The Inner-Platform Effect (2006) — a retrospective on platform anti-patterns
TL;DR A page titled "The Inner-Platform Effect (2006)" is hosted on TheDailyWTF. The provided source shows navigation elements and a…
Ask HN: International distribution and country statistics of Hacker News visitors
TL;DR A Hacker News user asked whether site traffic is concentrated in the US and how much comes from regions…
The best distraction blockers to jumpstart your focus in the new year
TL;DR A handful of apps and browser extensions promise to cut down time-wasting habits by blocking sites, apps or even…
Running Asahi Linux and Sway on a MacBook Air M2: setup and notes
TL;DR A user installed Asahi Linux on a MacBook Air M2 and configured the Sway window manager on a Fedora…
Study in mice finds restoring brain NAD+ can reverse advanced Alzheimer’s
TL;DR Researchers report that correcting brain NAD+ imbalance with a pharmacologic agent reversed pathological and cognitive features of advanced Alzheimer’s…
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,…
Why Calling ‘The Global Market’ a Strategy Is an Irresponsible Shortcut
TL;DR Describing a target as “the global market” or naming a country as a single market often masks a lack…
A Christmas knock that changed lives: a Cardiff couple’s 45-year guest
TL;DR In December 1975 Rob and Dianne Parsons invited Ronnie Lockwood into their Cardiff home for Christmas; he remained with…
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…