Why do we commit financial fraud and destroy the planet? Because there is only one goal that counts: making more money. It’s the only measure of success for powerful people, they are powerful because of it.
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Why do we commit financial fraud and destroy the planet? Because there is only one goal that counts: making more money. It’s the only measure of success for powerful people, they are powerful because of it.
I've always had a lot of admiration for Fabrice Bellard, I always wished I was as good an engineer as he is.
If you’re lucky enough that you don’t need to work for your income, you should be taxed. A lot. How much? Enough to make sure you don’t become so rich that your children don’t need to work.
Being rich is not fair, it’s very rarely deserved, and it needs to be taxed unfairly.
(I’m sure they’re not lying, but we’re not learning anything here)
The cosmic ray hypothesis has been dominant for a few years now.
This magazine…
Oh, an this [2] just happened
[1] https://github.com/containers/oci-seccomp-bpf-hook/pull/209 [2] https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/52501
Modern compilers are extremely clever and will produce machine code that takes full advantage of modern CPU branch predictors, and reorder instructions to better take advantage of pipelining. This in itself will make the same code run at different speeds depending on the input data.
Then there is the whole issue of compiler version roulette. As a developer you have no idea which version of compilers your users and distros will use, and what new and wonderful optimisation they will bring.
We are not 20 years ago, the world in which it made sense doesn’t exist anymore, but the industry is slow to move on. Just pick a long term release and update it regularly.
All I know is, if I was at war with the USA, I would definitely cut the internet in my country. Not doing it is like being at war with a big maritime power, and not protecting your coastline.
[1]: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/6/has-trump-confirmed-...