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64-bit RISC-V core claims 10x better CoreMarks/Watt compared to other 3-5GHz CPUsMicro Magic unveiled an up to 64-bit RISC-V core showing a groundbreaking 110,000 CoreMarks/Watt, with a 3GHz chip consuming less than 70mW. The company claims 10 times better CoreMarks/Watt compared to other processors in the 3-5GHz range.
1Wonder Woman and Pixar bring the blockbusters home this ChristmasMost of the biggest movies this holiday season are either skipping theaters or offering another way to watch (like Wonder Woman 1984 arriving on HBO Max the same day it hits multiplexes). Find out what’s coming to a living room—and, yes, some theaters—near you.
1ESA paves the way for first Earth observation Scout missionAs part of its approach of embracing the concept of New Space through the FutureEO programme, ESA has selected one of four proposals as the first ‘Scout’ mission. This decision paves the way to starting negotiations with GomSpace in Denmark who will lead industrial consortium for the development of a small-satellite mission called Earth System Processes Monitored in the Atmosphere by a...
1Gaia’s new data takes us to the Milky Way’s anticentre and beyondThe motion of stars in the outskirts of our galaxy hints at significant changes in the history of the Milky Way. This and other equally fascinating results come from a set of papers that demonstrate the quality of ESA’s Gaia Early third Data Release (EDR3), which is made public today.
2Red Star (novel)Red Star (Russian: Красная звезда) is Alexander Bogdanov's 1908 science fiction novel about a communist society on Mars.[1] The first edition was published in St. Petersburg in 1908, before eventually being republished in Moscow and Petrograd in 1918, and then again in Moscow in 1922. Set in early Russia during the Revolution of 1905 and additionally on a fictional socialist society on Mars,...
1Mushrooms Can Eat Plastic, Petroleum and CO2Mushrooms have a solution for just about every man-made problem In the midst of global warming, global desertification, deoxygenating oceans and Earth’s sixth mass extinction crisis, mycologist and author Paul Stamets gives us seven reasons to hold out hope, and they all involve mushrooms. In a still-relevant 2008 Ted Talk, […]
1Orion the Hunter and Mount Dirfis, Greece - EPODPhotographer: Dimitris Malliaris Summary Authors: Dimitris Malliaris; Jim Foster One of the more inspiring sights for stargazing enthusiasts is the rising of the constellation Orion the Hunter. The photo above features Orion as it’s rising above Mount Dirfis (5,719 ft...
1Keynote: A Computer Culture for Children - Cynthia Solomon | Code Mesh V 20This video was recorded at Code Mesh V 2020 - https://codesync.global/conferences/code-mesh-ldn/ More great virtual tech conferences - https://codesync.global --- A Computer Culture for Children. Encouraging children's inventive spirit by Cynthia Solomon ABSTRACT In 1966 a group of us created Logo, a programming language for children and other learners. This language gave rise to a learning environment as well as a computer culture. The design of the language went through many iterations; the learning environment expanded to embrace making and programming a variety of physical and virtual objects; and the culture with its mix of learners, teachers and ideas broadened discussions on thinking about thinking. The enthusiasm of children learning to program computers in school gave way to the realities of the lack of knowledgeable mentors and for a while led to schools embracing the learning of Microsoft Office skills. Today there is a new thrust of activity on making things. It raises questions about building and fostering their environments and cultures. What ideas might be helpful in casting these new spaces to encourage children’s creative spirit is the intention of this talk. --- THE SPEAKER - Cynthia Solomon Cynthia Solomon, MA in Computer Science from Boston University (1976) and an EdD from Harvard University (1985), is a pioneer in computer science and educational computing. In 1966 she collaborated with Seymour Papert, Danny Bobrow and Wally Feurzeig at Bolt, Beranek and Newman to create Logo, the first programming language designed for children. Dr. Solomon currently conducts workshops, speaks at conferences, and serves on the program committee of Constructing Modern Knowledge. In 2016 she was awarded both the National Center for Women & Information Technology Pioneer Award and the Constructionism Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the recipient of the 2019 FabLearn Lifetime Achievement Award. --- Code Mesh V Website: https://codesync.global/conferences/code-mesh-ldn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodeMeshio
1After Me, ConquestGodwine, a man who had risen to become Earl of Wessex during the reign of Cnut (d. 1035), sailed up the Thames in 1052. Having paused in Southwark to recruit Londoners, Godwine took advantage of a rising tide to continue upriver, his ships sticking to the southern bank. After his exile from England the year before, Godwine’s aim was clear: to threaten Edward the...
1Hugh Grant on why a children's book about a stick makes him cryGrant on researching a role: "I do it because I’m so nervous. I think the more prepared I am and the deeper everything is embedded in my cells, the less likely I am to suddenly feel exposed and have a panic attack. I learn my lines about six years in advance."
1These are called opportunitiesNovember 12, 2020 These are called opportunities Yesterday Apple updated three of their machines. During the announcement, it was revealed that the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro 13", and the Mac Mini would now be running on M1 SoCs. These "One more thing..." events usually comes with raving numbers and this one did not diverge from the tradition. Up to 3.9X faster video...
1Who is Debugging the Debuggers? Exposing Debug Information Bugs in Optimized BinariesDespite the advancements in software testing, bugs still plague deployed software and result in crashes in production. When debugging issues -- sometimes caused by "heisenbugs" -- there is the need to interpret core dumps and reproduce the issue offline on the same binary deployed. This requires the entire toolchain (compiler, linker, debugger) to correctly generate and use debug information....
1Presidential Middle NamesPresidential Middle Names |< < Prev Random Next > >| |< < Prev Random Next > >| Permanent link to this comic: https://xkcd.com/2393/ Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding): https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/presidential_middle_names.png Comics I enjoy: Three Word Phrase, SMBC, Dinosaur Comics, Oglaf (nsfw), A Softer World, ...
1Seeing is believing: a client-centric specification of database isolation | the morning paperSeeing is believing: a client-centric specification of database isolation, Crooks et al., PODC’17. Last week we looked at Elle, which detects isolation anomalies by setting things up so that the inner workings of the database, in the form of the direct serialization graph (DSG), can be externally recovered. Today’s paper choice, ‘Seeing is believing’ also deals with the externally...
2HTTP/2 Push is deadOne of the hot features that came with HTTP/2 was PUSH frames. The main idea is that if the server can predict what requests a client might want to make, the server can preemptively send request/response pairs to the client and warm its cache. This is a feature I’ve been very interested in for a long time. I feel that it can be incredibly useful for APIs to invalidate & warm caches, remove the...
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