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Hah, learned about the existence of this documentary just 3 days ago while researching how .zips work[0]. The last episode is supposedly about Phil Katz, co-inventor of the format …

Hey! First of all: don't worry, it didn't make me feel bad–don't know about others though, of course. And I really meant what I said: I think you knew your (originally) intended au…

"I think it's quite well known that on a 64-bit system, the maximum bit-width of a virtual address is somewhat lower (commonly 48-bits)." might actually be a perfect example of the…

Haha, thanks for your reply and for understanding where I'm coming from. And while your original comment might not be a _direct_ reply to OPs question, I would've hoped for it to b…

Actually, I think we're doing a huge disservice to our profession as programmers when we call stuff like this "an insane number of gotchas". This is no critique of you or your post…

It‘s an interesting observation and article, so thanks to the author and thanks for sharing it. But I simply have to ask: was this written—at least in large parts—by ChatGPT?

That's really not what I'm doing, at all. My point is that recommendations that are based on social networks become less and less useful as that network grows. And LT seems to have…

Psss. Please don't ruin Librarything by getting more people on there. Its recommendation algorithm is pure perfection—basically magic—and I fear it's mostly because it's only used …

I actually wondered about this on Twitter recently[1]. Do you remember caring about/recognizing the aesthetics of some of these ads at the time, or is that more of a modern perspec…

Relevant Scientific American article about the dubious scientific foundation the general vilification of salt is based on: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-to-en…

Some time ago I stumbled upon this article about using a smart bulb to keep a healthy breathing rhythm: https://asim.ihsan.io/healthy-breathing-with-a-smart-bulb/ But I needed some…

Basically, I had a huge list of books I haven't gotten around to reading about technology, its history and its relationship to society. So I thought: why not make a book club out o…