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31. The Cost of a Closure in C
I had a vague idea that closures could have a variety of performance implications; I did not believe that so many of the chosen and potential designs for C and C++ extensions ones, however, were so…
32. Deprecate Like You Mean It
33. You gotta push if you wanna pull
34. How the Brain Parses Language
Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to LLMs.
35. Booting Linux in QEMU and Writing PID 1 in Go to Illustrate Kernel as Program
Most books and courses introduce Linux through shell commands, leaving the kernel as a mysterious black box doing magic behind the scenes. In this post, we will run some experiments to demystify it: the Linux kernel is just a binary that you can build and run.
36. How Geometry Is Fundamental for Chess
The development of geometry in humans
37. Contact Sheet Prompting
Generating cohesive multi-frame narratives with Nano Banana Pro's reasoning capabilities.
38. Encountering Japanese Ellipses in English Translations
Play any Japanese game and you'll likely encounter an avalanche of ellipses.
39. Project Harp [1964-1968]
40. A "Frozen" Dictionary for Python
41. Python Workers redux: fast cold starts, packages, and a uv-first workflow
Recent advancements in Cloudflare Python Workers means fast cold starts, comprehensive package support, and a great developer experience. We explain how they were achieved and show how Python can be used to build serverless applications on Cloudflare.
42. A 'Tatooine' Planet Directly Imaged
43. Kicking Robots
Humanoids and the tech-­industry hype machine
44. Benchmarking NVENC video transcoding on the Pi
45. Getting a Gemini API key is an exercise in frustration
46. GenTabs
Take the web for a fresh spin
47. Patterns.dev
Learn JavaScript design and performance patterns for building more powerful web applications.
48. Pop Goes the Population Count?
Compilers can take advantage of some very specific instructions
49. Show HN: GPULlama3.java Llama Compilied to PTX/OpenCL Now Integrated in Quarkus
50. Days since last GitHub incident
51. SVG can do that?! - talk by Sarah Drasner [video]
SVGs, with their potential for high-quality and performant graphics, have myriad uses on the web. By now, a lot of developers are aware of their practical us...
52. Handsdown one of the coolest 3D websites
53. TerraUSD creator Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years over $40B crypto collapse
54. How can I read the standard output of an already-running process?
55. Scientists create ultra fast memory using light
Novel
56. What Is the Nicest Thing a Stranger Has Ever Done for You?
One of the things I do when I'm feeling blue is to make a mental list of the nice things people have done for me over the years, including perfect strangers.
57. Congress Kills Military "Right to Repair"
Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
58. Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France
The 120 metre wall was either a fish-trap or a dyke for protection against rising sea-levels, archeologists believe.
59. Anacondas have been the same size for over 12M years, fossils reveal
During the Middle to Upper Miocene (roughly 12.4 to 5.3 million years ago), a warm and swamp-rich South America produced some of the largest reptiles the
60. Is It a Bubble? By Howard Marks
In his latest memo, Howard Marks explores if there is a bubble in AI, identifying uncertainty, parallels to past bubbles, AI's vast potential, and emphasizing the importance of prudence.