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Summary: LWN subscribers gain immediate access to site content and features. At the 2024 Linux Summit, Almeida and Overstreet led a session on using Rust for Linux filesystems, sparking disagreement. Rust’s benefits include catching errors at compile time and automated clean-up tasks. Overstreet believes Rust will simplify kernel development, provably correct code, and reduced bugs. […]
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In a groundbreaking paper, a team of astrophysicists has introduced a new space gravitational wave observatory design called LAGRANGE. This innovative design promises to maintain the important LISA science while reducing costs and technical risks. The observatory consists of three drag-free spacecraft positioned at the Earth-Moon L3, L4, and L5 Lagrange points, ensuring continuous contact […]
The StorageReview Lab Team has set a world record by calculating pi to an incredible 202,112,290,000,000 digits, showcasing the impressive capabilities of modern high-performance computing. Leveraging Intel Xeon CPUs and Solidigm NVMe SSDs, the team ran an intensive calculation for 85 days, consuming 1.5 Petabytes of space. This groundbreaking project highlights significant advancements in computational […]
The White-throated Sparrow, a seemingly ordinary backyard bird, actually has four unique personalities based on its color morphs. Black and white striped birds are more aggressive, while tan-striped birds are more nurturing. Mated pairs almost always consist of one bird of each color morph. These differences are based on variations in behavior, defense of territory, […]
The first Soviet calculators had their own operational language, with unique features like Svetlana’s C3-07 combination functions and eight-element display. The transition from fixed to floating point calculators led to more advanced models like B3-18, offering trigonometry and algebra functions. The B3-21 became the first Soviet programmable calculator, with 60 programming steps and the ability […]
strlcpy(3) is often considered a safer option than strcpy(3) and/or strncpy(3) in the OpenBSD function world. Despite potential safety issues if the source isn’t null-terminated, the real problem lies in its inefficiency. Ulrich Drepper rejected adding strlcpy to glibc citing its inefficiency as a core reason. The issue stems from copying a “c-string” or a […]
A rare spade-toothed whale washed ashore on a New Zealand beach, potentially providing scientists with valuable information about this enigmatic species. With no live sightings ever recorded, researchers are eager to learn more about the creature’s habitat, diet, and behavior. If confirmed, this discovery could lead to groundbreaking scientific discoveries and shed light on the […]
Caltech’s astrophysicists have created the first simulation depicting the journey of primordial gas turning into a disk that feeds a supermassive black hole, challenging previous beliefs and shedding light on unknown aspects. The simulation, combining the FIRE and STARFORGE collaborations, shows that magnetic fields play a crucial role in shaping the fluffy disks of material […]
The author explores the shift in modern machine learning towards handling non-Euclidean data, contrasting with the traditional focus on Euclidean geometry. Complex data structures like space-time curvature, brain neuron interactions, and physical system symmetries require a broader mathematical approach, similar to the 19th-century non-Euclidean geometry breakthroughs. The review offers a comprehensive overview of this evolving […]
In the early 1900s, a widow named Elizabeth Peck had her portrait taken and unknowingly became the face of Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey, which falsely claimed medicinal benefits. The rise of the Kodak camera allowed for mass exposure and the exploitation of individuals in photography, leading to a crisis of privacy. Advertisers used people’s portraits […]