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Howard Oakley: All storage media, including memory, SSDs and rotating hard disks, can develop fragmentation, but most serious attention has been paid to the problem on hard disks. This is because of their electro-mechanical mechanism for seeking to locations on the spinning platter they use for storage. To read a fragmented file sequentially, the read-write head has to keep physically moving to new positions, which takes time and contributes to …

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Is property dualism really the best way out between the Scylla of physicalism and the Charybdis of substance dualism? Ralph Weir’s book builds on the growing discontent with physicalism among philosophers of mind, accompanied by a simultaneous aversion to substance dualism, with property dualism allegedly being a more adequate and defensible metaphysics of mind. His main argument, the parity argument, builds on the common ground between virtually all dualists (property …

A few people I follow have multiple blogs that they use for various topics, but I don't really understand why. I see it a lot on the various blogs I follow; it generally goes something like... Subscribe to my RSS feed for posts about [topic A] and subscribe to my newsletter for posts about [topic B]. For posts about [topic C] take a look at this blog instead. I don't …

Back in 2021 I had a look around and decided to base this incarnation of my blog on an open-source Jekyll theme called “Type”, though I’ve changed and added so much it’s quite some distance from the original as it stands today. As I added blog posts the performance became much worse. Initially I blamed Jekyll for this, until I took a closer look. What I learned was that the …

The Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool is filled with joyful submissions from DC’s recent open streets event, and holy smokes, did you catch that spectacular aurora Thursday night? How could we be expected to leave either of these out of Photo Friday? Open streets! Image by angela n. used with permission. Open streets! Image by Victoria Pickering licensed under Creative Commons. Open streets! Image by Joe Flood licensed under …

Less than one month into Israel’s aerial and ground invasion of Lebanon, myriad historic buildings and areas are under threat, including UNESCO World Heritage Sites, according to Lebanon’s culture minister The post Lebanon Culture Minister warns important heritage sites are at risk by Israel’s invasion, including UNESCO World Heritage Sites appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

We'll be sketching Colossal Characters two weeks from today in Pasadena. Bring a sketchbook and join us, and let’s dream with our eyes open.This year’s list of Mentors is off the charts (links to Instagram)Thomas Fluharty @thomasfluhartyJess Karpishin @jess.karpKarla Ortiz @kortizartJohn Burton @johnburtonartKiptoe @kiptoe1Angela Sung @angothemangoSean Bodley @seanbodleyJeff Hong @chromacorgAmanda Grose @myworldinillustrationQianjian Ma @q_sketchesKate Rado @kateradoJames Gurney @jamesgurneyart(Pictured from last year: Kymba Plushner (LeCrone) and Gabriel Gonzalez, lead artists at …

Tony Trupp recently asked this question on twitter. It’s not a new question, but given the impending release of Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas, it’s a good time to give it some thought. I have long argued that archaeologists must be an active and vocal presence in the public conversation about archaeology, and about the past in general. When the vast majority of people encounter claims about the past …

News Scream TV Scream TV: New Horror Channel Launched to Serve Your Spooky Needs And it’s free! By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on October 11, 2024 Screenshot: Compass International Pictures Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Compass International Pictures Tis the time for spookiness, and Scream TV—a new channel that’s free to watch—is launching on October 13, 2024 with some scary fare. The channel, according to a press release shared …

It’s been three years since my Exo Mountain Gear K3 pack review was published at Carryology. Recently, Exo Mtn Gear introduced a successor to this pack, the new K4. But instead of making a “better K3”, the Exo team started with a blank sheet of paper and a lot of heavy backpacking experience in the outback. So, they created an entirely new pack with a new frame and carry system. …

🔦 Manker E03H III Headlamp Review on ZeroAir Reviews 🔦The Manker E03H III headlamp uses one High CRI 4000K Nichia 519a emitter and has three colored covers for modifying the output and it can run a 14500 or AA! The post Manker E03H III Headlamp Review first appeared on ZeroAir Reviews. RSS feed managed by AIOSEO.

Perfect day for an autumnal walk; a bracing chill in the air, sky blue, bright sunshine. Accordingly I followed one of my favourite routes via three pubs (and three pints). The 1140 bus from Hitchin stops outside the Strathmore Arms in St. Paul's Walden at midday. In other words: opening time. Had a pint of Side Pocket then walked along a stretch of the Chiltern Way. Turned left at Hill …