Kirkland Roundabouts Navigate Kirkland’s roundabouts Play Now How to Play ← → Change lanes or turn ↓ Space Brake This game is designed to run on computers with a keyboard and at least a laptop-sized screen. There are on-screen controls … Read more
[Live site] A pipeline that builds a website that maps and documents all the references found in the classic Usenix Unix Magic poster. The goal is to create a structured way to explore, annotate, and understand the various elements of … Read more
Blank after #! required? There is a rumor, that a very few and very special, earlier Unix versions (particularly 4.2BSD derivatives) require you to separate the “#!” from the following path with a blank. You may also read, that (allegedly) … Read more
Abstract:Recent advances in synthetic methods enable designing subunits that self-assemble into structures with precise, finite sizes and well-defined architectures, but yields are frequently suppressed by the formation of off-target metastable structures. Increasing the complexity (the number of distinct subunit types) … Read more
Get things from one computer to another, safely. things: are files, but can also be TCP or other network streams; one computer to another: is usually via a P2P connection, but can use a TURN-like relay depending on network conditions; … Read more
The Magic of Code is all about the wonders and weirdness of computation, viewing computing as a humanistic liberal art that touches on everything from language and philosophy to biology and how we think. Download a sample of the book … Read more
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This is the lead story of the new issue of Works in Progress, Issue 19. Read the full issue, including stories on how to redraw cities and the secret history of inflation targeting, on our website. In the nineteenth century, … Read more
Terrence Malick is the quietest of American movie directors. He gives no interviews; he avoids talkshows and festival appearances; he doesn’t feed us stories of what he was doing and why. For decades, he has done his best to avoid … Read more
The term “Magic Links” once meant a futuristic PDA. Nowdays, companies like Auth0 use it to refer to the slightly-magical feat of including a login link in an email. Last week, the great website you should subscribe to if you … Read more