Metaβs renewed commitment to jemalloc https://engineering.fb.com/2026/03/02/data-infrastructure/investing-in-infrastructure-metas-renewed-commitment-to-jemalloc/
Engineering at Meta
Investing in Infrastructure: Metaβs Renewed Commitment to jemalloc
Meta recognizes the long-term benefits of jemalloc, a high-performance memory allocator, in its software infrastructure. We are renewing focus on jemalloc, aiming to reduce maintenance needs and moβ¦
Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks https://phys.org/news/2026-03-ryugu-asteroid-samples-dna-rna.html
phys.org
Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks, bolstering origin-of-life theories
All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.
Rob Pikeβs Rules of Programming (1989) https://www.cs.unc.edu/~stotts/COMP590-059-f24/robsrules.html
OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO) https://om.co/2026/03/17/openai-has-new-focus-on-the-ipo/
On my Om
OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that leadership wants OpenAI, the company, to focus. Seems like a plain old business strategy story. Nope! First, in more prosaic terms, the all-hands and β¦
ArXiv declares independence from Cornell https://www.science.org/content/article/arxiv-pioneering-preprint-server-declares-independence-cornell
Science
ArXiv, the pioneering preprint server, declares independence from Cornell
As an independent nonprofit, it hopes to raise funds to cope with exploding submissions and βAI slopβ
Entso-E final report on Iberian 2025 blackout https://www.entsoe.eu/publications/blackout/28-april-2025-iberian-blackout/
www.entsoe.eu
28 April 2025 Blackout
The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild https://practical.engineering/blog/2026/3/17/the-los-angeles-aqueduct-is-wild
Practical Engineering
The Los Angeles Aqueduct is Wild β Practical Engineering
[Note that this article is a transcript of the video embedded above.] On the northern edge of Los Angeles, fresh water spills down two stark concrete chutes perched on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, a place simply called The Cascades. Itβsβ¦
France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/20/stravaleaks-france-s-aircraft-carrier-located-in-real-time-by-le-monde-through-fitness-app_6751640_4.html
OpenCode β Open source AI coding agent https://opencode.ai/
opencode.ai
OpenCode | The open source AI coding agent
OpenCode - The open source coding agent.
A Japanese glossary of chopsticks faux pas (2022) https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01362/
nippon.com
A Japanese Glossary of Chopsticks Faux Pas
An overview of chopsticks gaffes that are best avoided when eating in Japan.
Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords https://pbxscience.com/ubuntu-26-04-ends-46-years-of-silent-sudo-passwords/
PBX Science
Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords
Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords. Starting with the upcoming LTS release, every keystroke at a sudo password prompt will echo an asterisk β a small UX fix that has ignited one of Linux's fiercest debates in years.
The future of version control https://bramcohen.com/p/manyana
Bramcohen
Manyana
A Coherent Vision for the Future of Version Control
Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated https://stevekrouse.com/precision
Stevekrouse
Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated
PC Gamer recommends RSS readers in a 37mb article that just keeps downloading https://stuartbreckenridge.net/2026-03-19-pc-gamer-recommends-rss-readers-in-a-37mb-article/
stuartbreckenridge.net
PC Gamer Recommends RSS Readers in a 37MB Article That Just Keeps Downloading β Stuart Breckenridge
No sense of irony.
iPhone 17 Pro Demonstrated Running a 400B LLM https://twitter.com/anemll/status/2035901335984611412
X (formerly Twitter)
Anemll (@anemll) on X
Running 400B model on iPhone!
0.6 t/s
Credit @danveloper @alexintosh @danpacary
@anemll
0.6 t/s
Credit @danveloper @alexintosh @danpacary
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