Stories by nkurz

Are women really better than men at furniture assembly (as IKEA claim)?

Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuckerberg’s are really bad

Applying the Roofline Model

Selling Books in Cold Places

Applying the Roofline Model

GC and Rust Part 1: Specifying the Problem

Amateur Hour: The Formula for Speed

Slicing Earth, Carefully: On Wet and Dry Great and Small Circles

A Point of View: Why it's time to turn the music off

Parallel Random Numbers: As Easy as 1, 2, 3 (2011) [pdf]

English is not normal

Feminism Needs More Thinkers Who Aren’t Right 100 Percent of the Time

Wladimir Palant, Adblock Plus, and the profitable war against unacceptable ads

Zipcar Co-Founder Robin Chase Loves Tech but Fears Millions Will Be Jobless

Charity claims it owns “Happy Birthday” song’s copyright

What Is Conservatism and What Is Wrong with It? (2004)

Block storage is dead, says ex-HP and Supermicro data bigwig

On the Fence with Dependencies (2014)

Specific Problems with Other RNGs

Shingled Magnetic Recording 101

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