementation of the C++ from_chars functions for number types: 4x to 10x faster than strtod, part of GCC 12, MySQL, Chromium, Redis and WebKit/Safari - fastfloat/fast_float

Welcome to Exploring FPGA Graphics. In this series, we learn about graphics at the hardware level and get a feel for the power of FPGAs. We’ll learn how screens work, play Pong, create starfields and sprites, paint Michelangelo’s David, draw lines and triangles…

Khing Hnin Wai, an aerobics instructor, unknowingly captured what appeared to be Myanmar coup in her routine workout video. Watch:

Landmark review calls for fundamental change in our approach to economics to stem nature loss.

Nature - The coronavirus behind the pandemic can linger on doorknobs and other surfaces, but these aren’t a major source of infection.

I’m a weirdo – I fully admit that. As part of my home working set up, I use a vertical monitor. I read and write a lot of long documents – and this form factor suits me perfectly.…

How libraries decide which books to keep—and which don’t stand the test of time

Surprising sound let down by serious comfort problems

The Naval Air Warfare Center has finally given a statement to The War Zone about the patents and experiments of Dr. Salvatore Pais.

This interim analysis of the phase 3 trial of Gam-COVID-Vac showed 91·6% efficacy
against COVID-19 and was well tolerated in a large cohort.

Physicists have new ideas about why the energy of empty space is so much weaker than it is predicted to be

On the main drag of sunny Santa Barbara, California, four blocks from the Pacific Ocean, sits the three-story headquarters of Invoca, an artificial-intelligence software company. Like many offices, the building has been empty since March, when Invoca sent…

  41             Tweet               41SharesThe entire video record of the conference — estimated at around 24 hours of material — was mysteriously disappeared from YouTube say conference organizers.  An academic critical media literacy conference warning…

I had wrote this before the Unleashed was revealed, so some of the bits on economics have changed. As of writing this, I still stand by my other beliefs. One of the most hyped things in hardware design is RISC-V,… Continue reading →

Penpot is the open-source free design software that connects designers and developers with no handoff drama. Prototyping, UI design and code - all in one app.

Journalism cannot afford to be divorced from business realities; that applies to Australia, the New York Times, and even Andreessen Horowitz.

Is the stunning performance and efficiency of the new Apple Silicon Macs enough to make everything better again for the Mac? Hmmm.