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Frustrated with VPS costs and DRAM prices, I turned my CMF Phone 1 into a home server. After a failed attempt to flash postmarketOS, I kept Android and used Termux as the host, running services in ch…
A* pathfinding can be sped up by improving the heuristic function, not just the priority queue or map representation. The key idea is to precompute distances to a set of landmarks and use the triangl…
Arthur Brooks, a happiness researcher, attributes the surge in depression and anxiety among young adults to a 'meaning crisis.' He explains that the lack of meaning, driven by technology and social d…
os8088 is a graphical operating system for the IBM PC XT, written entirely in real-mode assembly and booted from a floppy. It brings a Macintosh System 1-style desktop to 8086/8088 machines, featurin…
Shopify rebuilt its oversell protection system on MySQL, using one row per inventory unit and the SKIP LOCKED feature to handle peak traffic. The move eliminated consistency issues between Redis and…
In Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971), the Supreme Court interpreted Title VII to prohibit not just intentional discrimination but also disparate impact, subject to a business necessity defense. This in…
QR codes can be made to look like dithered photos by replacing the data modules with image pixels. This page explains the basics of QR code structure, then shows how to use Floyd-Steinberg error diff…
In this GDC session, the audio team behind Hyper Light Drifter breaks down the creative and technical process of crafting the game's distinctive soundscape. From the haunting synth melodies to the in…