Copy elision is a C++ compiler optimization that, as its name suggests, eliminates extra copy and move operations. It is similar to the classical copy propagation optimization, but specifically performed on C++ objects that may have non-trivial copy and move…

The Terramaster NAS decided to expose itself to the public internet without asking. Let's see what we can do about it.

In a few years electric vehicles may cost the same as their combustion-engine counterparts

Hosting: In the village of Wormer, there is a data centre run by two men from The Hague. For years they have been under investigation by the authorities in connection with cybercrime, malware and child pornography on their network. But that has not deterred…

A new crop of internet browsers from Brave, DuckDuckGo and others offer stronger privacy protections than what you might be used to.

Ensemble averages and time averages

All the missing SQLite functions. Contribute to nalgeon/sqlean development by creating an account on GitHub.

Const generics let us combine the speed of Arrays with the flexibility of Vecs.

PITTSBURGH—When travelers go online to find out whether it is legal to fly with cash, the government tells them that there are no restrictions on […]

Example-based tests hinge on a single scenario. Property-based tests get to the root of software behavior across multiple parameters.

Note: I link to a bunch of paywalled studies in this essay. Please do not use sci-hub to access them for free and do not use this trick (a) to easily redirect papers to sci-hub.

For the clearest example of deliberate data manipulation, see how Walker edits…

We got banned on @Twitch for unknown reasons - trying to get help and figure out what to do. Maybe someone @TwitchDE or @Twitch can help us? #twitchbannedrevision

Trump-era tax cuts and CARES Act both helped large corporations achieve negative effective tax rates.

20 years without operator overloading in Java.

Since time immemorial humans have complained that life is becoming more complex, but it is only now that we have a hope to analyze formally and verify this lament.

Unless immediate “transformative action” is taken to drastically reduce global warming, Australia is set for the destruction of its reef and more storms and floods, the Australian Academy of Science says.