What would it cost to kill coal
Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel Yet it still provides a third of global energy If the world could quit it, the climate benefits would be huge Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel Yet it still provides a third of global energy If the world could quit it, the climate benefits would be huge Coal […]
The Polars vs. Pandas difference nobody is talking about – Labs
I attended PyData Berlin 2024 in April, and it was a blast! I met so many colleagues, collaborators, and friends. There was quite some talk of Polars – some people even gathered together for a Polars-themed dinner! It’s certainly nice to see people talking about it, and the focus tends to be on features such […]
Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update
Updates and Fixes Updated Game Content Every map in Half-Life 2 has been looked over by Valve level designers to fix longstanding bugs, restore content and features lost to time, and improve the quality of a few things like lightmap resolution and fog: Fixed pops, holes in the world, fading-out and disappearing objects across the […]
Why did people rub snow on frozen feet?
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First Impressions: Lenovo T14s with Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM64 CPU (Phk)
From: Poul-Henning Kamp Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 20:52:03 UTC Those of you how know me, know that I am not a big fan of the X86 architecture, which I think is a bad mess, mangled by market power considerations, rather than the CPU architecture this world actually needs, in particular in terms of performance/energy […]
Installed an open source garage door opener, and I’m loving it
This is not egregious behavior, at least on the scale of garage door opener firms. And Aladdin’s app works with Google Home and Amazon Alexa, but not with Home Assistant or my secondary/lazy option, HomeKit/Apple Home. It also logs me out “for security” more often than I’d like and tells me this only after an […]
Maybe Bluesky Has “Won”
Maybe Bluesky has “won” November 15, 2024 November has sucked so far. One upside of the terrible nonsense is that more people are fleeing X. Many are choosing Bluesky. I’ve seen a bunch of takes about this recently, but I keep seeing things I disagree with. I figure that’s a good enough excuse to write […]
C++ Template Macroprogramming versus Lisp Macros
Following on from Lisp macros versus Rust macros, I also want to compare C++ templates to Lisp macros. Templates in C++ were designed as a way of generating typed versions of classes. The template declares some type variables that can be used as placeholders within a class declaration. When the template is instanciated and provided with […]
The Practical Guide to Scaling Django
By Andrew on 11/10/2024 Most Django scaling guides focus on theoretical maximums. But real scaling isn’t about handling hypothetical millions of users – it’s about systematically eliminating bottlenecks as you grow. Here’s how to do it right, based on patterns that work in production. Django is the framework of choice for many of the largest […]
Biological Miracle – Wood Frog
Yet wood frogs have evolved ways to freeze solid for up to eight months each year. They’ve accomplished what would seem to be a biological miracle. How do they pull this off? At the beginning of winter, ice quickly fills the wood frog’s abdominal cavity and encases the internal organs. Ice crystals form between layers […]