Escort just released a big firmware update to answer some customer complaints about performance, which sent me down a little rabbit hole of how these things work.

We are initiating an investigation to determine whether the online discussion board 4chan has failed—or is currently failing—to comply with its obligations under the Online Safety Act 2023.

I've been reverse-engineering the Intel 386 processor (from 1985), and I've come across some interesting circuits for the chip's input/outpu...

What if we could bring some of the benefits of ORMs to the world of OLAP? Should we just apply the ORMs we already have to analytics?

One of the most significant single advancements in telecommunications technology was the development of microwave radio. Essentially an evolution of radar, the middle of the Second World War saw the first practical microwave telephone system. By the time…

America's major high-tech manufacturing industries have not escaped the general decline in manufacturing employment.

Expose the contents of .docx files without leaving your terminal. Fast, safe, and smart — no Office required! - bgreenwell/doxx

Transcribe PDFs with local LLMs. Contribute to ngafar/llama-scan development by creating an account on GitHub.

Over the past couple of months, the practice of ad blocking has received heightened ethical scrutiny. (1,2,3,4) If you’re unfamiliar with the term, “ad blocking” refers to software—usually web browser plug-ins, but increasingly mobile apps—that stop most…

Rewriting a word counting program five times until it's 494x faster.

A short list of development resources for MS-DOS. Heavily influenced by my own projects and favorites - SuperIlu/DOSDevelResources

Before you look at the results make sure to do the test! So, before I get to the numbers and reveals I'll reiterate a few things: i)  I hate...

A copilot for your computer

The ACCC has today commenced Federal Court proceedings against Google Asia Pacific over anti-competitive understandings that Google admits it reached in the past with Telstra and Optus regarding the pre-installation of Google Search on Android mobile phones.

VictoriaLogs uses three core concepts: message, time, and stream fields to structure log data. Too few streams create fat streams that are slow to query, while too many unique stream combinations create high cardinality problems…

I will never stop dying on this hill

Anti-cheat engines are now requiring users to have Secure Boot and a fTPM enabled in order to play online multiplayer games. Will this decrease the amount of cheating, or is it a futile attempt at curbing an ever-growing problem?

On July 3, 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a rare gigantic jet from the ISS—lightning shooting from a storm top into the upper atmosphere.