Stories by Tomte

Why do Windows functions all begin with a MOV EDI, EDI instruction? (2011)

Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed. (2011)

Why are linked lists implemented the way they are in the Linux kernel? (2014)

Why Are Clinical Trials So Complicated? (2020)

Where Did 'Jazz,' the Word, Come From? (2018)

When Textbook RSA Is Used to Protect the Privacy of Users (2018)

When Russia and America Coöperated to Avert a Y2K Apocalypse (2019)

When Graphs Are a Matter of Life and Death (2021)

What's All This About Journaling? (2018)

I Didn't Know You Could Make Interactive YouTube Videos

What would a walkable city look like? (2018)

What works, what doesn't [pdf] (2013)

What to Say When They Ask for Your Salary History (2020)

What the Gospel of Innovation Gets Wrong (2014)

The perhaps unsurprising longevity of email

More than you ever wanted to know about font loading on the web (2021)

Psychology needs to get tired of winning (2022)

Python Design Patterns (2020)

Bayesian Modeling and Computation in Python (2021)

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