Modern hardware is unbelievably fast. The M1 Max that I’m writing this article on runs at 3.2GHz. That is 3.2 BILLION clock cycles per second. Yet, Microsoft Teams takes 3 seconds to open a link, and I refuse to believe it takes 9.6 BILLION clock cycles to…

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A short rant about broken sprints and possible alternatives

New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.

I have a very basic question which I usually ask in a interview which is to implement a tic tac toe game. I like this because the logic is straightforward and it helps to judge things like code quality / speed / conciseness etc.

The candidate this time was…

Large language models (LLMs) have shown remarkable proficiency in generating text, benefiting from extensive training on vast textual corpora. However, LLMs may also acquire unwanted behaviors...

This year's highlights include ways of finding ancient relatives, how some phenotypes evolved in ancient people, and trace evidence from artifacts.

Programmers and thinkers who inspire me.

The country claims to be a leader in crypto transactions. But you can't force people to take a currency they don't want.

A feature-rich command-line audio/video downloader - yt-dlp/yt-dlp

The submerged Nabataean temple in Puteoli at Pozzuoli, Italy: first campaign of underwater research - Volume 98 Issue 400

Created in late 1960s in the style of underground comics, Cheap Thrills is one of the most iconic album covers in history. This is the story of the art and the artist behind it.

136 years ago today, on April 6 1880, Oliver Heaviside was granted British Patent 1407 for the coaxial cable. Heaviside was 30 years old and had left formal education at the age of 16. He taught himself physics, mathematics, and electrical engineering while…

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