Piping hot takes from the world of software, technology, and infrequent contact with grass.
A complete index of all Linux system calls on x86_64 architecture, accurate as of kernel version 6.19.
An unfiltered account of my experience installing desktop Linux on the bleeding edge. (And maybe some content about the laptop itself.)
After daily driving the Thinkpad X9 for about 6 months, I finally found a reasonably priced current-gen X1 Carbon to compare it to.
The C programming language is often criticized for being memory-unsafe, but nothing about its syntax necessitates such an attribute. Let's explore how simple changes to compilers' code generation patterns can eliminate entire classes of memory bugs, without spending a half-century rewriting code.
Proper email OpSec requires keeping PGP private keys off your primary hard drive, but the Thunderbird snap in Ubuntu 24.04 renders that impossible. Here's how to fix it.