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> The compiler is itself compiled to WASM Nitpick: it's Wasm, not WASM. Wasm is a contraction of “WebAssembly”, not an acronym, hence not using all-caps. https://webassembly.github…

I really miss reading new blog posts and series from Shamus :(

What does the author use to measure sound and create those graphs? I'm interested in automatically monitoring an annoying noise that's coming from a neighbour.

The blog post is 404ing, here's a Web archive link https://web.archive.org/web/20240610032818/https://asim.bear... The author has added an important edit: > I want to preface this …

> The Google Cloud situation What's the Google Cloud situation?

So, I think this hilarious, but link shorteners have to be stable, right? What happens when link shorteners go offline? Is there a way of decoding shortened links without the serve…

Project Rho gives several compelling reasons why there ain't no stealth in space https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewardetect...

Thanks, I missed that! It looks like it landed on quite an incline, almost 45 degrees.

Are images of the damage available to the public? "Imagery revealing damage to the rotor blade arrived several days later." https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/after-three-years-on-mars-…

The site is down, so here's a working archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240125111236/https://www.coldb...

Sonatype's response https://www.sonatype.com/sonatypes-ongoing-commitment-to-mav...

I'm pretty interested in Breeze as an alternative https://breeze.social/ * There's no endless swiping. Users can only see a handleful of matches, each profile stays visible until u…

The blog was removed after OkCupid was acquired by Match.com, which is another problem in online dating apps that isn't often mentioned. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group…

Fireship did a 'SurrealDB in 100 seconds' in case anyone would like a quick video summary: https://youtu.be/C7WFwgDRStM?si=va17q7zagn4lIoi3

A couple of other peculiar colourful facts about Bristol: * Ex-mayor George Ferguson (mentioned in the article) always wears red trousers, except when Bristol won the European Gree…

> You've listened to a shitty song a lot. I don't know what song it means, the link is broken https://www.yourmusictastesucks.com/google.com

> Dr. Porges hypothesizes that the larger your screen, the less mentally taxing it can be. “As you narrow the visual field, you’re increasing the demand on your nervous system to e…

One high-level benefit of Kotlin Coroutines is that they're multiplatform, so one could write common Kotlin code that could compile to JVM, JS, or Native targets. Virtual threads a…