I read about Huffman’s Pyramid from the consistently excellent blog Futility Closet. Huffman’s Pyramid is a drawing of a figure that cannot exist. However, the impossibility of this figure is hardly obvious. Here is the reason: if the slanting lines were … Read more
20·10·2021 Fibers have long been a neglected corner of the Ruby core API. Introduced in Ruby version 1.9 as a coroutine abstraction, fibers have never really seemed to realize their promise of lightweight concurrency, and remain relatively little explored. In … Read more
We all know and have at least once used the top(1) command to track information about our cpu and processes, but how many of you know what each field means? Today we will guide you through each of these fields. By default, top(1) displays … Read more
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USB-C offers exciting new capabilities, including external monitors connected through the USB port. USB-C converters to DisplayPort or HDMI are common and inexpensive. USB-C hubs with external monitor support are also common, but understanding their capabilities and limitations can be … Read more