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Linux Patches Posted That Would Allow Boot-Time Disabling Of x86 32-bit Processes
SUSE engineer Nikolay Borisov sent out a set of patches today for “ia32_disabled” that would allow disabling of support for x86 32-bit processes from running on x86_64 Linux systems. As a first step this would be a boot-time option when “ia32_disabled” is set. SUSE is interested in the ability for disabling the IA32 compatibility layer …
Give it five minutes – Signal v. Noise
A few years ago I used to be a hothead. Whenever anyone said anything, I’d think of a way to disagree. I’d push back hard if something didn’t fit my world-view. It’s like I had to be first with an opinion – as if being first meant something. But what it really meant was that …
HN on Apple Vision Pro
Here is a summary of the discussion in markdown format with 5 major topics and highlights: The $3,500 price tag was a topic of debate. Some felt it was worth it for the use cases: As someone who travels for work, this is well worth 3500. To wear these on flights, in small hotel rooms, …
Preface
8.9.0.3 Preface Many professions require some form of programming. Accountants program spreadsheets; musicians program synthesizers; authors program word processors; and web designers program style sheets. When we wrote these words for the first edition of the book (1995–2000), readers may have considered them futuristic; by now, programming has become a required skill and numerous outlets—books, …
On AI-Generated Works, Artists, and Intellectual Property
As lawsuit-inspiring musicians go, you can’t do much better than 2 Live Crew. Infamous for their 1989 album, “As Nasty as They Wanna Be,” they were the first band to ever have an album deemed legally obscene (though the decision was later overturned), and they were sued successfully by George Lucas over their trademark-infringing label …
‘A truce with the trees’: Rebecca Solnit on the wonders of a 300-year old violin | Kronos Quartet
For the last 50 years, David Harrington, the founder and artistic director of San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet, has been playing what he calls “pretty athletic music” on a violin made in 1721. I’ve heard him play all kinds of compositions on it, from the galloping notes of Orange Blossom Special to the minimalism of Terry …
A Comprehensive Guide to Prometheus Monitoring
Monitoring any system or application is critical to its smooth operation. With cloud-native environments becoming increasingly popular, a reliable monitoring solution is more important than ever. Fortunately, Prometheus has risen to the challenge, establishing itself as one of the leading tools for this task. This open-source software has come a long way from its humble …
Daring Fireball: Among the Companies With the Worst Reputations in America: Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok
Axios: This survey is the result of a partnership between Axios and Harris Poll to gauge the reputation of the most visible brands in America, based on 20 years of Harris Poll research. I’m not as interested in the top of the list as the bottom. Here are the companies with the worst reputations, starting …
A fond farewell to Flutter and Dart | by Tim Sneath | May, 2023
Leading PM and UX for Flutter, Dart, and more recently Go has been the most rewarding role in my professional career so far. And so it’s with very mixed feelings that I’m sharing today the news that I’m leaving Google at the end of the week. It’s been a wonderful journey. I joined the team …
New Google Cloud generative AI training resources
Editor’s note: This blog has been updated since it originally published to reflect the total number of generative AI courses that have become available since the publish date. An AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning) career path can be a great specialty area within the cloud—and one of the most accessible! Because this area is constantly developing, most …
GE Is Touting Its Health-Care Business, but It Isn’t Helping the Stock