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In this web content, the author reflects on their childhood experience with an Atari 800XL and how it sparked their interest in programming. They express their dream of having artificial general intelligence on their Atari and how it became a reality in 2023 when they obtained a TRS-80 Model III computer and discovered ChatGPT. The […]
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Computer science pioneer Edsger Dijkstra’s algorithms are widely used due to their efficiency, but they can fail to provide accurate answers when requirements change. Negative weights in a network can confound Dijkstra’s shortest-path algorithm, which does not consider the potential benefit of high weights combined with negative weights. In a recent breakthrough, researchers developed a […]
Solbourne Computer was a significant competitor to Sun in the early days of SPARC-based systems. They were the first to release multiprocessing SPARC servers in 1989 and even developed their own SPARC CPU, the MN10501 “KAP” Kick-Ass Processor. Solbourne’s hardware development and executive management in the 1990s can be seen in rare VHS tapes of […]
Summary: Slack has migrated its critical user-facing services from a monolithic to a cell-based architecture to increase redundancy and limit the impact of site failures. During a recent outage caused by a network disruption in one availability zone, the company realized the complexity of detecting failures in distributed systems. To mitigate such failures, Slack developed […]
The jambiya and khanjar daggers are culturally significant in the Middle East, with their design remaining largely unchanged over the years. While they are popular and studied in the Middle East, they are less known in the West. These daggers were historically used as self-defense weapons and status symbols, with the design and quality of […]
Gojekyll is a project created by Oliver Steele and currently maintained by Daniil Gentili. It is a partially-compatible clone of the Jekyll static site generator written in Go programming language. Gojekyll offers build and serve commands with directory watch and live reload functionalities. It is stable and fast, providing around 20 times the speed of […]
The act of seeking pity on social media has become a lucrative route to engagement and attention. Many people now share sob stories, particularly about professional failure, in an apparent bid to gain support and promotion from strangers. This trend has been evident in recent months, with examples including a writer sharing a photo of […]
After reflecting on my experience leading math circles for a group of 7- turning 8-year-old boys and girls, I found that there was often a disconnect between what I thought would interest them and what actually captured their attention. Some topics that I believed would catch their interest, such as game SET and geometry snacks, […]
Linux can now be run on a Commodore C64, although there are a few limitations. The C64 runs the operating system extremely slowly and requires a RAM Expansion Unit (REU) due to its limited memory capacity. Virtual memory is emulated with an MMU. The author requests a timelapse video of an original C64 unit booting […]
Flannery Associates, a group backed by Silicon Valley investors, has purchased 55,000 acres of land in northern California for $800m. Led by former Goldman Sachs trader Jan Sramek, the group’s aim is to build a sustainable new town that operates using clean energy and offers reliable public transportation. The project has garnered support from prominent […]