ibobev - Hackdot

An Overview of an Ambitious Music Project

Posted by ibobev on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:47AM
from the reasonablypolymorphic.com dept.

https://reasonablypolymorphic.com/blog/music-overview/index.html

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Musical Signals

Posted by ibobev on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:47AM
from the reasonablypolymorphic.com dept.

https://reasonablypolymorphic.com/blog/music-signals/index.html

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Fraction Comparison Trick Revisited

Posted by ibobev on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:47AM
from the johndcook.com dept.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/11/03/fraction-comparison-trick-revisited/

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Euclidean, Spherical, and Projective Geometry

Posted by ibobev on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:43AM
from the johndcook.com dept.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/11/03/spherical-and-projective-geometry/

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From a graphics hack to a rigorous model of the projective plane

Posted by ibobev on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:43AM
from the johndcook.com dept.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/11/03/hack-to-rigor/

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Charles Tandy, the mastermind behind Radio Shack

Posted by ibobev on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:42AM
from the dfarq.homeip.net dept.

https://dfarq.homeip.net/charles-tandy-the-mastermind-behind-radio-shack/

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Harms of the Generative AI

Posted by ibobev on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:26AM
from the andreyor.st dept.

https://andreyor.st/posts/2026-11-02-harms-of-the-generative-ai/

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Runs Scored in World Baseball Classic

Posted by ibobev on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:25AM
from the entropicthoughts.com dept.

https://entropicthoughts.com/sums-of-overdispersed-counts

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A Direct Construction of SZ Sequence Matrices

Posted by ibobev on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @07:22AM
from the andrew-helmer.github.io dept.

https://andrew-helmer.github.io/sz-matrix-construction/

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Optimizing CPU-Side Rendering Code

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:39PM
from the godotengine.org dept.

https://godotengine.org/article/rendering-cpu-optimizations/

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Building a Gemini Server in Python

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:38PM
from the willmunn.xyz dept.

https://www.willmunn.xyz/gemini/python/2026/10/16/we-have-lift-off.html

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Who Decided Toothbrushes Needed Microchips? [video]

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:36PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq0aTRG8YTE

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VictoriaLogs vs. Loki, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, SigNoz and ClickStack

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:24PM
from the victoriametrics.com dept.

https://victoriametrics.com/blog/structured-log-ingestion-benchmark/index.html

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A slightly better ThreadPoolExecutor in Pystd through types

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:24PM
from the nibblestew.blogspot.com dept.

https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/10/a-slightly-better-threadpoolexecutor-in.html

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Overriding Heading Levels with the Headingoffset HTML Attribute

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:24PM
from the blog.master.dev dept.

https://blog.master.dev/overriding-heading-levels-with-the-headingoffset-html-attribute/

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The Problem with C++ Safety (Part 2): Modern C++ Is a Mindset, Not a Standard

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:13PM
from the modernescpp.com dept.

https://www.modernescpp.com/index.php/cpp-and-memory-safety-part-2/

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Planning with open variable lists in Gecode

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:13PM
from the zayenz.se dept.

https://zayenz.se/blog/post/open-cp-in-gecode/

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Sneaking into the auditorium for the Windows 2000 launch rehearsal

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @01:12PM
from the devblogs.microsoft.com dept.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20261102-00/?p=112818/

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Tim Smiley: An Anecdote

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:48PM
from the lawrencecpaulson.github.io dept.

https://lawrencecpaulson.github.io//2026/10/30/Tim_Smiley.html

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Making Peace with the Projective Plane

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:47PM
from the johndcook.com dept.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/11/02/projective-plane/

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Poles and polars in projective space with homogeneous coordinates

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:47PM
from the johndcook.com dept.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/11/01/projective-poles-and-polars/

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Which functions a C++ call can see

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:27PM
from the train-it.eu dept.

https://train-it.eu/blog/which-functions-a-call-can-see/

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Beating the compiler at signed 32-bit division

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:26PM
from the lemire.me dept.

https://lemire.me/blog/2026/10/31/beating-the-compiler-at-signed-32-bit-division/

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Inktober 2026

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:25PM
from the ratfactor.com dept.

https://ratfactor.com/inktober26/

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My Favourite Laptop

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:59AM
from the blog.jsbarretto.com dept.

https://blog.jsbarretto.com/post/laptop

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Johnston's Electric Trains, St. Louis

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:59AM
from the dfarq.homeip.net dept.

https://dfarq.homeip.net/johnstons-electric-trains-st-louis/

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IBM PC/XT drives stuck in the bay? How to free them

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @11:59AM
from the dfarq.homeip.net dept.

https://dfarq.homeip.net/ibm-pc-xt-drives-stuck-in-the-bay-how-to-free-them/

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Digging Deeper into the IIgs's Object Module Format

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:19AM
from the bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com dept.

https://bumbershootsoft.wordpress.com/2026/10/31/digging-deeper-into-the-iigss-object-module-format/

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Killing what can't be handled – putting a spaghetti demon to eternal rest

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:18AM
from the themaister.net dept.

https://themaister.net/blog/2026/10/29/killing-what-cant-be-handled-putting-a-spaghetti-demon-to-eternal-rest/

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A New Map of 'Empty' Space Challenges a Tranquil Picture of the Galaxy

Posted by ibobev on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:18AM
from the quantamagazine.org dept.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-map-of-empty-space-challenges-a-tranquil-picture-of-the-galaxy-20261030/

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