How to receive a million packets per second
Last week during a casual conversation I overheard a colleague saying: "The Linux network stack is slow! You can't expect it to do more than 50 thousand packets per second per core!" That got me thinking. While I agree that...
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Posted on 2015-06-17T04:52:25+0000
Why Mathematicians Are Hoarding This Special Type of Japanese Chalk
This spring, an 80-year-old Japanese chalk company went out of business. Nobody, perhaps, was as sad to see the company go as mathematicians who had become obsessed with Hagoromo Fulltouch Chalk, the so-called “Rolls Royce of chalk.”
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Posted on 2015-06-16T07:18:45+0000
mikeash.com: I Do Not Agree To Your Terms
Apple introduced their News app at WWDC, and the other day they sent me an e-mail saying they want to include this blog in News.
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https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/i-do-not-agree-to-your-terms.html
Posted on 2015-06-16T06:24:18+0000
jlevy/the-art-of-command-line
the-art-of-command-line - Master the command line, in one page
A Curious Midlife Crisis for a Tech Entrepreneur
Fabrice Grinda, who is worth an estimated $100 million, ditched his 20-acre estate and $300,000 sports car in search of an elusive happiness.
California Announces Restrictions on Water Use by Farmers
Farmers with long-time rights to California water will face cutbacks, the first reduction in their usage since 1977, state officials announced Friday.
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Finally! Though they still need to go after huge agribusiness and not just smaller farmers
Posted on 2015-06-13T02:47:17+0000
A YouTube built for gamers
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How a history of eating human brains protected this tribe from brain disease
The findings from Papua New Guinea offer possible insights into Alzheimer's and dementia.
Reassessing Airport Security - Schneier on Security
Reassessing Airport Security News that the Transportation Security Administration missed a whopping 95% of guns and bombs in recent airport security "red team" tests was justifiably shocking. It's clear that we're not getting value for the $7 billion we're paying the TSA annually. But there's anothe…
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Posted on 2015-06-12T08:37:40+0000
Interactive: Here’s why men on earth outnumber women by 60 million
A story of drinkers, genocide, and unborn girls