Ion: Modern System Shell in Rust
Ion is a modern system shell that features a simple, yet powerful, syntax. It is written entirely in Rust, which greatly increases the overall quality and security of the shell. It also offers a level of performance that exceeds that of Dash, when taking advantage of Ion’s features. While it is developed alongside, and primarily […]
Run ancient Unix on modern hardware
The contents of this repository allow older versions of UNIX (ancient UNIX) to run easily on modern Unix-like systems (Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, among others). At this time, you can run the following versions of UNIX: License, Credits and Copyright First of all, credits and acknowledgment for material available in this repository that is not my […]
Compiling Ruby to Machine Language
I’ve started working on a new edition of Ruby Under a Microscope that covers Ruby 3.x. I’m working on this in my spare time, so it will take a while. Leave a comment or drop me a line and I’ll email you when it’s finished. Here’s an excerpt from the completely new content for Chapter […]
Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses
Microsoft said today that the Aisuru botnet hit its Azure network with a 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, launched from over 500,000 IP addresses. The attack used extremely high-rate UDP floods that targeted a specific public IP address in Australia, reaching nearly 3.64 billion packets per second (bpps). “The attack originated from Aisuru […]
A new book recovers the origins of Effective Altruism
In 1971, the philosophy department at Oxford University was confronted with an unusual student. One of the few vegetarians on campus, Peter Singer staged alarming demonstrations with papier-mâché chickens on Cornmarket Street. He petitioned to write his term paper on Karl Marx (“not a real philosopher” in the faculty’s minds). He attended Radical Philosophy meetings, […]
The Baumol Effect and Jevons paradox are related
If you live in the United States today, and you accidentally knock a hole in your wall, it’s probably cheaper to buy a flatscreen TV and stick it in front of the hole, compared to hiring a handyman to fix your drywall. (Source: Marc Andreessen.) This seems insane; why? Well, weird things happen to economies […]
WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari
A Safari content blocker for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS utilizing declarative content blocking rules.Supports 750,000 rules across 5 extensions with Protocol Buffer storage and LZ4 compression. Note Looking for a detailed comparison? Check out my comparison guide to see how wBlock stacks up against other Safari content blockers. Performance Architecture 750,000 rule capacity utilizing 5 […]
Google is killing the open web, part 2
I wrote a few months ago about the proxy war by Google against the open web by means of XSLT. Unsurprisingly, Google has been moving forward on the deprecation, still without providing a solid justification on the reasons why other than “we’ve been leeching off a FLOSS library for which we’ve finally found enough security […]
WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model
Weather predictions need to capture the full range of possibilities — including worst case scenarios, which are the most important to plan for. WeatherNext 2 can predict hundreds of possible weather outcomes from a single starting point. Each prediction takes less than a minute on a single TPU; it would take hours on a supercomputer […]
Show HN: ESPectre – Motion detection based on Wi-Fi spectre analysis
Motion detection system based on Wi-Fi spectre analysis (CSI), with Home Assistant integration. 📰 Featured Article: Read the complete story behind ESPectre on Medium 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇬🇧 English ⚠️ Disclaimer: This is an experimental project for educational and research purposes. The author assumes no responsibility for misuse or damage resulting from the use of this […]