Why ‘The Global Market’ Is an Irresponsible Phrase
“We are preparing to enter the Asia market.” “We are targeting the global market.” When we hear these phrases, we tend to interpret them in a very specific way: No meaningful decisions have been made yet. This is not criticism. It is an observation—one repeatedly confirmed in the field. Phrases like “the Asian market,” “the […]
Self-referencing Page Tables for the x86-Architecture
Almost fourteen months ago, I started working on my bachelor thesis. Although I finished it half a year ago, it’s still part of my work as a student research assistant. During my initial work, most of the code was written for an internal research kernel. I’m now happy that we were able to port it […]
Ruby 4.0.0 Released
Posted by naruse on 25 Dec 2025 We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 4.0.0. Ruby 4.0 introduces “Ruby Box” and “ZJIT”, and adds many improvements. Ruby Box Ruby Box is a new (experimental) feature to provide separation about definitions. Ruby Box is enabled when an environment variable RUBY_BOX=1 is specified. The class […]
Python Applied Mathematics Labs
The labs on this website are designed to accompany the Foundations of Applied Mathematics textbook series. They provide hands-on experience with key mathematical and computational concepts, connecting theory to practical, real-world applications. Note for public users: If you are not an enrolled ACME student, please see the Public Use page for information on setup, access, […]
Microsoft denies rewriting Windows 11 in Rust using AI
Microsoft told Windows Latest that the company does not plan to rewrite Windows 11 using AI in Rust, which is a programming language that is more secure than C and C++. But the clarification is not coming out of nowhere, as a top-level Microsoft engineer made bold claims of using AI to replace C and […]
Who Watches the Waymos? I do [video]
Microsoft please get your tab to autocomplete shit together
November 26, 2025 • Programming What do you think is gonna happen after I press tab when looking at this screenshot? That’s right, its gonna do nothing and suggest something else that it wasn’t any of the 2 initial suggestions Whoever team or person is on charge of the behavior of vscode autocomplete behavior at […]
Asterisk AI Voice Agent
📖 Table of Contents 🚀 Quick Start Get the Admin UI running in 2 minutes. For a complete first successful call walkthrough (dialplan + transport selection + verification), see: 1. Run Pre-flight Check (Required) # Clone repository git clone https://github.com/hkjarral/Asterisk-AI-Voice-Agent.git cd Asterisk-AI-Voice-Agent # Run preflight with auto-fix (creates .env, generates JWT_SECRET) sudo ./preflight.sh –apply-fixes Important: […]
Tell HN: Merry Christmas
Different cultures celebrate Christmas at different days and time zones are a thing. But it’s Christmas here, so: Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you get some rest and can spend time with people who are dear to you and get to focus on what’s important rather than getting lost in stressing about everything having […]
Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig
Phoenix is a new X server, written from scratch in Zig (not a fork of Xorg server). This X server is designed to be a modern alternative to the Xorg server. Current state Phoenix is not ready to be used yet. At the moment it can render simple applications that do GLX, EGL or Vulkan […]