+++ title = "Interesting Links from March" date = 2022-04-01T00:00:00 lastmod = 2022-05-05T00:00:00 draft = false # Authors. Comma separated list, e.g. `["Bob Smith", "David Jones"]`. authors = ["Carl Pearson"] tags = ["links"] summary = "" # Projects (optional). # Associate this post with one or more of your projects. # Simply enter your project's folder or file name without extension. # E.g. `projects = ["deep-learning"]` references # `content/project/deep-learning/index.md`. # Otherwise, set `projects = []`. projects = [] # Featured image # To use, add an image named `featured.jpg/png` to your project's folder. [image] # Caption (optional) caption = "" # Focal point (optional) # Options: Smart, Center, TopLeft, Top, TopRight, Left, Right, BottomLeft, Bottom, BottomRight focal_point = "Center" # Show image only in page previews? preview_only = true categories = [] # Set captions for image gallery. +++ Here are some interesting things I read this month. Presented without comment or endorsement. * [Banana Nut Bread][1] ([archive][1w]) * [You are not your Name][2] ([archive][2w]) * [The AMD Branch (Mis)predictor: Just Set it and Forget it!][3] ([archive][3w]) * [Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people][4] ([archive][4w]) * [Scooping the Loop Snooper: A Proof that the Halting Problem is Undecideable][5] ([archive][5w]) * [dbrereton lists non-Google search engines][6] ([archive][6w]) * [Generics can Make your Go Code Slower][7] ([archive][7w]) * [The Uselessness of Phenylephrine][8] ([archive][8w]) * [Some examples of people quickly accomplishing ambitious things together.][9] [1]: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/108/Banana-Nut-Bread/trn [1w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220331013307/http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/108/Banana-Nut-Bread/trn [2]: https://www.lingerandlook.com/Names/You.htm [2w]: http://web.archive.org/web/20220403043938/https://www.lingerandlook.com/Names/You.htm [3]: https://grsecurity.net/amd_branch_mispredictor_just_set_it_and_forget_it [3w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220222161113/https://grsecurity.net/amd_branch_mispredictor_just_set_it_and_forget_it [4]: https://mcdreeamiemusings.com/blog/2019/4/13/gsux1h6bnt8lqjd7w2t2mtvfg81uhx [4w]: http://web.archive.org/web/20220403044056/https://mcdreeamiemusings.com/blog/2019/4/13/gsux1h6bnt8lqjd7w2t2mtvfg81uhx [5]: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/loopsnoop.html [5w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220422071252/http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/loopsnoop.html [6]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30783391 [6w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220506024813/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30783391 [7]: https://planetscale.com/blog/generics-can-make-your-go-code-slower [7w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220506024826/https://planetscale.com/blog/generics-can-make-your-go-code-slower [8]: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/uselessness-phenylephrine [8w]: https://web.archive.org/web/20220506024857/https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/uselessness-phenylephrine [9]: https://patrickcollison.com/fast