String Theory Inspires a Brilliant, Baffling New Math Proof
In August, a team of mathematicians posted a paper claiming to solve a major problem in algebraic geometry — using entirely alien techniques. It instantly captivated the field, stoking excitement in some mathematicians and skepticism in others. The result deals with polynomial equations, which combine variables raised to powers (like y = x or x2 […]
Epic celebrates ”the end of the Apple Tax” after court win in iOS payments case
Back in April, District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers delivered a scathing judgment finding that Apple was in “willful violation” of her 2021 injunction intended to open up iOS App Store payments. That contempt of court finding has now been almost entirely upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a development that Epic Games’ […]
Framework Raises DDR5 Memory Prices by 50% for DIY Laptops
Framework Computer had worked to keep their memory prices lower than other laptop vendors amid the ongoing memory shortages throughput the industry worldwide. But today they’ve finally had to cave in and increase their DDR5 memory modules for the Framework Laptop DIY Editions by 50%. Due to the ongoing price hikes around system memory with […]
How to think about durable execution
Back when I was CTO at Porter, we were responsible for managing deployments of hundreds of Kubernetes clusters into customer AWS accounts. In the early days, this was all built using a single-replica deployment called porter-provisioner , which was essentially a Go binary automating a bunch of Terraform and Helm commands. This was circa 2020, […]
CM0 – a new Raspberry Pi you can’t buy
This little postage stamp is actually a full Raspberry Pi Zero 2, complete with eMMC storage and WiFi. But you can’t get one. Well, not unless you buy the CM0NANO development board from EDAtec, or you live in China. This little guy doesn’t have an HDMI port, Ethernet, or even USB. It’s a special version […]
BpfJailer: eBPF Mandatory Access Control [pdf]
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SQLite JSON at Full Index Speed Using Generated Columns
We absolutely love SQLite here at DB Pro. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who actively dislikes it. Sure, it has limitations, and I do mean limitations, not weaknesses. SQLite can absolutely be used in production when it’s deployed properly and tuned with care. SQLite has also seen something of a resurgence over the past […]
Fedora: Open-source repository for long-term digital preservation
Why Choose Fedora? Fedora is a sustainable open-source repository system underpinning many types of digital libraries and archives. It’s designed to store, manage, and preserve digital content. Fedora is particularly well-suited for institutions such as libraries, universities, research centres, and museums that need to preserve and provide access to their digital collections. Flexibility Fedora can […]
Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options
Mohu’s Leaf antenna. Bye, bye, bunny ears. Mohu’s Leaf antenna. Bye, bye, bunny ears. Credit: Mohu The best part is that companies can’t track what you watch with an antenna. As Nielsen said in a January 2024 blog post: Big data sources alone can’t provide insight into the viewing behaviors of the millions of viewers […]
The Tor Project is switching to Rust
The Tor Project has been busy with the rustification of their offering for quite some time now. If you have used Tor Browser, you know what it does. Anonymous browsing through encrypted relay chains. The network itself has been running since the early 2000s. All of it is built on C. But that C codebase […]