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Microsoft will end support for Office apps on Windows 10 on October 14th, requiring users to upgrade to Windows 11. The company is pushing for a “Windows 11 PC refresh” in 2025, stating that refreshing an old PC is more important than buying a new TV or phone. Windows 11 adoption is slow due to […]
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ESA’s Gaia has completed its sky-scanning mission, observing over two billion stars and objects in the Milky Way, with data on asteroids, exoplanets, binary stars, and other galaxies. Gaia uses cold gas to maintain precision, consuming 55 kg over 15,300 spins. The data is processed by ESA and the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis consortium […]
Anne, a French woman, recently revealed how she fell victim to scammers who impersonated actor Brad Pitt, losing nearly €830,000 in the process. Despite facing ridicule from hundreds of social media users, Anne spoke up to shed light on her experience. The scammers manipulated her by claiming Pitt needed her help, leading Anne to believe […]
F.A. Hayek challenges government control of money, suggesting a sly, indirect approach to introducing an alternative system. The idea of removing money from government hands may be controversial to some, but Hayek emphasizes the need for change in order to create a better monetary system. This quote from 1984 highlights Hayek’s belief in finding creative […]
Django developers can navigate the complexities of modern JavaScript with this guide, which aims to make integrating front-end technologies like React, Vue, and more into Django projects frustration-free. The guide, born from 10+ years of experience, covers everything from setting up a JavaScript build pipeline in a Django project to building hybrid React apps. For […]
This web content explains the concept of “range” of a force, distinguishing between long-range forces like gravity and short-range forces like the weak nuclear force. It debunks the popular but misleading theory that the weak nuclear force is weak because of the mass of the particles that mediate it, highlighting the role of field stiffness […]
Building ScopeDB from scratch in Rust with a team of three developers was made easier by the language’s open-source community. The database, designed for petabytes of data in the cloud, was implemented with about 50,000 lines of Rust code and leveraged various open-source projects for object storage, metadata management, and data type support. The developers […]
Ropey is a high-performance utf8 text rope designed for Rust, specifically for text editors. It boasts fast and robust handling of large texts and memory-incoherent edits. Ropey excels at handling frequent edits on medium-to-large texts, ensuring correct Unicode handling and performance consistency. Features include strong Unicode support, line awareness, efficient rope slices, flexible APIs, and […]
The author discusses hosting options in 2025, noting the abundance of free hosting services like GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, and Netlify, with Cloudflare’s Free tier standing out. The focus is on bandwidth limits across platforms, with Cloudflare Pages offering unlimited bandwidth for small static sites. Strategic and practical reasons for this decision are discussed, along […]
Author Summary: In an unexpected turn of events, I decided to rewrite my website using plain HTML and CSS instead of SvelteKit. The decision stemmed from my frustration with the Javascript bundler and building ecosystem. I found the process challenging at times, but ultimately rewarding. By using Pandoc and Python, I was able to convert […]