Stories by jnord

Exploring retro productivity software: Visual Basic on Windows 3.1

The database that refused to die: How Postgres survived its own creators

Seven Perfect Shuffles Randomize a Deck of Cards. But How Many Sloppy Ones?

Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams

The computer science degree isn’t dead

The Pros and Cons of Job Hopping as an Engineer

Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test

Intel 8088s and non-Intel non-clones

Finding success in industry as a chip designer

Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are suffering industrial rot

China is keeping its best AI talent to itself via travel restrictions

Nvidia to spend $150B a year in Taiwan, 'epicentre' of AI revolution

NASA takes steps toward building Moon Base, including discussing a "perimeter"

The International Space Station is leaking (again)

AI is getting pricey, but relief is coming, but not for you

Former US execs plead guilty to aiding tech support scammers

Manchester Code Made Bits Behave

Big AI is subverting regulations just like tobacco and oil firms

A Master's degree isn't the job guarantee it used to be

The offline desk gadget that got me to sit up straight

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