Timeline of the far future
One of the most interesting Wikipedia articles I've read. Puts a lot of things into perspective.
universe  astronomy  cosmology  geology  science  wikipedia 
22 days ago
command center: The byte order fallacy
Rob Pike makes a compelling argument that you're doing it wrong.
byte-order  bits  endian  programming 
8 weeks ago
Smoothsort Demystified
Best article on Smoothsort I've seen. Sadly, even in the O(n) cases, smoothsort is slower than std::sort, likely due to cache behavior.
sorting  smoothsort  dijkstra  algorithms  programming 
january 2012
program verification: the very idea | Lambda the Ultimate
One of the best discussions of program verification that I've found.
programming  verification  formal-methods 
november 2010
Longevity
About crazy Mexican tribes that run different.
longevity  health  running 
september 2010
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