Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions
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The Whole App is a Blob
The Coffee Problem ¶ School French worked perfectly until I tried to buy a coffee. My lessons must be familiar to all Brits out there: conjugate être until it’s muscle memory, role-play booking a hotel you will never book, then leave school with the comforting illusion that you “know French” in the same way you […]
Arborium: Tree-sitter code highlighting with Native and WASM targets
The highlighter supports themes for both HTML and ANSI output. fn main() { let x = 42; println!(”Hello”); } Alabaster fn main() { let x = 42; println!(”Hello”); } Ayu Dark fn main() { let x = 42; println!(”Hello”); } Ayu Light fn main() { let x = 42; println!(”Hello”); } Catppuccin Frappé fn main() […]
Unscii
Unscii – a bitmapped Unicode font for blocky graphics Unscii is a set of bitmapped Unicode fonts based on classic system fonts. Unscii attempts to support character cell art well while also being suitable for terminal and programming use. The two main variants are unscii-8 (8×8 pixels per glyph) and unscii-16 (8×16). There are also […]
John Varley has died
. John Varley died two days ago on December 10, 2025. A great many will mourn him as a science fiction writer whose work they enjoyed. But this misses his moment. In the mid-1970s, Varley exploded into science fiction like a phoenix. His ”Eight Worlds” stories were set in a future where hyper-powerful aliens have […]
Programming language speed comparison using Leibniz formula for π
Benchmarking programming languages using the Leibniz formula for calculating π Benchmark run: – Languages – Iterations Loading chart… # Language Version Min Median Max Accuracy Loading results… Benchmarks run on GitHub Actions. Results may vary based on runner hardware. View on GitHub
CapROS: The Capability-Based Reliable Operating System
The CapROS Operating System CapROS is a new operating system that merges some very old ideas about capabilities with some newer ideas about performance and resource management. The result is a small, secure, real-time operating system that provides orthogonal persistence. Acknowledgements The CapROS project is led by Charles Landau. CapROS is the continuation of the […]
Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges
iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier. The Massachusetts-based consumer robot maker, which is currently listed, will be taken over by China’s Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co. and a subsidiary of the Chinese […]
Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can’t Be Deleted
Microsoft’s Copilot AI chatbot is arguably one of the most controversial add-ons ever implemented in the Windows 11 operating system. However, the controversy doesn’t stop at PC operating systems. It seems to extend to TVs as well. According to Reddit user u/defjam16, his LG TV webOS received an update that installed Microsoft’s Copilot AI app, […]
If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?
It can’t be seen or touched, but it’s shaking up markets and attracting investment. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the object of desire for Big Tech, which is pouring astronomical sums into its development, fueled by record profits. The other side of this frenzy is workforce reductions, with automation as the backdrop, announced by multinationals […]