TL;DR summary of stories on the internet
Darktable, an industry software for amateur photographers, is facing challenges due to the lack of method and structure in its development process. The software, which requires a deep understanding of colorimetry and psychophysics, fails to adhere to established interaction paradigms and has been degrading basic features. The module organization and order have been poorly implemented, […]
Read more »
The author has stumbled upon a bash book that they believe to be the ultimate guide for all things Linux. They believe that simply stating “I learned a lot” does not adequately explain the book’s value, so they have compiled a list of questions to help potential readers decide if it’s right for them. The […]
Amidst a long-running investigation involving various US regulatory bodies, Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) have pleaded guilty to operating the world’s largest criminal conspiracy to launder money, resulting in over $4 billion in fines. The crypto exchange, which is currently the largest in the world, has been accused of running a global money […]
In this edition of Age of Invention, the author discusses the fascinating story of Robert Bakewell, a man famous for his achievements in cattle breeding during the British Industrial Revolution. Bakewell possessed what the author refers to as the “improving mentality,” a mindset focused on optimizing and perfecting everything around him. Bakewell selectively bred cows […]
Shh is a library that allows for shell-like programming in Haskell. It can be used in scripts and from GHCi, making it possible to use GHCi as a shell. The primary purpose of Shh is to replace shell scripts, and it provides many functions to mimic the shell environment. Porting shell scripts to Shh should […]
Are you feeling burnt out as a developer? Spending more time in meetings and arguing over deadlines than working with code? The author suggests coding for fun again as a way to cure burnout. Creating your own world with code, such as building video games, can be a fun and engaging activity. The author recommends […]
PacketMill is a system that optimizes software packet processing by managing packet metadata efficiently and using code-optimization techniques. It improves throughput and reduces latency, enabling high-speed packet processing even when new packets arrive much faster than main memory access times. PacketMill is capable of producing a customized binary for a given network function, grinding the […]
RxInfer.jl is a user-friendly Julia package that automates inference in probabilistic models. It offers clean specifications of probabilistic models and inference constraints, supports streaming datasets, and allows for hybrid models with both discrete and continuous latent variables. The package is scalable, making it suitable for large models with millions of parameters and observations. It can […]
Reproducible research and open science practices are essential for accelerating scientific progress and producing trustworthy results. However, these practices are not yet common in many fields, so there is a need for training that promotes their integration into daily work. This article outlines eleven strategies for making training in reproducible research and open science the […]
This repository is a work-in-progress decompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for the GameCube (USA version). The project includes various folders such as “asm” for unmatched functions, “defs” for Python modules used by dol2asm, “docs” for project notes and documentation, “include” for header files, “libs” for source code of libraries based on the […]