In the previous post, we established that as long as ruby/json wasn’t competitive on micro-benchmarks, public perception wouldn’t change. Since what made ruby/json appear so bad on micro-benchmarks was its setup cost, we had to find ways to reduce it further.

One of my weirder hobbies is trying to convince people that the idea that companies are listening to you through your phone’s microphone and serving you targeted ads is a …

The year is 2025. The internet in the shape that we've known it in the early 2000s is no longer there. Or, not quite in the shape that we've seen it before. This is not just plain nostalgia talking - the vibrant ecosystem of blogs, feeds, personal sites,…

The making of a simple analog synth

An open directory of personal sites and blogs, maintained entirely on GitHub.

Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat

Most coders want AI to write code faster: I want AI to write FASTER CODE.

The ruling marks a significant moment in the long running battle over how to regulate internet providers.

Apple users may get $20 each for up to five Siri-enabled devices.

China has dramatically reduced local air pollution levels — particularly in its biggest cities — in the last decade.

This report documents how Serbian authorities have deployed surveillance technology and digital repression tactics as instruments of wider state control and repression directed against civil society. The report reveals Serbia’s pervasive and routine use of…

Neighborhoods, farms, and roads are 1000 years older than previous discoveries

software version control visualization. Contribute to acaudwell/Gource development by creating an account on GitHub.

Meet the Anthrobots – a new synthetic morphology creation with implications for biomedicine, biorobotics/bioengineering, and basic evolutionary developmental biology.

Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking

Static or dynamic, a program's design is written in its types.