Enlarge / A portion of the cover letter attached to Hans Reiser’s response to Fredrick Brennan’s prompt about his filesystem’s obsolescence. (credit: Fredrick Brennan) With the ReiserFS recently considered obsolete and slated for removal from the Linux kernel entirely, Fredrick R. Brennan, font designer and (now regretful) founder of 8chan, wrote to the filesystem’s creator, Hans...
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Inventor of NTP protocol that keeps time on billions of devices dies at age 85
Enlarge / A photo of David L. Mills taken by David Woolley on April 27, 2005. (credit: David Woolley / Benj Edwards / Getty Images) On Thursday, Internet pioneer Vint Cerf announced that Dr. David L. Mills, the inventor of Network Time Protocol (NTP), died peacefully at age 85 on January 17, 2024. The announcement...
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$40 billion worth of crypto crime enabled by stablecoins since 2022
Enlarge (credit: Anjali Nair; Getty Images) Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies pegged to a stable value like the US dollar, were created with the promise of bringing the frictionless, border-crossing fluidity of bitcoin to a form of digital money with far less volatility. That combination has proved to be wildly popular, rocketing the total value of stablecoin transactions...
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Southern Cornbread Recipe
Our soul food cornbread recipe is easy to follow and yields a moist, tender crumb. It combines the rich tang of buttermilk with classic ingredients like butter and sugar for a delightful side dish that complements any Southern meal. This Southern cornbread recipe is a deeply rooted dish that holds a special place in our...
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Pretzel Dip
This vegan beer cheese pretzel dip is as rich, creamy, and cheesy as the original version—no dairy needed! It’s perfect for dipping soft pretzels, but you’ll also love it for fondue, veggies, and more. Once you make my recipe for vegan soft pretzels, you may be wondering if you can also make a vegan beer...
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Pacers trade for Pascal Siakam in a three-team deal
Pascal Siakam finally found his new home after months of trade talk speculation. Written by Sara Jane Gamelli X Instagram TikTok (Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images) On Wednesday afternoon, the Indiana Pacers bolstered their roster, acquiring Toronto Raptors star Pascal Siakam in a three-team deal with the New Orleans Pelicans. In what I consider a...
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Who’s the best at each position in the NBA? We have answers
Before you jump down our throat for ranking by position in a positionless NBA, take a deep breath. It’s fun. So, let it happen, and let’s talk hoops. The rest of the world is catching up to America’s basketball dominance. Out of the five positions, four of our picks are not from America. On the...
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Former Buffalo Bills linebacker Lorenzo Alexander wants that sigh of relief for Bills Mafia
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Bills Mafia is poised to celebrate like never before, which for the rest of the NFL should be a truly frightening thought. The Buffalo Bills’ rabid and rowdy fan base is already renown around the league for the act of body-slamming into folding tables in the team’s home field parking lot...
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How Zachary ‘Big Zak’ Wallace made Local Green an oasis in an Atlanta food desert
When Zachary Wallace, affectionately known as “Big Zak,” opened the doors to his first Local Green location in Atlanta’s Vine City community on the West Side in January 2019, you could find him doing everything from running the cash register to cooking the food himself. Four-plus years later, you’ll likely see the life-size image of...