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A subtle layout bug in Google Search: When CJK text-wrapping meets float
November 19, 2024 / 5 min read Recently, I investigated an interesting layout bug in Google...
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Trust in scientists hasn't recovered from Covid. Some humility could help
Study 3 essentially replicated study 2, but with the tweak that the articles varied whether the...
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Shift Left Is the Tip of the Iceberg
Shift left is evolving from a buzzword into a much broader shift in design methodology and...
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Online Age Verification as Trojan Horse for the Mass Rollout of Digital IDs?
Online age verification threatens to trap everyone, not just minors, in its web, as the Australian...
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Intel celebrates the arrival of MRDIMMs – double memory bandwidth of DRAM
(Image credit: TechPowerUp) When Intel introduced its Xeon 6 platform earlier this year, the company said...
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Java 24 to Reduce Object Header Size and Save Memory
JEP 450 (Compact Object Headers) has been targeted for delivery in JDK 24, and has already...
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A Woman Who Defined the Great Depression
Sanora Babb spent her life dealing with all the multifarious daily perils that prevent writers from...
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NYC Announces 'Drone as First Responder' Program to Reduce Response Times
November 13, 2024 Video available at: https://youtu.be/TrBjDTcYxjc Department’s First 24/7 Formalized Drone Unit Will Immediately Deploy...
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OpenStreetMap's New Vector Tiles
OpenStreetMap (OSM) has been hosting raster tiles of its dataset for much of its 20-year history....