My shared links for February 21st through February 22nd: http://xpra.org/ (Wayland – Beyond X (The H) [LWN.net]) – a 'screen' for X exists. A SCREEN FOR X EXISTS!! A client-side Bayes classifier for Hacker News – Japomatik – Very cool idea. I'd like to see if I can bend it to my purposes – flag [...]

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From the National Academies: The Future of Computing Performance: Game Over or Next Level?. A nice, thorough explanation of the current challenges in computing performance, ranging from transistor-level power vs. speed problems, up to how to program the circuits we’re likely to end up with. Also includes a bonus reprint of two classic papers, Gordon [...]

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I really liked a recent post by Alex Payne titled Switching Season. He says he gets an itch every year or so to go try something different, and I can sympathize. What he says at the end really resonates: It’s about computer usage as a creative act, something that becomes harder and harder to experience [...]

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