Physical media may be on life-support, but rumors of its demise are overstated. Its heyday as a significant slice of film industry revenue may be over, but there’s good reason to believe the movie-disc will live on as a healthy … Read more
The COVID pandemic was a struggle for everyone—some more than others—but a major factor in making it through was the ability to work from home. Many companies were able to continue only because their workforce could work productively remotely. Some … Read more
Sometimes debuggers and profilers are obivously broken, sometimes it’s subtle and hard to spot. From my flame graphs page: CPU flame graph (partly broken) (Click for original SVG.) This is pretty common and usually goes unnoticed as the flame graph … Read more
Active Region 3217 produced an R3 radio blackout (i.e. X1.1 flare) which peaked at 1548 UTC or 10:48am EST. More flares are expected from this region as it moves across the sun creating occasional degradation of high frequency (3-30 MHz) … Read more
I really hope the Morgan LeFlay cameo at 0:14 isn’t just a cameo. She’s a good character, and I’d love to see her again. And the Elaine clip at 1:03! I know you’ve plainly stated there isn’t going to be … Read more
The initial stockpile in February 2022 is unknown, but considering expenditures and the requirement to hold substantial stockpiles back in case of war with NATO, it is unlikely that the Russians are worried. In fact, they seem to have enough … Read more
Explore Pete Malinowski knows oysters like a winemaker knows grapes. The founder of Billion Oyster Project grew up on tiny Fishers Island on Long Island Sound, the son of aquaculturists who fell into oyster farming by accident. After college, Malinowski … Read more
Do you remember the days before desktop processors needed heatsinks? Are you wearied by the constant churn of new computer tech that never seems to make things easier? Intel has good news for you: it’s bringing back an old friend: … Read more
