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This is a small summary of why accessing memory when debugging a riscv cpu is complicated.It is work in progress, the current code is available on swindle's github.IntroductionAs usual, as it is RISCV, a lot is optional with important...
Photo by NOAA on Unsplash Introduction Michael Harley has been at it again in a follow-up post titled: What happens to our blogs when we die?. And, as usual his thoughts and ideas are really quite excellent. I highly recommend reading...
After tackling croissants for the first time using Claire Saffitz’s sage guidance, I knew her Kougin-Amann recipe, while challenging, would be equally successful! She knows how to write a recipe, and her YouTube videos are always a huge...
Day: 3Show: 7Title: A Revolution Highly FavorableCategory: Solo Show / Spoken Word / Storytelling / Historical content / Political contentBy: Maximum VerbosityCreated by: phillip andrew bennett lowLocation: Strike TheaterSummary: The...
On 9 August 1901 after developing appendicitis on 24 June, Edward VII had recovered sufficiently to be crowned at Westminster Abbey on this day. The surgical skill of Sir Frederick Treves ensured that the 50-year-old monarch was well...
I’ve spent years shouting about privacy. And now, I’ve installed a tracker. I know. The irony is thick enough to cut, and the hypocrisy probably looks huge from where you’re sitting. But for the sake of transparency, hear me out: I...
Distributed tracing is the practice of stamping every unit of work with the ID of the request that caused it, then carrying that ID across every process boundary. It turns “something is slow somewhere” into “this span, in this service,...
Infinity Gauntlet, late-stage capitalism edition:Space Stone - let's go to Mars instead of caring for the planet we have. Climate change, who is she? Let's build some more data centers. Mind Stone - let's develop a hallucination machine...
Origin stories. Crazy stuff sometimes. Living in a world when we can make up, massage, or hallucinate just about anything, it’s no wonder that origin stories captivate and often capture us in our quest for meaning. Perhaps so we can have...
Day: 3Show: 6Title: TechCategory: Comedy / ImprovBy: Mike Fotis ProductionsCreated by: Mike Fotis and CastLocation: Strike TheaterSummary: An improvised tech rehearsal for a Fringe show - different every performance!Highlights: This is...
Hawkman and Hawkgirl have had many variations of their logos over the years. Here are the logos I've managed to collect over the last few years. I've added a button to the blog's homepage for fans to find them quickly. Just click the...
Server update, I lied.
A quick post to note that my story collection The Attendants has entered a second printing, and is now once again available worldwide from Waterstones, the publisher Ma Bibliothéque, and the distributor. If you enjoy my writing here,...
When there is no room left for excuses and when there is nowhere left to turn, the next few steps may seem painful or perhaps risky. But rest assured, when there’s nothing left, then there’s nothing left, which means the next steps we...
John Gruber linked to a Q&A with Simon Willison about writing a blog from Cynthia Dunlop's "Write That Blog." How's all that for a little blog linking soup? Links aside, I found the article and Gruber's commentary encouraging and timely....