Flame Graphs, Tree Maps and Sunbursts Compared for Disk Usage
TL;DR Brendan Gregg compared several ways to visualize the same filesystem dataset (linux 4.9-rc5), showing flame graphs, tree maps, sunburst…
No, it’s not a battleship: Trump plan more like a large missile cruiser
TL;DR The administration has promoted a new large surface warship as a “battleship,” but the design and armament described don’t…
fcvvdp: a compact, high-performance C implementation of the CVVDP metric
TL;DR Halide Compression released fcvvdp, a C implementation of the University of Cambridge CVVDP perceptual metric. Benchmarks on a Core…
Best Japanese Learning Tools 2025: Winners Across Apps, Anki, and Readers
TL;DR An online year‑end roundup by Autumn Skerritt names winners across categories for Japanese study tools in 2025, from browser…
No, it’s not a battleship — proposed ‘Trump’ warship resembles a large missile cruiser
TL;DR The administration’s recently announced large surface combatant has been described as a battleship, but the design lacks the guns…
C++ says “We have try…finally at home” — cleanup via destructors and scope guards
TL;DR Many modern languages provide a finally clause for guaranteed cleanup; C++ accomplishes the same goal using destructors and RAII-style…
Daily Bottled-Water Drinkers Swallow About 90,000 Extra Microplastic Particles
TL;DR New reporting finds that people who drink bottled water every day ingest tens of thousands more microplastic particles annually…
C++ says “We have try…finally at home” — destructors handle cleanup
TL;DR Many modern languages offer a finally clause to run cleanup when control leaves a block; C++ provides the same…
C++ provides try-finally behavior via destructors, not a finally clause
TL;DR C++ lacks a dedicated finally clause; instead, developers rely on destructors to run cleanup when control leaves a scope.…
An ounce of silver now fetches a higher price than a barrel of oil
TL;DR A Wall Street Journal headline reports that an ounce of silver is currently worth more than a barrel of…