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In order to be a successful programmer, one needs to understand how to manipulate bits, including individual bits within a register. Programming with integers can be done using 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit integers. Go has several important binary operators that are used to manipulate bits, including bitwise AND, OR, XOR and AND NOT, as […]
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A 96-page report, Security Analysis of Georgia’s ImageCast X Ballot Marking Devices, authored by J. Alex Halderman and Professor Drew Springall, has been released by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, demonstrating numerous security problems affecting Dominion voting equipment used in Georgia and other states. The report, part of a voting-rights […]
The Cloud Appreciation Society is an online community for people who love the sky, including artists, scientists, cloudspotters, and dreamers. The website offers a range of features, including a Cloud-a-Day app, a Memory Cloud Atlas created by cloudspotters around the world, downloadable lesson plans for teachers, and a book called A Cloud A Day. Members […]
Regular napping can significantly benefit the brain, according to a new study from University College London. Results showed that people who nap regularly have 15 cubic centimetres larger brains on average – the equivalent of staving off brain aging by three to six years. However, the research found that naps should be kept to under […]
LCD technology has reached its pinnacle and all new research and development into displays is focused on self-emissive displays such as OLED and MicroLED, as well as on backlight technology like Mini-LED. While demand for lower-cost LED-LCD TV and monitors will continue for a while, future improvements will likely focus on OLED development. Bob Raikes […]
Cryptopals is a series of exercises designed to teach people about real-world cryptography by presenting problems to solve. The challenges are derived from weaknesses found in modern cryptographic constructions and systems. Participants are given enough information to learn the underlying crypto concepts themselves, making it unnecessary to know any crypto or math before starting. These […]
PostgreSQL developers are contemplating an architectural overhaul to replace its process-oriented model with a multi-threaded one. Although there is optimism about such a change, especially given the limitations of the process model, some software developers are not convinced, voicing concerns over the cost in code, new bugs and maintenance. There are also suggestions that the […]
The author advises people to directly leverage their leaders when facing immense odds in accomplishing important goals. The mandate of such a job is not to do the best but to get it done, and if asking for help is the way to achieve it, then people should do so. Many of us have the […]
Miraheze, a free wiki hosting service, has announced that it will not be shutting down after all. The community has developed a rescue plan to create a new non-profit corporation, which will assume the assets of Miraheze Limited and continue its services in the future, hopefully with some improvements. The current Miraheze board has made […]
Check out this HDR QR code! If you’re on an Apple device with a built-in display, give it a scan. Just make sure your platform, browser, and display all support HDR content and that your low-power mode is turned off. The code works by displaying a color that’s outside of the standard range of sRGB, […]