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Expectations of a Fed rate rise trigger reversal in emerging market and commodity currencies Read more ›
A new study reveals that oak trees can keep photosynthesizing for months after growth ends, challenging assumptions about how effectively forests convert absorbed carbon into long-term storage. A tree can look busy long after it has stopped building itself. Its leaves may still be absorbing sunlight and pulling carbon dioxide from the air, but deep [...] Read more ›
Proper TCP socket splicing reduces the load on userspace processes and enables more efficient data forwarding. We realized that Linux Kernel's SOCKMAP infrastructure can be reused for this purpose. Read more ›
There’s a tradition of bloggers making grand announcements when they change something on their site, such as its visual design. As this strikes me as yet another manifestation of techno-individualism, a kind of PR for the demesne of me, I shall keep this brief. I don’t plan to post any new articles here to . As I’ve mentioned before, I have a distinctive name that’s easy to Google, and I no longer want this identity findable by people like current or potential employers. I will however keep t... Read more ›
I’ve been telling people for the last 25 years that Jane Street as an organization was just not interested in formal methods. Read more ›
For all you graphic designers out there, we've rounded up the latest big releases from foundries across the planet. From display fonts to classic serifs and a family inspired by Iceland's wild land... Read more ›
An A12/A13 SecureROM exploit. Contribute to prdgmshift/usbliter8 development by creating an account on GitHub. Read more ›
In the previous post about 3D printing I wrote how amazed I was that I could just start printing, without any calibration, and the prints would be perfect each time. Read more ›
A Rust reimplementation of pylint's error checking that produces byte-for-byte identical output to pylint — 15-84x faster Read more ›
From GA: I am a mathematician…and some of your recent comments on MR about the role of AI in Econ research as well as the (disappearing?) role of academic papers inspired this response. (It is partially but not exclusively about academia, so I hope it is ok that I’m sending it to your GMU address. […] The post appeared first on . Read more ›
Georgians vote for U.S. Senate, governor, and more. Don't miss the crucial decisions shaping the state’s future this Tuesday. Read more ›
From J.L.: Language Log has only one entry on slop (Dec. 21,2025), and I couldn't figure out how to comment there. I was wondering about its origins. Could it be a non-ethnic version of schlock? The sound is similar, and the meaning is identical. If so, the change might be part of a more general […] Read more ›
Using information theory, a team of researchers at Binghamton University has developed a method to solve the popular New York Times puzzle game Wordle with a 99% success rate. Read more ›
Remember that scene in the Matrix where Neo is strapped into the chair and Link uploads all sorts of martial arts into his mind? When Neo wakes up, he says "I know Kung-fu," then proceeds to demonstra Read more ›
A cyberdeck is a homemade portable computer in the cyberpunk mold (exposed, utilitarian, built to suit its maker rather than to sell) and NickZero's [instructables.com] is exemplary: just a single-board computer, a tiny keyboard (cf. , useful only for writing novels by Cormac McCarthy), a small screen, and a battery laced together inside a 3D-printed shell. — Read the rest The post appeared first on . Read more ›
The Trump administration reverses plan to dismantle crucial deep-sea monitoring system, preserving vital storm forecasting data and coastal health. Read more ›
Star network topologies are more common, but you can still occasionally find these… Read more ›
The Bank of England (BoE) decided yesterday to keep its monetary policy rate unchanged at 3.75%, in line with analysts' forecasts, and as it has done since the beginning of the Iran war, Reuters reports, according to Agerpres. Read more ›