C++ programmers absorb a lot of performance wisdom by osmosis: fast inverse square root, XOR swap, hand-unrolled loops, Duff’s device, exceptions are slow, virtual calls are slow, division is slow, lookup tables often beat maths. Even if once true, hardware, … Read more
TrustSpark for Hacker News Add sparklines of trust signals next to Hacker News usernames. Firefox plugin This is a response to “macro trends”. Your mileage may vary. Demo of /newest with high submission rates penalized:
← jackdoe CODE AND TRUST: vibrators to pacemakers I want to discuss two programs, one the program that controls a vibrator, and one that controls a pacemaker. First pseudocode for a program of a vibrator: def fib(n): if n = … Read more
It’s been a long time coming, but the trust in Firefox and its mother organization, Mozilla, seems to be mostly gone, after a recent commit on the source code removed the “we don’t sell your data” promise, along with a … Read more
This is an adaptation of an internal doc I wrote for Anthropic. I’ve been noticing recently that often, a big blocker to teams staying effective as they grow is trust. “Alice doesn’t trust Bob” makes Alice sound like the bad … Read more
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There is a growing focus on Zero Trust security models across businesses, and with this changing landscape will come a new set of security paradigms and processes that end users will need to adapt to. This isn’t going to be … Read more
Data: Gallup; Chart: Nicki Camberg/Axios Americans’ confidence in newspapers and television news has plummeted to an all-time low, according to the latest annual Gallup survey of trust in U.S. institutions. Why it matters: The erosion of trust in media is … Read more
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CISA’s Zero Trust Maturity Model is one of many roadmaps for agencies to reference as they transition towards a zero trust architecture. The goal of the maturity model is to assist agencies in the development of their zero trust strategies … Read more