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Thursday November 5th, 2026

Salon shuts down Dan Lyke / comment 0

Truth is, Salon was amazing and groundbreaking during the '90s, and then at some point they took an editorial turn that made them just another long form publication, in the culture rather than head of it.

Anyway: Goodbye from Salon.

Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication.

Wednesday November 4th, 2026

Transportation noise & health Dan Lyke / comment 0

Transportation noise linked to higher risk of heart conditions, even with healthy sleep — American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2026, Abstract Poster MDP2871

“People with noise exposure should consider strategies to reduce noise levels, such as installing thicker drywall, windows and doors in their home; placing bedrooms in the quietest areas of the house; planting dense trees and vegetation in the yard to absorb noise; and using earplugs during sleep,” he [Joseph Nguyen, M.D., an internal medicine resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and a member of the Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center in Boston] said.

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Careful on those cross-compiles Dan Lyke / comment 2

Dennis Forbes: Shlemiel the Painter Is Back: How Zig’s libc Rewrite Made SQLite 12,000× Slower.

How cross-compiling an application for Linux on the Mac used Zig cc, and:

In the rewrite of strspn, repl acing the musl version with the pure zig variant), the first step measures the entire length of the string. This is also seen in the rewrites of strcspn, strpbrk and strstr.

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Oh hell yeah Love the Petaluma Dan Lyke / comment 0

Oh hell yeah. Love the Petaluma election results.

https://results.enr.clarityele...noma/127275/web.345435/#/summary


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