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Haiku's (Kernel) Condition Variables API: Design and Implementation

Link: haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…

Haiku's (Kernel) Condition Variables API: Design & Implementation

A few months after my contract with Haiku, Inc. began, I rewrote the implementation of the Haiku kernel’s condition variables (as opposed to our userspace condition variables, which are from POSIX.) As this new implementation has run in Haiku …
Haiku Project

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Layoff Runbook

Link: github.com/derwiki/layoff-runb…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


GitHub - derwiki/layoff-runbook: Being laid off can be overwhelming and it's easy to miss important tasks. This runbook will help make sure you stay on track.

Being laid off can be overwhelming and it's easy to miss important tasks. This runbook will help make sure you stay on track. - GitHub - derwiki/layoff-runbook: Being laid off can be overwhelmi...
GitHub

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The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) Will Join SRI International

Link: sri.com/press/press-release/th…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) to join SRI International - SRI International

Signaling a new chapter for Silicon Valley, two veteran R&D leaders are combining minds to advance and accelerate world-changing science and technology. 
SRI International

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Snapchat sees spike in 1-star reviews as users pan the ‘My AI’ feature

Link: techcrunch.com/2023/04/24/snap…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


Snapchat sees spike in 1-star reviews as users pan the 'My AI' feature, calling for its removal | TechCrunch

Over the past week, Snapchat's average U.S. App Store review was 1.67, with 75% of reviews being 1-star.
Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)

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Topological Deep Learning: A Survey on Topological Neural Networks

Link: arxiv.org/abs/2304.10031
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


Architectures of Topological Deep Learning: A Survey on Topological Neural Networks

The natural world is full of complex systems characterized by intricate relations between their components: from social interactions between individuals in a social network to electrostatic interactions between atoms in a protein.
arXiv.org

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Technology of water in ancient Iran from prehistory to the Islamic Golden Age

Link: nature.com/articles/s41599-023…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


The technology, management, and culture of water in ancient Iran from prehistoric times to the Islamic Golden Age - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - The technology, management, and culture of water in ancient Iran from prehistoric times to the Islamic Golden Age
Nature

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'Delete Act' seeks to give Californians more power to block data tracking

Link: kqed.org/news/11947039/delete-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


‘Delete Act’ Seeks to Give Californians More Power to Block Data Tracking | KQED

The California Delete Act (SB 362), introduced by state Sen. Josh Becker (D-Silicon Valley), would give Californians more digital tools to protect their privacy.
KQED

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Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never combine app icons

Link: theverge.com/2023/4/20/2369096…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


Windows 11’s taskbar is finally getting labels and never combine app icons

The latest Windows 11 test builds have a never combine app icons feature and taskbar app labels. These features are returning to Windows 11 after Microsoft rebuilt the taskbar for its latest OS.
Tom Warren (The Verge)

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Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion Against Encryption

Link: globalencryption.org/2023/04/s…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…

Global Encryption Coalition Steering Committee Statement on EU-US Cooperation on Turning Public Opinion Against Encryption – Global Encryption Coalition

The members of the Global Encryption Coalition’s Steering Committee issued a statement on the EU-US collaboration against encryption.
GEC admin (Global Encryption Coalition)

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Red Hat cutting hundreds of jobs, CEO says in letter to employees

Link: wraltechwire.com/2023/04/24/re…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


Red Hat cutting hundreds of jobs, CEO says in letter to employees

"We will reduce the associate base of Red Hat over the next few weeks," CEO Matt Hicks wrote in the email. He said the layoffs would be "just under 4% in total."
https://wraltechwire.com/author/rick-smith/#author (Capitol Broadcasting Company)

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No, I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter

Link: katsnyderux.com/post/no-i-don-…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


No, I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter — horrible uses of exit overlays

When a user moves their mouse from the middle of the page toward the navigation bar — presumably to abandon the page — there are technologies which can track this behavior and trigger a “mouse-out” alert.
Kat (Kat Snyder)

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Z Garbage Collector: The Next Generation

Link: inside.java/2023/04/23/levelup…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


Z Garbage Collector: The Next Generation

The Z Garbage Collector (ZGC)—a scalable, low-latency garbage collector providing sub-millisecond max pause times—continues to evolve. This session will review the design goals behind ZGC and provide a look into the impact of the upcoming support fo…
inside.java

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Mathematician uncovers way to shrink sampling errors in large-dimensional data

Link: phys.org/news/2023-03-mathemat…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


Mathematician uncovers methods to shrink sampling errors in large-dimensional data sets

A professor in Florida State University's Department of Mathematics has made a breakthrough that will allow scientists across academic disciplines and financial institutions to shrink sampling errors concerning high-dimensional financial data.
Hannah Fulk (Phys.org)

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Keep the Monolith, but Split the Workloads

Link: incident.io/blog/monolith
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


Keep the monolith, but split the workloads | incident.io

Everybody loves a monolith, but you can hit issues as you scale. This post is about a technique – splitting your workloads – that can significantly reduce that pain, costs little, and can be applied early.
incident.io

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That won't scale: Present cost vs. future value

Link: codesolo.substack.com/p/that-w…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


That won't scale! Or present cost vs. future value.

Thanks for reading Code Solo! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Oftentimes, we choose between an easier solution A and a more robust solution B. Developers tend to pick the one that is more robust.
Yanis (Code Solo)

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Tony Hsieh’s Friends/Family Milked Millions in His Drug-Fueled Final Months

Link: forbes.com/sites/angelauyeung/…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3…


How Tony Hsieh’s Friends And Family Milked Millions In His Drug-Fueled Final Months

In an exclusive excerpt from Wonder Boy, Zappos’ charismatic founder paid a sycophantic circle of acolytes outrageous salaries—and absurd 10 percent commissions—to deliver him happiness during the last weeks of his life.
Angel Au-Yeung (Forbes)
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