How Honeycrisp Apples Went From Marvel to Mediocre
It was a chilly Saturday morning in October, and at my local grocery store, shoppers were browsing the apple selection:…
Square roots and maxima – All this
Previous post November 29, 2024 at 7:11 PM by Dr. Drang A few days ago, I saw this short YouTube…
In C, memory management begins immediately – The Craft of Coding
When you learn to program in C, more often than not people side-step the issue of memory management. It’s the…
Possible new ancient human species uncovered by UH scientist
Reading time: 2 minutes New organization of hominin fossils from eastern Asia after discovery of new species A University of…
Tesla Is Looking to Hire a Team to Remotely Control Its ‘Self-Driving’ Robotaxis
Elon Musk has promised that his EV company Tesla will roll out “fully autonomous” vehicles in the next few years….
6 things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee
2008-09-05 This is a talk I gave to incoming first-year students at Berklee College of Music today: September 5, 2008….
Calculating the largest known prime in Ruby
Looking to impress your Ruby friends by calculating the largest known prime, 2 ** 136_279_841-1? On Ruby 3.4.0-preview2 and earlier,…
Making Screenshots of Test Equipment Old and New
Last year, I create Fake Parallel Printer, a tool to capture the output of the parallel printer port of old-ish…
Scientists find cause of rare devastating, autoimmune disease in Puerto Ricans—but also find potential treatment
DNA, which has a double-helix structure, can have many genetic mutations and variations. Credit: NIH A rare autoimmune condition with…
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‘Switches’ are turning handguns into machine guns on GTA streets
‘Switches’ are turning handguns into machine guns on GTA streets Victoria Stunt | CBC News | Posted: November 21, 2024…
If Not React, Then What?
Frameworkism isn’t delivering. The answer isn’t a different tool, it’s the courage to do engineering. November 29, 2024 Over the…