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TXR Lisp is a unique and innovative dialect that aims to make Lisp programming more concise without sacrificing its core principles. It combines semantic devices and syntactic sugars to achieve this goal, while also serving as a platform for experimentation and advancement within the Lisp paradigm. TXR Lisp supports both functional and imperative programming, with […]
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The jc Python package provides documentation for developers and offers a web demo and REST API for testing. It can be used as an Ansible filter plugin and is also compatible with the regex2json package. The main purpose of jc is to convert the output of various CLI tools, file types, and strings into JSON […]
A Polish train manufactured by Newag broke down during maintenance, and the engineers were stumped as to why it wouldn’t run. Desperate for a solution, the Dragon Sector cybersecurity team was called in to investigate. They discovered unusual conditions written into the software code of the trains that were causing the malfunctions, including GPS coordinates […]
Sol-1 is a homebrew CPU and Minicomputer constructed using 74HC logic. It boasts impressive hardware features, including user and kernel privilege modes, paged virtual memory, multiple ports, a real-time clock, and more. The CPU also includes unique elements such as prioritized external interrupts, a microcoded sequencer with 15 ROMS, and fast indexed string instructions akin […]
Pahom, a peasant, becomes dissatisfied with his life and decides to buy land in a new settlement. He sells his current land and belongings and moves with his family to the new settlement. Pahom initially prospers and saves money, but becomes frustrated with having to rent land from others. He decides to buy his own […]
Buffets in America are an embodiment of excess and variety, where customers can indulge in all-you-can-eat feasts for a single fixed price. However, despite encouraging maximum consumption, buffets operate on thin profit margins. They minimize labor costs through self-service and utilize economies of scale to purchase food in bulk. Waste reduction is also a key […]
Starting today, Tailscale users have the ability to control which IP address is assigned to their nodes from the CGNAT range. Previously, Tailscale allocated a unique IP address to each node, but with the increasing popularity of the service, they are running out of IPs. Rather than adding more private IP address ranges or requiring […]
Ruby on Jets is a tool that makes it easy to build and deploy serverless services using the Ruby language. With Ruby on Jets, you can seamlessly integrate AWS services and create APIs that can be deployed on AWS Lambda. It leverages the power of Ruby to make serverless development enjoyable for everyone. The content […]
In this recent submission, the authors discuss the theory of cellular automata, specifically focusing on the concept of oscillators. An oscillator is a pattern that repeats itself after a fixed number of generations, known as its period. The authors highlight the significance of the omniperiodicity of cellular automata, which refers to the existence of oscillators […]
In this web content, the author, a demographer and fan of Middle Earth, attempts to estimate the population of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional world. The author begins by dividing Middle Earth into regions and assigning population densities based on terrain mixes. They use modern scholarly estimates of Medieval population densities as a reference. The surprising findings […]