Nov 05, 2024 One of the first pieces of Zig code that you're likely to see, and write, is this beginner-unfriendly line: While we can reason that we're creating an allocator, the (.{}){} syntax can se
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CPython 3.13 was released two weeks ago and this release is the most performance-oriented in some time. After a quick read of the release notes, a few things stand out for the impact they can have on
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Though they are the beneficiaries of the most powerful military on earth, the majority of Americans have never had direct experience with modern warfare. Last April, the writer-director Alex Garland—h
Medicare will undergo significant changes in 2025 that could affect many of the more than 67 million Americans participating in the federal health insurance program for those 65 and older. Some change
4 min read·1 day ago The partial function from Python’s functools library is a transformative tool for rethinking code design. For those familiar with the concept of “currying” in functional programmi
Managing different SSH Keys for different Hosts is well-understood. Different keys for the same host (e.g., github.com), based on which GitHub Organization we’re working with, that’s… a bit trickier.
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According to a new report, Google’s cost for producing a PIxel 9 Pro is just over $400, which might be lower than the previous generation. There are a ton of costs associated with building and putting
The Mozilla Foundation is laying off about a third of its staff. The non-profit org, which oversees the corporation that develops the Firefox web browser, insists it will continue its advocacy mission
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Mac Mini power button got you down? Try a power schedule! Screenshot: YouTube Apple’s new Mac Mini looks like someone hit the Mac Studio with a shrink ray, and I love it. But there is at least one, uh
GIMP 3.0 is a significant update for the popular open-source image editor. Now, you can try a near-final version, and possibly help discover bugs that need to be fixed. This will be the first major up
Most Raspberry Pi single-board computers, with the exception of the Raspberry Pi Zero and A+ form factors, incorporate an on-board USB hub to fan out a single USB connection from the core silicon, and
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The Kalmia Condominiums in Clearwater wasn’t Ronni Drimmer’s dream retirement destination. She bought a two-bedroom unit there for her mother in 2001 but ended up moving in when her mom died 18 months
What makes a file in Linux? At the storage level, a file is a block of data. There is more to it than just that, but I won't delve deep into it. At the filesystem level, this block of data is represen
Anecdotally, one of the more maligned features of the Heroku platform are the 24-hour limits on compute units, known as “dynos”. This is actually a good thing, but very misunderstood. Regular restarts
Modern lenses are perfectly sharp and crisp. But perfection is overrated and can be rather boring. I have a solution to add some character back into my photography and videos. As a professional photog
Just after college, I went to teach English as a Peace Corps volunteer in a small village school in West Africa. To help relieve the loneliness, I packed a shortwave radio, a Sony Walkman, and, among
That Mac Mini SSD is removable! Image: X user @L0vetodream Apple’s redesigned Mac Mini M4 has ditched the previous M2 machine’s SSD that was soldered to the logic board, as confirmed by teardowns like
Canon completed their long-awaited hybrid trinity of L prime lenses with the RF 24mm f/1.4L VCM, RF 35mm f/1.4L VCM and RF 50mm f/1.4L VCM, and all of them appear to have been very well received. We a
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There’s a wrestling match that runs through “Martha,” the Netflix documentary that paints a vivid portrait of Martha Stewart. Veteran filmmaker R.J. Cutler spars, mostly gently, with the doyenne of do
When in Rome, do as the Romans do How do you check a list for emptiness in Python? This simple question often sparks considerable debate, as I discovered firsthand. Many Python programmers use the len
During my tenure as the food and dining critic for the Tampa Bay Times, the local restaurant landscape has evolved tremendously. Over the past five and a half years, we’ve witnessed a pandemic-fueled
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I wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago entitled Is pg_dump a Backup Tool?. In that post, I argued in the affirmative, but also said that it's probably shouldn't be your primary backup mechanism. Fo
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the company’s premier business-class thin and light laptop, and has made an appearance at times on our list of best business laptops. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 was
When Elizabeth Fox moved from Athabasca to the central Alberta hamlet of Elnora in 2013, finding a family doctor close to home was a breeze. “I was pregnant,” she says, “so they’ll all take you.” But
Care Doesn’t Scale I met a social worker whose job was to look after four orphaned children. She’d alternate with her coworkers spending 24 hours at a time living with the kids, effectively acting as
Jean-François Cudennec University of Derby, College of Science and Engineering, Derby, United Kingdom. Email: jf.cudennec (at) live (dot) fr Download PDF A thick layer of time In the realm of Nintendo
This article will explain how the blog is organized at a technical level, and show how I implemented various IndieWeb features. Table of Contents: Motivation Earlier this year I migrated this blog off
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Given that events play such a central role in event-driven architecture, there’s an astonishing lack of agreement on what should be contained in an event. This may be rooted in the fact that, dependin
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