Python sets and dictionaries can have quadratic-time performance(lemire.me)

85 points by ibobev 1 month ago | 50 comments

How many floating-point numbers are in the interval [0,1]? (2017)(lemire.me)

87 points by burntcaramel 3 years ago | 41 comments

Random digits is not enough to uniquely identify all human beings(lemire.me)

39 points by adunk 3 years ago | 51 comments

Sierpiński Triangle? In My Bitwise and?(lcamtuf.substack.com)

204 points by guiambros 1 year ago | 49 comments

Jepsen: NATS 2.12.1(jepsen.io)

412 points by aphyr 10 months ago | 151 comments

Jepsen analysis by Kyle Kingsbury of NATS JetStream 2.12.1, finding lost writes from file corruption, power failures, and lazy fsync behavior.

Hot-wiring the Lisp machine(scheatkode.com)

28 points by spudlyo 6 months ago | 2 comments