Go-Safeweb
DISCLAIMER: This is not an officially supported Google product. go-safeweb is a collection of libraries for writing secure-by-default HTTP servers in Go. Contributing This project is in an early stage. We are currently not accepting any contributions. The flexibility of Go’s net/http package allows users to quickly implement HTTP servers. Responses are then written simply […]
JSON for Classic C++
json.cpp is an anti-modern JSON parsing / serialization library for C++. This project is a reaction against https://github.com/nlohmann/json/ which provides a modern C++ library for JSON. Our alternative: Compiles 10x faster. An object that does nothing with JSON except calling nlohmann::ordered_json::parse will take at minimum 1200 ms to compile. This is an unacceptably slow minimum […]
Windows Kills SMB Speeds When Using Tailscale
The Issue Yesterday when trying to transfer an ISO file from a TrueNAS SMB share, I was getting horrible transfer speeds. The NAS can definitely saturate a gigabit link which is what my desktop connects to the switch over. I had seen this behavior before and had a feeling it was related to having Tailscale […]
Looking for a Job Is Tough
Since the beginning of September, I’ve been searching for a job after being laid off from my previous role at the end of June. The market is tough, lot’s of fake jobs, so it’s been pretty challenging to even land an interview. Still, I managed to get a few, and, well, not all of them […]
Farewell and thank you for the continued partnership, Francois Chollet
Today, we’re announcing that Francois Chollet, the creator of Keras and a leading figure in the AI world, is embarking on a new chapter in his career outside of Google. While we are sad to see him go, we are incredibly proud of his immense contributions and excited to see what he accomplishes next. With […]
DeepComputing: Early Access Program for RISC-V Mainboard for Framework Laptop 13
DeepComputing is excited to announce the launch of an exclusive early access program for the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard, specifically designed for industry and business customers. This limited-edition initiative gives early adopters hands-on experience with premium, modular RISC-V development hardware, while their insights help shape future product advancements. The program invites enterprise and business customers to […]
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We wanted to let readers know that we will no longer post on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media site X (formerly Twitter). We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere. This is something […]
Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on the infamous Pokémon episode
On December 16th 1997 Pokémon made international headlines when their latest episode, “Dennō Senshi Porygon”—now commonly translated as “Electric Soldier Porygon”— caused 685 children to be taken into hospital by ambulance due to seizures, blindness, and convulsions. The event was dubbed by the Japanese Press as “Pokémon Shock” (“Pokémon Shokku”), and launched an investigation by […]
Wonder Announces Acquisition of Grubhub
NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2024 — Wonder, a new kind of food hall that is revolutionizing the food industry by creating the super app for mealtime, announced that it is acquiring Grubhub, a leading food ordering and delivery platform with more than 375,000 merchants and 200,000 delivery partners across the United States. Integrating […]
Mapping the Ionosphere with Phones
Abstract The ionosphere is a layer of weakly ionized plasma bathed in Earth’s geomagnetic field extending about 50–1,500 kilometres above Earth1. The ionospheric total electron content varies in response to Earth’s space environment, interfering with Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS) signals, resulting in one of the largest sources of error for position, navigation and timing services2. […]