Building a Super-Compact Cistercian Numerals Clock
Around the thirteenth century CE, European society was in the midst between transitioning from Roman numerals to the Arabic numerals that we use today. Less remembered...
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Left-Handed People Are More Competitive, Says Science
A recent study suggests that left-handed people have an advantage in competitive contexts, while righties tend to cooperate better.
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Basic Syntax # Core xargs command forms. Command Description xargs command Read stdin and pass items to a command printf '%sn' a b c | xargs...
Read moreQuarterhorse vs Blackbird: Hermeus’ Flight Puts them One Step Closer to Record
You’ve got to be ambitious to target a legend. If there’s one thing the folks at Hermeus Aerospace are, though, it’s ambitious: not only do they...
Read moreHiding a Bomb in Plain Sight
You are at war. Trains are key to keeping your army supplied with fuel, ammunition, food, and medical supplies. But, inexplicably, your trains keep blowing up....
Read moreLinux 7.0 Adds A New Minor Performance Optimization Shown With AMD Zen 2 CPUs
The Linux event poll “epoll” code for efficient I/O multiplexing and monitoring of file descriptors for seeing when I/O is possible has a new optimization merged...
Read moreWhy the Ratio Four Series Two Is What I Use to Test New Coffees
A new generation of home machines has made good old drip coffee a place for connoisseurs. For more than a year, the Four is the source...
Read moreHunting for elusive “ghost elephants”
Deep in the Angolan Highlands lurks a rumored new species of elephant. Conservationist and ornithologist Steve Boyes has been searching for this elusive herd for years...
Read moreThe Tragic Demise of the Technirama Prism-Based Anamorphic Lens
A commercial Delrama prism-based anamorphic lens for large cameras. (Source: Mathieu Stern, YouTube) Although to the average person a camera lens is just that bit of...
Read moreHuston: Revisiting time
Geoff Huston looks at the network time protocol, and efforts to secure it, in detail. NTP operates in the clear, and it is often the case...
Read moreNanoClaw can stuff each AI agent into its own Docker container to deal with OpenClaw’s security mess
On the one hand, I feel a bit conflicted pointing out the recognised security issues with OpenClaw, even as serious AI thought leaders are naming their...
Read moreInstant Photography For The Maker
Instant photography is a miracle of the analog age, chemical photographs that develop in your hands moments after the shutter has been pressed. You can buy...
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