Stories by signa11

How much do __builtin_expect(), likely(), and unlikely() improve performance?

Embrace, extend, extinguish: How Google crushed and abandoned the RSS industry

Is two to the power of infinity more than infinity?

New Artificial Lighting Tricks Human Brain into Seeing Sunlight

Mars One Selects the Final 100

From Mathematics to Generic Programming

Using Computer Vision to Improve EEG Signals

Sketching data structures

A Look at Nanomsg and Scalability Protocols

Tin cans, can openers and solar power: explaining the snail’s pace of innovation

How programs get run: ELF binaries

Go Escape Analysis Flaws

How Can Dismal Designs Be Dealt With?

Paxos, a beautiful protocol for distributed consensus

Confessions of a Recovering Proprietary Programmer, Part XIII

Network Breaking and Entering: Ars Tests the Pwn Plug R3

Automating Tinder with Eigenfaces

Methodology change sees Indian economy grow faster than China's

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Writing Linux Test Project Test Cases