Why aren't motherboards mostly USB-C by now? (2021)(philip.greenspun.com)

183 points by cute_boi 2 years ago | 398 comments

Everything Is Just Functions: 1 week with David Beazley and SICP(ezzeriesa.notion.site)

370 points by kurinikku 1 year ago | 211 comments

A Notion-hosted blog post recounting a week-long SICP course taught by David Beazley, covering functions, interpreters, and tail call optimization.

Using Arc to decode Venter's DNA watermark (2010)(righto.com)

39 points by 6177c40f 2 years ago | 6 comments

Intel's $475M error: the silicon behind the Pentium division bug(righto.com)

362 points by gslin 1 year ago | 110 comments

Ken Shirriff's blog post examining the Pentium die to show where the 1994 floating-point division bug lies in the silicon and why it occurred.

Two interesting XOR circuits inside the Intel 386 processor(righto.com)

82 points by _Microft 2 years ago | 13 comments

Book review: Barriers to Bioweapons(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

65 points by jasonhansel 3 years ago | 13 comments