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the last couple years in v8’s garbage collector β€” wingolog

✨ Read this insightful post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ“Œ Key idea: Let’s talk about memory management! Following up on my article about 5 years of developments in V8’s garbage collector, today I’d like to bring that up to date with what went down in V8’s GC over the last couple years.methodololologyI selected all of the commits to src/heap since my previous roundup. There were 1600 of them, including reverts and relands. I read all of the commit logs, some of the changes, some of the linked bugs, and any design document I could get my hands on.…
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10 top tips for the 2026 Oscars race

10 top tips for the 2026 Oscars race

πŸš€ Read this awesome post from BBC Culture πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ’‘ Main takeaway: Warner Bros. Pictures(Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)Battle after battleHow can you not love a movie that shows Leonardo DiCaprio running around in a bathrobe, gleefully trying to remember the password that would allow a revolutionary group to rescue his kidnapped daughter? One Battle After Another, a comedy-drama with a specific political theme, is one of the best films of the year and is dominating awards conversations. These two things don't always go together. Oddly enough, Paul Thomas Anderson has never won an Academy Award, despite his numerous…
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‘The National League is the third league’ – inside the 3UP non-league campaign

‘The National League is the third league’ – inside the 3UP non-league campaign

πŸ”₯ Read this trending post from BBC Sport πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: βœ… Key idea: Of the 20 clubs relegated from League Two since 2015, eight have since won promotion to the fourth tier – Barnet, Oldham, Grimsby, Notts County, Chesterfield, Leyton Orient, Cheltenham and Tranmere.The clubs who paid the heaviest price are Dagenham & Redbridge, who were relegated to the National League South last season after nine years in the National League, and Macclesfield Town - although the club was disbanded due to financial problems that began while it was still in League Two.The Silkmen have since returned to the…
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Alan Ponting: New Zealand director of rugby steps down as Black Ferns search for new head coach

Alan Ponting: New Zealand director of rugby steps down as Black Ferns search for new head coach

πŸ”₯ Read this trending post from BBC Sport πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: βœ… Main takeaway: Alan Ponting has resigned as New Zealand Rugby director following the Black Ferns' semi-final exit at the recent Women's Rugby World Cup.New Zealand Rugby has announced it will appoint a new head coach following an "extensive review of the Black Ferns program" following the tournament in England - and that Ponting will not seek the position.New Zealand, who have won six of the previous seven Women's Rugby World Cups, were eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2025 edition by Canada but then beat France to finish…
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Firefighters suffered chemical burns at Elon Musk’s Boring Company construction site

Firefighters suffered chemical burns at Elon Musk’s Boring Company construction site

πŸ”₯ Explore this insightful post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Transportation,Elon Musk,The Boring Company πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: Firefighters conducting safety drills at a Boring Company construction site in Las Vegas were burned by chemicals used in the tunneling process, according to a new report from Fortune. Clark County firefighters were unaware of the potential danger but were left permanently scarred, the report said. Employees working in Boring Company tunnels also experienced similar chemical burns. The Boring Company has been digging tunnels in Las Vegas for a few years in an attempt to connect the entire city to an…
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This is when federal workers will receive their back pay

This is when federal workers will receive their back pay

πŸ’₯ Read this awesome post from Investopedia | Expert Financial Advice and Markets News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Government News,News βœ… Key idea: Key takeaways Thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed or working without pay during the government shutdown will receive their wages within days.An estimated 730,000 are working without pay and 670,000 are on furlough, losing about $14.6 billion in collective wages.The law requires that the late payment be disbursed as quickly as possible. Finally, millions of missing paychecks are about to hit federal employees' bank accounts as the government reopens after its 43-day shutdown.With the government now…
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A Conversation with Lance Richardson by Dan Piepenbring

A Conversation with Lance Richardson by Dan Piepenbring

✨ Read this awesome post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ’‘ Key idea: Peter Matthiessen in New York City, 1961. Photograph by Ben Martin/Getty Images. When Peter Matthiessen’s name comes up in conjunction with The Paris Review, two facts are sure to emerge. The first is that Matthiessen was one of the magazine’s founders, and that his enchantingly shabby Paris apartment provided a bumptious gathering place in its earliest days. The second is that he was, at the time, an undercover CIA operative, and that the creation of the magazine was somehow wrapped up in his spycraft. The New…
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Nuremberg Review – Russell Crowe is first rate as Goring during the trial but Rami Malek ignores | film

Nuremberg Review – Russell Crowe is first rate as Goring during the trial but Rami Malek ignores | film

πŸ’₯ Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Film,Drama films,Period and historical films,Nazism,Law,Rami Malek,Russell Crowe,Michael Shannon,Richard E Grant,Leo Woodall,World news,Culture βœ… Main takeaway: HHere is a movie that promises you the most beautiful true stories from history. Before the Nazi war crimes trials at Nuremberg that began in November 1945, an obscure US Army psychiatrist named Dr. Douglas Kelly was ordered to interview prisoners, the chief of whom was Hermann Goering. This was supposed to prove their fitness to stand trial, but was actually intended to obtain inside information about how their defense was being…
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The Ashes: Ollie Pope makes a century in the warm-up but Joe Root and Harry Brook miss out

The Ashes: Ollie Pope makes a century in the warm-up but Joe Root and Harry Brook miss out

✨ Read this awesome post from BBC Sport πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ“Œ Key idea: Ollie Pope made a century as the majority of England's senior players spent valuable time in the middle in the Ashes warm-up match, although Joe Root and Harry Brook missed what would be the final innings before the first Test.Ben Duckett made 92 and Zac Crawley made 82 in an opening stand of 182, while Pope and skipper Ben Stokes shared 137 runs for the fifth wicket on the second day of three in Perth.Between the two great partnerships, England lost four wickets for 16 runs…
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TikTok is launching its own version of Instagram streaming channels

TikTok is launching its own version of Instagram streaming channels

πŸš€ Read this must-read post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Apps,Social,social media,Instagram,TikTok,Creators πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: TikTok announced Thursday that it will launch a β€œbulletin board,” a new feature that allows brands and creators to share public one-to-many messages to their followers. The billboard is essentially TikTok's own version of Instagram's broadcast channels feature that launched in 2023. Just like with Instagram broadcast channels, only the board creator can post messages, and followers are limited to leaving emoji reactions. Bulletin boards support text, image and video posts. The feature is rolling out to creators who are at least 18…
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