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Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls in fabric so they can be weighed, treated, and fed.

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06 Apr 25

A deep dive into Apple’s Darwin OS and XNU kernel architecture, tracing its evolution from Mach and BSD roots to powering macOS, iOS, and Apple Silicon. This post explores the hybrid kernel’s design, its adaptation to new hardware and security paradigms, and why XNU remains a uniquely resilient and scalable foundation for Apple’s platforms.

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Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover. Download free ebooks with professional-quality formatting and typography, in formats compatible with your ereader.

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What if we banned all advertising? Not regulate it—abolish it. This proposal would transform manipulation machines, and maybe save democracy itself. A thought experiment worth considering.

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“Spiders that jump? Will they jump towards me?” The answer is “not likely” since these spiders will jump away using a dragline of silk if you get too close. If …

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02 Apr 25

We are devastated to report that Dave Täht has passed away.Dave was an amazing man, helping the world with FQ-CoDel and CAKE, fighting bufferbloat and trying to make the world a better place. Always willing to help, and without him - LibreQoS (and the other QoE solutions out there) wouldn’t exist.Dave was an inspiration, and…

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31 Mar 25

An entertaining read on the biological and evolutionary origins, development, and purposes of sex, in particular the female sex, and the lengths to which the scientific establishment will go to invent evidence to naturalize the patriarchy.

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