A number of instrumental issues should be commented upon. The glass cover used during the scanning process can produce many small, false stars. Adding the independently scanned SuperCosmos digitization, we can identify the artifacts in the image (see Supp. Info. … Read more
arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. … Read more
Today, all of the Vulkan drivers in Mesa are written in C. Some use C++ for their back-end shader compiler or other components, but all of the Vulkan API entrypoints are implemented in straight C. While C has historically been … Read more
I spent a bit of time yesterday taking my first steps into the world of Mastodon. Unlike Twitter, Mastodon is a federated system. So for most people, the first step in using Mastodon is to choose which server to use. … Read more
As a learning exercise I set out to implement a simple lock-free algorithm in Rust. It was inspired by a problem posed at job interviews at a company where a friend works. The problem is simple enough that it can … Read more
Welcome to Exploring FPGA Graphics. In this series, we learn about graphics at the hardware level and get a feel for the power of FPGAs. We’ll learn how screens work, play Pong, create starfields and sprites, paint Michelangelo’s David, draw … Read more
That’s not to say the work is finished. “It’s much less real than the real world, even the best simulator,” said Daniel Yamins, a computer scientist at Stanford University. With colleagues at MIT and IBM, Yamins co-developed ThreeDWorld, which puts … Read more
Exploring Google Hangouts’ Code ← Back to varun.ch Google Hangouts is shutting down soon. Here’s what they’ll tell you if you try visiting hangouts.google.com: Hangouts is being replaced by Google Chat Your conversations from the last year are already in … Read more
The X Window System or X11 comes from 1984 and is still widely used (despite we have some other options like Wayland). This protocol and set of libraries and interfaces gives us GUI (graphical user interface), manages our displays, windows, … Read more
A few months ago System76 announced that they would be developing a new desktop environment based on the Rust programming language called COSMIC. Their idea is to create a desktop environment that is similar to the one that is currently … Read more