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Benjamin Thorpe (1782-1870) was a pioneering scholar in Old English texts, publishing vast editions and translations. Despite obscurity regarding his background, he studied antiquities in Copenhagen, married Mary Anne Otté, and adopted her daughter Elise, though their relationship was strained. Thorpe, humble but prolific, produced numerous translations and editions of Old English works. Though overshadowed […]
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The Y Combinator Codex is a calligraphy piece created by the author in Kraków, Poland during January 2021. The piece measures 420mm x 2400mm and includes white margins on both short sides. Various tools such as plotter paper, calligraphy pens, inks, and watercolor paints were used in its creation. The inspiration behind this piece was […]
LINQPad is the ultimate playground for .NET programmers. This lightweight tool allows you to instantly test C#, F#, and VB snippets or programs, query databases in LINQ or SQL (including SQL/Azure, Oracle, SQLite, Postgres, and MySQL), and script and automate in your favorite .NET language with AI-supported autocompletion and debugging. With LINQPad’s rich output formatting, […]
Formal methods are crucial in good software engineering practice, especially for large-scale, distributed, or critical systems, contrary to common belief. While formal methods may seem costly and challenging, they actually save time and money by reducing rework and minimizing the cost of change. Different software types require different engineering approaches, with formal design being more […]
The Montreal subway ticket uses NFC technology through a small chip that communicates with the turnstile, allowing data exchange between the reader and the ticket over a short distance through magnetic fields. The NFC chip is extremely small and transparent to the user, providing basic data to allow entry to the subway. The chip lacks […]
The author discusses the limitations of tools like sudo and doas that rely on setuid binaries for privilege escalation to run commands as root. A unique alternative explored is s6-sudod, which splits the program into a privileged server and an unprivileged client. The experiment involves using ssh locally to enable authorized users to run commands […]
Nick Desbarats, who has taught data visualization to numerous professionals worldwide, now believes box plots are flawed. He finds them unintuitive, hard to read, and prone to misinterpretation. Despite being a classic chart type, box plots are often unfamiliar to audiences, requiring lengthy explanations to grasp. Desbarats suggests alternative chart types like strip plots and […]
Tonight with the Impressionists at Musée d’Orsay in Paris offers a unique virtual reality experience where visitors walk through a recreated 1874 exhibition by Monet, Renoir, and other Impressionist artists. Despite visually stunning details with no frame rate drops, the experience suffers from the awkwardness of navigating non-existent physical spaces and constant collisions with other […]
Radio astronomy is a cost-effective and enjoyable way to explore the skies. Our mission is to guide you through creating your own radio telescope using simple materials like cardboard, all for under $200. The tutorials will help you build the CHART instrument to study the Milky Way’s spiral structure. No previous knowledge of radio astronomy, […]
In 1984, David Edwin Potter founded Psion, a company with a vision ahead of its time. Their first major success was the Organiser, a handheld microcomputer that used EPROMs for storage. Despite the limitations, the Organiser was power-efficient and innovative, faking a real-time clock and achieving long battery life. Psion continued to release successful models, […]