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In the previous article we looked at how a user program crosses the ring 3 → ring 0 boundary to ask the kernel for help. The example we used was read() — a file descriptor, a buffer pointer, a byte count. But we glossed over something...
Portable takes on games that were originally designed with anything but portability in mind fascinate me. I love seeing how …
I love wandering around old churches. St. John’s is small, but it has some beautiful stained glass windows and a very peaceful ambiance. Churches and libraries. They both have the same feel for me. A sacred space where light and silence...
Last week, because of a combination of bad planning (my bad) and endless delays (Deutsche Bahn’s bad), I arrive very late in a hotel in Berlin. I had to ring the doorbell. The guy at the reception started giggling the moment I came in,...
Vulnerable rattlers The work also showed that snake species was a predictor of likely pathogens with which they were infected. For example, pygmy rattlesnakes were most likely to be sick with snake fungal disease. Twelve out of 34...
John Wyver writes: I’m delighted to unveil the schedule for the The Cultures of Early Television, a University of Westminster conference that I am convening on 2 and 3 July at Portland Hall in London. Organised with the support of The...
Yesterday, I moved my podcast subscription list over to Reeder (by Silvio Rizzi). Now I've got website and blog RSS feeds, podcasts, YouTube channels, and several Glass accounts all in one app. It's a brilliant aggregator. I'm going to...