Interesting approach for using CRDT through a file sync application. Probably something to see somehow generalized on traditional desktop applications.

Very neat piece, shows quite well the problems with Chat Control like laws. It's been postponed this time, but expect it to comeback somehow.

A new type of attack targeting the CPU indirect branch predictor.

Further clues that transformer models can't learn logic from data.

Interesting paper showing a promising path to reduce the memory and workload of transformer models. This is much more interesting than the race to the gigantic size.

Nice reverse engineering of a NFC chip used in a disposable transportation ticket.

Another story of precursors in the tech space. They basically invented the palmtop and spawned Symbian which was very much dominant on mobile for a while. The end of the Nokia story is a bit oversimplified for my taste just glancing over Maemo, but it is forgivable since it wasn't the focus of this piece.

Interesting tool for diffing database tables. Should come in handy for tests.

Interesting case, when everything else gets faster, memory copies might start to become the bottleneck.

This is ignoring the energy consumption aspect. That said, it is spot on regarding the social and economics aspects of those transformer models. They have to be open and self hostable.

Oracle doing Oracle things I guess... The surprising bit to me is the fact that so many people still seem to use Java SE while there are other excellent alternatives.

Very interesting piece... shows how someone can end up maintaining something essential for decades. This is a lesson for us all.

Good musing about major version numbers and backward compatibility. It is indeed important to communicate breaking changes properly and to not have those too often.

Indeed the analogy from "ultra-processed food" is an interesting one in the information context.

OK, this is a rant about the state of the market and people drinking kool-aid. A bit long but I found it funny and well deserved at times.

Ever wondered how this operator is implemented in Rust? It's not that complicated.

Why box plots are hard to grasp and probably badly designed. There are good alternatives out there though.

Interesting trick for a zip based format containing mostly text.

JSON, its grammar and the security implications. The approach of looking at a restricted subset is interesting.

It was already hard to trust this company, but now... that clearly gives an idea of the kind of monetization channels they're contemplating.