In 1980, Intel released the Intel 8087 floating-point coprocessor, a chip that could make math up to 100 times faster. As well as arithmetic and square roots, the 8087 computed transcendental functions including tangent, exponentiation, and logarithms. But it all depended on a 69-bit adder: "The arithmetic heart of the floating-point execution unit is centered about a nanomachine comprised of the…
Burson's Asia-Pacific head of intelligence and transformation joins the podcast to explore how AI answer engines assess brand content.
Murdoch
2026 June 9 (Tuesday), 2:18PM
· mediawiki-feeds · RSS · Toolforge · Wikimedia ·
Yesterday someone
messaged me about an issue with a wonky little tool I
wrote ten years ago. I actually the thing, because it creates feeds for a couple of things I follow on wikis, but as is often the way with RSS-related code I'd forgotten all about it — it just keeps working and doesn't need any…
Murdoch
2026 June 9 (Tuesday), 2:18PM
· mediawiki-feeds · RSS · Toolforge · Wikimedia ·
Yesterday someone
messaged me about an issue with a wonky little tool I
wrote ten years ago. I actually the thing, because it creates feeds for a couple of things I follow on wikis, but as is often the way with RSS-related code I'd forgotten all about it — it just keeps working and doesn't need any…
1948 was an interesting time for computing. For decades, businesses had used punch card equipment that added and sorted electromechanically. Now these electromechanical relays and counting wheels were being used to build room-filling general-purpose computers such as Harvard Mark I (1944) and IBM's SSEC (1948). But slow electromechanical mechanisms were already becoming obsolete. World War II had…
I noted Jason’s post awhile back about his reading routine with interest. My ears perked up again at the announcement of the audio newsletter for Six Colors members.…
Descubre cómo François Duvalier usó el vudú haitiano y la figura de Barón Samedi para crear una dictadura de terror psicológico en Haití.
The 321 backup strategy is still one of the clearest ways to protect your data, but ransomware has changed the rules. Here’s how to build backups that survive deletion, sync failures, cloud lockouts, and malware.
If you have ever given the same instruction six times before anything happens, this episode is for you.
@Stephen announced on LinkedIn he is presenting his paper on randomization vs model based inference before the Royal Statistical Society on July 1, 2026. I thought participants here would be interested, as it will also be presented online.
Event info and a link to the preprint can be found here:
RSS
Next Discussion Meeting
‘Randomisation in Clinical Trials:…
In 1980, Intel introduced the 8087 floating-point chip, a co-processor that made floating-point operations up to 100 times faster. This chip was highly influential, and today most processors use the floating-point standard introduced by the 8087.
The 8087 uses complicated algorithms to accurately compute functions such as square roots, tangents, and exponentials. These algorithms are implemented…
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory that could be carried in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle, providing lab space for astronauts and experiments. Spacelab was controlled by a French-built minicomputer, called the _Mitra 125 MS_. Unlike modern computers, this computer didn't contain a microprocessor chip. Instead, its 16-bit processor was constructed from several boards of chips. In this…
lingthusiasm:
Sometimes, you’re talking with someone and you just seem to click. Other times, you just can’t seem to get comfortable: they’re standing too close or too far away for comfort, making too much or too little eye contact, touching or not touching you in a way that just doesn’t quite feel right. But where do our senses of what feels comfortable in a conversation come from, and how…
Industry journalist Charlotte Mceleny joins the podcast to discuss pressing questions at a time of significant marcomms disruption.
So bringst du deine Webseite ins Fediverse: GoToSocial auf einem VPS installieren, Nginx konfigurieren und Blogbeiträge automatisch per RSS veröffentlichen.
Wazuh can improve security without surrendering endpoint telemetry to a closed vendor, but only if you control what it logs, who can access it, and how long the data lives.
A senior leader of India’s Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and former Indian Army chief Manoj Mukund Naravane have called for keeping diplomatic channels open with Pakistan, urging continued dialogue despite strained bilateral relations. RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale said India should remain prepared to engage with Pakistan through diplomacy, trade and people-to-people contact. RSS…
Descubre a Baron Samedi, el lwa del vudú haitiano que desafía a la muerte con humor, y qué puede enseñar su irreverencia a la medicina moderna.
Recently, I tripped over a headline for an article I wrote for Six Colors in 2015: “How I stopped using RSS and didn’t even notice.”
I could hardly remember writing it.…
The CARMA CEO on why Gulf nations risk losing the narrative war, and what non-Western holding groups bring to global communications.
Cybersecurity isn’t just about stopping hackers it’s about controlling who can access your data and why. This guide breaks down what it really means, why it matters now, and how to protect yourself effectively.
The talk most of us never got and how to give your kids a better one. An honest, anatomy-forward guide to where babies come from, built for every kind of family.
This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum. I published an article on Symfony Station (now sunset) years ago, titled Need a Writing Stack and Workflow for a Tech Newsletter or Blog?. It did not concern Symfony or PHP directly. However, it was still related. We wanted to be the best source for news on the...
DNS block lists can reduce tracking and block malicious domains, but they’re not a complete privacy solution. Here’s what they actually protect, what they miss, and how to use them effectively in 2026.
lingthusiasm:
What do you do when the only records that remain of a language were made by someone who had absolutely horrendous views of the people who spoke it?
In this episode, your host Lauren Gawne gets enthusiastic about a crossover episode with Claire Aubin of This Guy Sucked! Lauren’s Guy who Sucked is Daisy Bates, who did a lot of early 20th century work documenting over 100…
Nineby9's Christine Fellowes and Ashbury's Jane Morgan on what the data shows about AI's uneven impact on women in the workplace.
La asombrosa conexión entre el mito de los hombres de maíz del Popol Vuh y la domesticación biológica del teosinte hace 9.000 años.
Loyalty programs promise savings, but often trade discounts for detailed personal data. Here’s how they track you, influence prices, and what you can do to protect your privacy.
I have decided to start a photo blog. This is a place for me to post photos I want to share whilst avoiding all the nasties of the modern internet.
Find my photo blog at https://photos.jamesleighton.com and enjoy! You can follow using RSS, Bluesky, or Mastodon (@photos.jamesleighton.com@web.brid.gy)
This is post 27 of #100DaysToOffload.
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Ramya Chandrasekaran on embedding AI, navigating geopolitics across 17-plus markets, and why comms leaders need to get close to the lawyers.