TIL: glibc has weird behavior where free() does not return memory for interior free chunks back to the OS
see: github.com/xroche/glibc-m…
this is fixable by doing malloc_trim(0) however, nowhere in Node, libuv, or V8 is this called! this means for Node applications that
wrote a mini blog post about how Myers (the default diff algorithm for generating unified diff) degenerates on large diffs and how we can use the edit spans from a str_replace-like tool to speed up the diff calculation by a few orders of magnitude
jzhao.xyz/posts/beating-…
its not that serious
pain should not be a proxy for value. you can do worthwhile things (that are hard!) and have fun while doing them
see:
- The Grasshopper by Bernard Suits (excerpt below)
- Schumacher's 1966 essay Buddhist Economics
- Graeber's 2020 essay What’s the Point If
Meet the Magicar Motors team and check out the racecar at our S5 fundraiser at The Fold SF on August 8, 10am-2pm!
Featuring a DJ lineup, raffle, art vendors, our racing sim, and some surprises 👀 DJs and artists will be announced closer to the event! RSVP in comments :)
