Arkiv

1/4 of US-Trained Scientists Eventually Leave. Is the US Giving Away Its Edge?

Abstract:Using newly-assembled data from 1980 through 2024, we show that 25% of scientifically-active, US-trained STEM PhD graduates leave the US within 15 years of graduating. Leave rates are lower in the life sciences and higher in AI and quantum science but overall have been stable for decades. Contrary to common perceptions, US technology benefits from […]

The appropriate amount of effort is zero

Most people put too much effort into everything they do. Here’s a good example from Kristijan around tension in his hands when touching and holding things: Something clicked about inhibition and non-doing (in Alexander Technique), and the strongest effect has been a relaxation of my hands. Like I was touching and holding things with 40% […]

Upcoming Changes to Let’s Encrypt Certificates

Let’s Encrypt is introducing several updates to the certificates we issue, including new root certificates, the deprecation of TLS client authentication, and shortening certificate lifetimes. To help roll out changes gradually, we’re making use of ACME profiles to allow users to have control over when some of these changes take place. For most users, no […]

“Super secure” MAGA-themed messaging app leaks everyone’s phone number

import itertools import pandas as pd import json import requests import datetime import random from time import sleep area_codes = [ 201, 202, 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 224, 225, 228, 229, 231, 234, 239, 240, 242, 248, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 260, 262, […]

D-Bus is a disgrace to the Linux desktop

D-Bus was introduced by GNOME folks about 20 years ago. For software made only 20 years ago, as opposed to 40 like X, it’s surprisingly almost equally as bad. As a service, D-Bus is incredibly handy and useful, and overall, I believe the idea should absolutely be used by more apps. However, the implementation… oh […]

Chafa: Terminal Graphics for the 21st Century

The future is (still) now The premier UX of the 21st century just got a little better: With chafa, you can now view very, very reasonable approximations of pictures and animations in the comfort of your favorite terminal emulator. The power of ANSI X3.64 compels you! Example You can get fair results by using only […]

US Tech Force

The US Tech Force is recruiting an elite corps of engineers to build the next generation of government technology. Backed by the White House, Tech Force will tackle the most complex and large-scale civic and defense challenges of our era – from administering critical financial infrastructure at the Treasury Department to advancing cutting-edge programs at […]

Don MacKinnon: Why Simplicity Beats Cleverness in Software Design [audio]

Episode Highlights [00:00:48] What Makes Software MaintainableDon explains why unnecessary complexity is the biggest barrier to maintainability, drawing on themes from A Philosophy of Software Design. [00:03:14] The Cost of Clever AbstractionsA real story from a Node.js API shows how an unused abstraction layer around MongoDB made everything harder without delivering value. [00:04:00] Shaping Teams […]

Full Unicode Search at 50× ICU Speed with AVX‑512

This article is about the ugliest, but potentially most useful piece of open-source software I’ve written this year. It’s messy, because UTF-8 is messy. The world’s most widely used text encoding standard was introduced in 1989. It now covers more than 1 million characters across the majority of used writing systems, so it’s not exactly […]

Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial

5 hours ago ShareSave Kelly Ng, Koey Leeand Danny Vincent,Hong Kong ShareSave Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under the city’s controversial national security law (NSL). The 78-year-old UK citizen, who has been in jail since December 2020, pleaded not guilty. He faces […]