Fairchild Semiconductor's founders (1957)

Dr. Sutton is right

Drew This just says they are changing the API, not removing the functionality. I am not against all applications using MMAP. I am against database systems using it instead of implementing a buffer pool manager.

Andy Pavlo’s take on mmap() in databases is controversial, but correct. Buffer pool management, and managing the contents of caches, is a core competency of a database system. The heuristics that an OS kernel uses for this are highly unlikely to be the right ones for a DB.

Jane Goodall has died at 91. Her startling observations about chimpanzee behaviors revolutionized not only scientific understanding of the capabilities and inner lives of primates, but also long-held notions about what it means to be human. wapo.st/42jMe1f

An icon, a pioneer and an inspiration. RIP Jane Goodall.

RIP

I still think about this sometimes

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View of the majestic Himalayas as seen from Jainagar, Madhubani, Bihar.

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Diane Keaton was one of Hollywood's greatest actresses. May she rest in peace 💐

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BREAKING: World leaders sign the Gaza peace deal during a summit in Sharm El-Sheikh.

An old-school memory management technique.

We need to bring back the old times

So finally Janet Mills is also in. Democrats have very strong recruits this cycle.