Trust Networks: How We Actually Know Things
Judgments of trustworthiness, and therefore ad hominems, are both ubiquitous and indispensable, even to the higher realms of knowledge.
mantis shrimp eyes
edition 49
magic (arena) and the notion of 8 billion files
how to store billions of files for fun and (more) profit?
An investment in future virality
Read to the end for a very good Tumblr poll
What time is it? A simple question with a complex answer. How computers synchronize time
Ever wondered how your computer or your phone displays the current date and time accurately? What keeps all the devices in the world (and in space) in agreement on what time it is? What makes applications that require precise timing possible?
Getting to decisions faster in A/B tests – part 1: literature review
I set out on a journey to learn what statistical approaches the industry uses to get to faster decisions in A/B testing. This is the first post in the series in which I set the scene and summarize …
Stop Looking So Far Ahead - Apeathetic
The journey to change might be long, but it needn't be a grind. We tend to forecast improperly, which makes the entire process exhausting.
2023-02-04 My accounting book is finished
As I mentioned in my post about plans for 2023, I spent some time last two weeks on Personal accounting in Ledger, my booklet about, well, personal accounting in Ledger. It is now finished. Well, I say “finished” – a book is never “finished”. There is that jok…
Design your pricing and tools so you can adapt them later - Arnon Shimoni
In this blog post I’ll talk about three pricing architecture concepts that I think are really important in modern billing – designing pricing and packaging to be adaptable. I’ll build upon the experience our billing infrastructure team had at Pleo, which has a…
The KZG/Kate Polynomial Commitment Scheme
A Linking Adventure - nsnotes
Background It occurred to me recently that I never hear of anyone linking their programs manually - meaning, running ld directly rather than through a wrapper utility like the gcc or clang drivers.
Type inference that sticks | Jared Forsyth.com
Thoughts about programming, mostly
Ian Norris - Blog - Understanding the limits of large language models
Reading level: No programming knowledge required, but trying ChatGPT first is advised.
Starting a New Instagram Account in 2023?
Starting a New Instagram Account in 2023?
.NET GC Internals - 04. Plan phase
The fourth episode of the .NET GC Internals series explaining a real in-depth knowledge how .NET GC works. This episode is about the Plan phase, which is the...
GitHub - scandum/fluxsort: A branchless stable quicksort / mergesort hybrid.
A branchless stable quicksort / mergesort hybrid. Contribute to scandum/fluxsort development by creating an account on GitHub.
Building a Smart Home - Part 8 Motorised Blinds | LINQ to Fail
Next job on the smart home, motorised blinds
⚙️ Math Breakdown: Anime Homing Missiles
Tech Notes on Cubic Bezier Curves, Perlin Noise, and Minimal Rotation Frames
James and David Pick on Matt
In addition to some good natured ribbing - James, Matt & David talk about the latest and greatest in .NET MAUI development.
TruthFinder - 2019 Account List Data Security Incident
2019 Account List Data Security Incident
Organizing URLs with Folder Scheme in ASP.NET Razor
Organizing URLs with Folder Scheme in ASP.NET Razor
Basics Part 3: Using OpenID Connect for Authentication and API Access
This is an excerpt from our 3-day training course called "Identity & Access Control for modern Applications using ASP.NET Core".This video shows how to switc...
Building conc: Better structured concurrency for Go
We built and released conc, an open-source library that makes it easier and safer to write concurrent code in Go.
Size Comparisons
GitHub - aws/aws-ssm-data-protection-provider-for-aspnet: An extension library to assist with ASP.NET data protection in AWS Lambda.
An extension library to assist with ASP.NET data protection in AWS Lambda. - GitHub - aws/aws-ssm-data-protection-provider-for-aspnet: An extension library to assist with ASP.NET data protection in...
Instant Checkmate - 2019 Account List Data Security Incident
2019 Account List Data Security Incident
Weird things I learned while writing an x86 emulator
If you’ve read my first post about assembly language, you might expect that this is another post on how to understand assembly language. I will write more about that at some point, but this post is not that. Instead, this post is going to talk about some of th…
Static and non-static interface member calls in .NET: they are not the same
A comparison of the mechanisms behind interface method invocations in .NET
.NET Security Headers: A Senior Developer’s Guide✨
Security headers are essential for safeguarding your .NET web apps and websites. If you’re looking...