In August, Intel ran one of its rare Architecture Days where the company went into some detail about its upcoming Tiger Lake processor. This included target markets, core counts, graphics counts, a look into some…
Covid Snuffed Out Burning Man—but the Festival Goes…
Those five years would end up being closer to six. An Indiegogo campaign for the project fell short of its funding goal, and Edwards’ career moved over to the AR side of the synthetic-reality continuum.…
No, Public Trust in Scientific Institutions Has Not…
A poll out Monday confirmed many experts' worst fears about the public's faith in scientific leadership. According to a survey published on the website STAT, a bipartisan supermajority of Americans—78 percent in all—now worry that…
The Surface Book 3 Is Expensive—and Heavy on…
Laptops that convert into tablets are like flying cars. Flying cars don't exist, because the gap between what makes a good car and what makes a good plane is insurmountably vast. There are great cars;…
The Inside Story of the 25-Year, $8 Million…
Like nuclear power plants and sensitive computer networks, the safest rare book collections are protected by what is known as “defense in depth”—a series of small, overlapping measures designed to thwart a thief who might…
Python Hash Tables: Understanding Dictionaries
Hi guys, have you ever wondered how can Python dictionaries be so fast and reliable? The answer is that they are built on top of another technology: hash tables. Knowing how Python hash tables work…
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Build tools around workflows, not workflows around tools
This March, I spent a couple of days traveling through western Iceland. While I was there, I thought a lot about tools – mechanical tools, software tools, tools that last, and tools that are fragile.…
Rosatom releases previously classified documentary video of Tsar…
The documentary film was released and posted on August 20 on the YouTube channel of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation in connection with the celebration of 75 years of nuclear industry. The film, edited in…
Apple apologizes to WordPress, won’t force the free…
On Friday, the internet erupted in a small way to learn that Apple had successfully forced WordPress to monetize its free app — forcing it to sell premium plans and custom domain names seemingly just…