Exploring Mojo’s raw pointer type
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid on a Stick at the New York State Fair
Looks tasty . As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.
Traceroute devlog #6
This week I finally got to watch something run that had existed only as a paragraph in a planning document for months. An automated pipeline that generates a new puzzle on its own schedule, hands it…
I disabled NAS drive sleep mode after watching the load-unload cycles destroy a $200 drive
Letting my NAS drives sleep reduced the power consumption, but it also decreased their lifespan.
Open Source Contribution
Hello folks, this is my first Dev post. I was searching for some good repos for open source contributions. As i have completed last year Hacktoberfest, i am not newbie but also i haven't contributing…
Toronto Pearson Airport X account briefly hacked by cryptocurrency coin promotion
Would-be travellers who checked the Toronto Pearson Airport X account earlier Friday were likely perplexed by a slew of ads promoting a cryptocurrency coin.
I Compared 4 Dungeon Generation Algorithms. One of Them Never Works.
Four algorithms. Same grid. Very different dungeons. I implemented BSP trees, cellular automata, random walk, and room placement, ran each one 20 times on an 80x40 grid, and measured everything…
- BSP tree algorithm offers most structured layout with 100% connectivity
- Cellular automata produces cave systems with 0% connectivity
- Random walk and room placement maintain 100% connectivity but slower generation