gRPC, the high-performance RPC framework, has been super successful (if you work for Google) and has drastically changed the way we all deploy APIs (if you work for Google). gRPC and protobuf is an ex

Are we embracing imperfection and variations of it deliberately? Or is it some kinds of fallacy to believe that simplicity has a rather obvious form? It's more like "simple" isn't "simple enough", i

Updated American healthcare provider Geisinger fears highly personal data on more than a million of its patients has been stolen – and claimed a former employee at a Microsoft subsidiary is the likely

On the eve of it’s 5th anniversary, I’ve decided to open source the code for the kinopio-client app. That means you can run Kinopio on your own computer, make changes, and share improvements. kinopio

Taking BS to mean behavioral science, the answer to that question is, not quite. But most things are. Most things involve a heavy dose of behavioral science. I would argue, however, the contrary does

gosax gosax is a Go library for XML SAX (Simple API for XML) parsing, supporting read-only functionality. This library is designed for efficient and memory-conscious XML parsing, drawing inspiration

Stack Solver Stack Solver is a powerful and intuitive application designed to optimize the process of loading cargo. This app provides an efficient solution for logistics and warehouse management by

Hey HN - this is Alexander and Gabe from Hatchet ( https://hatchet.run ). We’re building a modern task queue as an alternative to tools like Celery for Python and BullMQ for Node. Our open-source repo

We are not on the 1.5 °C pathway set forth by the Paris climate agreement. We are nowhere close. We are not even on the 2 °C pathway. We all need to stop burying our heads in the sand and have the cou

Washington D.C. — Today, attorneys Debra Katz and Lisa Banks announced they filed complaints with the Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.) and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OS

Electric cars are slowly but surely becoming more affordable and, in some cases, cheaper than gas-powered alternatives. This holds especially true when it comes to leasing, where we’ve seen several d

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blew up the massive bankruptcy reorganization of opioid maker Purdue Pharma, finding that the settlement inappropriately included legal protections for the S

Book by Robert I. Sutton The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't is a book by Stanford professor Robert I. Sutton. He initially wrote an essay[1] for the Harv

Too many students struggle with math. In fourth grade, only 36% of students are proficient in math. By eighth grade, that number drops to 26%. Kids are stumped by fractions. Unsure of integers. Confus

A view of the booth of CATL during an expo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. CHINA DAILY Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd, the world's largest electric vehicle maker, disclosed on Tuesday that i

This post was originally triggered – and I choose that word carefully – by a recent experience on a cloud cost-optimisation project. These experiences prompted me to consider how things had changed si

Affected Platforms: Linux Distributions Impacted Users: Any organization Impact: Remote attackers gain control of the vulnerable systems Severity Level: High Cybersecurity threats are increasingly

Barham, L. & Everett, D. Semiotics and the origin of language in the Lower Palaeolithic. J. Archaeol. Method Theory 28, 535–579 (2021). Hockett, C. F. The origin of speech. Sci. Am. 203, 88–97 (1960)

Microbenchmarking Return Address Branch Prediction Modern processors use branch predictors to predict a program’s control flow in order to execute further ahead in the instruction stream, for better

Construction crews have been working to install new water pipes and sewers along York Avenue between East 61st and 63rd streets on the Upper East Side for more than eight years. The project, which st

Rimac, the electric-hypercar maker that merged with Bugatti in 2021, has a new autonomous-driving venture called Verne. Verne's vehicle is a fully autonomous pod with seating for two that uses self-d

Michael Thomas Thomas Steiner Google Sheets is one of the first products at Google to use WasmGC on Chrome. The move was announced in 2022, and the Sheets and Chrome teams partnered on standardizatio

In 1521, a German merchant and banker called Jakob Fugger, known as 'the Rich', a descendant of the famous Fugger family of Augsburg, took it upon himself to fund and build the first social settlement

According to The Japan News, the project has been under discussion since February by an expert panel at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ministry. A draft outline of an interim report w

A satellite image shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, June 7, 2024. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters NASA will have a spacecraft from Elon Musk'

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is around the corner. Looking back at last year, I found some troubling things people in this field should be aware of. Because they're likely to be repeated.

Lawyers for the Post Office arranged a secret meeting with a judge to prevent disclosure to defence solicitors in a criminal trial, the Post Office Inquiry heard yesterday. Solicitor Martin Smith and

I summarise the kinds of evaluations that are needed for a structured data generation task.

The concern that "The Crypto Industry May Actually Get Regulated to Death" stems from the increasing scrutiny and regulatory actions being taken by governments worldwide. As the cryptocurrency market

Dashboard 2.0 Build your own UI using Node-RED An easy to use collection of nodes for Node-RED that allows you to create data-driven dashboards & data visualisations.

Starting up Jupyter To access Jupyter, start an instance with this environment by clicking on the button at the top right.

WinPopup By Susam Pal on 10 Dec 2001 While browsing the C:\Windows directory of the Windows 98 system in our dorm room, I came across an interesting program named Winpopup.exe . It is a tiny little

Inspired by the material that makes up oyster and abalone shells, engineers at Princeton have created a new cement composite that is 17 times more crack-resistant than standard cement and 19 times mor

Determine mesh rotations to minimise overhangs for 3D printing. Installation Install from the GitHub repository: git clone git@github.com:dpohanlon/mesh-tumbler.git cd mesh-tumbler pip install

In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, the introduction of Claude Sonnet 3.5 marks a significant milestone. Developed by Anthropic, Claude Sonnet 3.5 is not just another upgrade; it

With the introduction of the CSS Anchor Position API in Chrome 125, it's never been easier to position an element relative to another element. This is a great way to manage complex positioning use cas