Explaining Rust’s Loan Algebra: New Borrow Kinds, Tables, and Rules
TL;DR A recent writeup maps a set of proposed reference kinds and summarizes their interactions with three tables showing reborrows,…
Maybe Our Default Consumption Settings Are Set Far Too High Today
TL;DR A long-form reflection argues that habitual consumption speeds — for reading, eating and other activities — blunt the rewards…
Lamp Carousel: Build a DIY Kinetic Sculpture That Spins from Lamp Heat
TL;DR A maker describes a simple DIY kinetic sculpture cut from recycled aluminum soda cans that spins when placed above…
SubMicro Engine: Ultra-Low-Latency Trading System Achieves Sub-Microsecond E2E
TL;DR An open-source execution engine called SubMicro Engine reports sub-microsecond end-to-end latency, with a median of 890 ns and tight…
Why quantum error correction may trigger a near-term FOOM in qubit quality
TL;DR Recent repetition-code experiments show step changes in protected-bit lifetime as researchers identify and fix failure modes, producing a rapid,…
Self-referencing Page Tables for x86 Architecture: Bachelor Thesis Findings
TL;DR A bachelor thesis describes a technique that uses a self-reference in the x86 page-table root to expose page tables…
Spaced repetition: scheduling reviews to improve long-term learning outcomes
TL;DR A literature review outlines spaced repetition as an established learning technique that spaces reviews with increasing intervals to strengthen…
How to Build a 100TB TrueNAS NAS in 2025: Complete DIY Storage Guide
TL;DR A 100TB+ DIY NAS using TrueNAS SCALE can deliver enterprise-grade ZFS features at a fraction of cloud or pre-built…