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The Disruptor is a concurrency framework developed by LMAX to achieve low-latency and high-throughput in their Java platform. The framework was created to address the issue of cache misses and costly locks in the system. It is a general-purpose solution for concurrent programming and works differently from traditional approaches. LMAX provides a User Guide, blogs, […]
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According to Goldman Sachs Research, prices for battery metals used in electric vehicles (EVs) are cooling, which could make EVs more competitive with traditional cars. They estimate that battery prices will fall to $99 per kilowatt hour of storage capacity by 2025, a 40% decrease from the previous forecast. This decline is expected to come […]
In this web content, the author expresses gratitude for the positive response to their previous post and proceeds to provide more details about their project of hacking the Magic Mouse to create the world’s first ergonomic Magic Mouse with the ability to charge it via USB-C while working. They explain that their idea was inspired […]
Congress has proposed bills to regulate the internet in the name of protecting children, but simply relying on parental controls is not a viable solution. The current parental controls offered by various platforms are incomplete, buggy, complicated, and invade privacy. This article highlights the shortcomings of Windows 11 Microsoft’s Family Safety tool, MacOS/iOS parental controls, […]
OpenAI, Inc. has announced that Sam Altman will be stepping down as CEO and leaving the board of directors, with Mira Murati, the company’s CTO, taking over as interim CEO. Murati, who has been a part of OpenAI for five years, is well-versed in the company’s values, operations, and business, and already leads its research, […]
Google News, known for its web links, also hosts magazines. However, Google has announced that it will be shutting down its magazine content, which was previously available for purchase. In 2012, Google started selling magazines through “Google Play Magazines,” offering individual issues and yearly subscriptions. Over the years, the service evolved, merging with Google Currents […]
Made in China 2025 is a strategic plan and industrial policy initiated by the Chinese Communist Party to enhance China’s manufacturing sector. It aims to transform China from being the “world’s factory” to a technology-intensive powerhouse. The plan includes increasing the domestic content of core materials, promoting high-tech production, and focusing on industries such as […]
The Fibonacci sequence, defined as starting with 1 and 1 and each subsequent number being the sum of the previous two, has far-reaching significance in the natural world. It appears in nautilus shells, the bones in our fingers, and the arrangement of leaves on tree branches. Other sequences, like the Somos sequences and the Göbel […]
In this blog post, the author dives into the details of CPython’s Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) and examines how it has evolved from Python 3.9 to Python 3.13. The GIL is a single global lock that protects CPython’s internal data structures from concurrent access. While the GIL simplifies implementation and ensures correctness, it also limits […]
Canonical has unveiled its latest software offering, MicroCloud, which aims to simplify the deployment of private clouds on Ubuntu Linux. This software leverages open-source solutions such as LXD, Ceph, and OVN to create a fully functional cloud in minutes. Users can easily install MicroCloud and its components through a simple Snap command. Canonical emphasizes the […]