Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for Monkey Island https://grumpygamer.com/thirty_years_ago
Grumpy Gamer
30 years ago today...
Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry
The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortage in school computers https://uspirg.org/blogs/blog/usp/right-repair-could-help-address-critical-shortage-school-computers#new_tab
U.S. PIRG Education Fund
The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortage in school computers
Buying a refurbished computer can save money and cut waste. It might also be a key strategy in addressing the digital divide
Relativty – An open-source VR headset https://www.relativty.com/
Implement BeamAsm – A JIT for Erlang/OTP https://github.com/erlang/otp/pull/2745
GitHub
Implement BeamAsm - a JIT for Erlang/OTP by garazdawi · Pull Request #2745 · erlang/otp
This PR introduces BeamAsm, a JIT compiler for the Erlang VM.
Implementation
BeamAsm provides load-time conversion of Erlang beam instructions into native code on x86-64. This allows the loader to ...
Implementation
BeamAsm provides load-time conversion of Erlang beam instructions into native code on x86-64. This allows the loader to ...
Security by obscurity is underrated https://utkusen.com/blog/security-by-obscurity-is-underrated.html
Utkusen
Security by Obscurity is Underrated
🔥 This article widely discussed at Hackernews and Reddit
In the information security field, we have developed lots of thoughts that can’t be discussed (or rarely discussed):
Never roll your own crypto
Always use TLS
Security…
In the information security field, we have developed lots of thoughts that can’t be discussed (or rarely discussed):
Never roll your own crypto
Always use TLS
Security…
Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai
NVIDIA Newsroom
NVIDIA to Acquire Arm for $40 Billion, Creating World’s Premier Computing Company for the Age of AI
NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. today announced a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Arm Limited from SBG and the SoftBank Vision Fund in a transaction valued at $40 billion.
We now consider Moment.js to be a legacy project in maintenance mode https://momentjs.com/docs/#/-project-status/
When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport number https://mango.pdf.zone/finding-former-australian-prime-minister-tony-abbotts-passport-number-on-instagram
mango.pdf.zone
When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's passport number
Do not get arrested challenge 2020
This electrical transmission tower has a problem https://twitter.com/tubetimeus/status/1306359385656946688
X (formerly Twitter)
Tube Time on 🟦☁ (@TubeTimeUS) on X
this electrical transmission tower has a little problem. can you spot it? actually, it's not a small problem--it cost us 16.65 *billion* dollars and caused the deaths of 85 people.
FreeCAD: A free and open source multiplatform 3D parametric modeler https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD
GitHub
GitHub - FreeCAD/FreeCAD: Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.
Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler. - FreeCAD/FreeCAD
The Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity (2017) https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/691462?journalCode=jacr
Journal of the Association for Consumer Research
Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity | Journal of the Association for Consumer…
Abstract Our smartphones enable—and encourage—constant connection to information, entertainment, and each other. They put the world at our fingertips, and rarely leave our sides. Although these devices have immense potential to improve welfare, their persistent…
Raspberry Pi 4 can finally boot directly from USB https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/issues/28
GitHub
Boot from USB · Issue #28 · raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom
When are you planning implement booting from USB? Thanks
Precursor – A mobile, open source electronics platform https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5921
DuckDB – An embeddable SQL database like SQLite, but supports Postgres features https://duckdb.org/
DuckDB
An in-process SQL OLAP database management system
DuckDB is an in-process SQL OLAP database management system. Simple, feature-rich, fast & open source.
uMatrix has been archived https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix
GitHub
GitHub - gorhill/uMatrix: uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type
uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type - gorhill/uMatrix
Embedded PDF viewer in Firefox 81 supports filling forms https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-or-choose-another-viewer
support.mozilla.org
View and edit PDF files using Firefox’s built-in viewer | Firefox Help
You can view PDF files directly in Firefox with the built-in viewer. Learn how to use the PDF viewer and how to resolve common problems.