Collaborate Disseminate
Raw network sockets are a curious beasts, as unless you have a strong urge to implement your own low-level network protocol, it’s a topic that is probably best left to …read more Continue reading When Raw Network Sockets Aren’t Raw: Raw Sockets in MacOS and Linux
Friday America’s Federal Trade Commission brought action against three companies for “anticompetitive and unfair” practices “that have artificially inflated the list price of insulin.”
For years, many of the millions of Americans who need insulin to … Continue reading America’s FTC Sues Insulin Middlemen Who ‘Artificially Inflated’ Drug Price
DVD-R platters consist of two poly carbonate disks with a shinny metallic like surface in between. The area in between also contains a dye like material, usually purple in color. Is the information written on a DVD-R stored in that dye o… Continue reading destruction of DVD media [closed]
I have access to a big remote server via SSH and I’m a root user on that server. However, there are multiple other root users who also have access to this server. I want to run some Fortran/C programs on this server, but I’m concerned abou… Continue reading How can I run Fortran/C programs on a shared remote server without exposing my code to other root users?
It’s hypothetically capable of “delivering an exquisite portrait of the detailed surface features of any exoplanet within 100 light-years…” writes Space.com.
“It would be better than any telescope we could possibly build in any possible future for … Continue reading Could We Turn the Sun Into an Extremely Powerful Telescope?
X’s struggles in Brazil got this update from the Guardian Wednesday:
In a statement tweeted from X’s global government affairs account, the company said the restoration of service was an “inadvertent and temporary” side-effect of switching network pro… Continue reading New X Court Filing Says It’s Complying with Brazil’s Orders to Block Accounts
Although Linux runs almost every supercomputer, most of the web, the majority of smart phones, and a few writers’ ancient Macbooks, there’s one major weak point in the Linux world …read more Continue reading Linux, Now In Real Time
I was surprised that Surface Pro 11 didn’t get the same firmware update as Surface Laptop 7 did, but now it appears that it did.
The post Surface Pro 11 Got a Firmware Update Too appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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The Washington Post reports:
An international team of scientists published a peer-reviewed paper Thursday saying genetic evidence indicates the coronavirus pandemic most likely originated with a natural spillover from an animal or animals sold in a ma… Continue reading Scientists Again Link Covid Pandemic Origin to Wuhan Market Animals
Slashdot first covered Saul Justin Newman’s work in 2019.
Now a senior research fellow at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at University College London, Newman was recognized last week for research finding that most claims of people living over 10… Continue reading Researcher Wins Award For Debunking Longer Life Expectancies in ‘Blue Zones’