A/B Street

#374 – June 28, 2020

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A/B Street

Ever been on a bus stuck in traffic, wondering why there are cars parked on the road instead of a bus lane? A/B Street is a game exploring how small changes to a city affect the movement of drivers, cyclists, transit users, and pedestrians.

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Imagine that you want to build a proxy server for you system using your favorite programming language, what do you do?

Learning operating system development using Linux kernel and Raspberry Pi

This repository contains a step-by-step guide that teaches how to create a simple operating system (OS) kernel from scratch. I call this OS Raspberry Pi OS or just RPi OS. The RPi OS source code is largely based on Linux kernel, but the OS has very limited functionality and supports only Raspberry PI 3.

Is WebP really better than JPEG?

When testing out WebP using a perceptual image optimizer, I ran into a peculiar issue: the WebP files were of very similar size compared to compressed JPEGs, in many cases larger.

The History of Search Engines

Search Engines play an integral role in the lives of many of us, sometimes without us realising. A purchase on Amazon, usually starts with a product search. A new vacation booking, often begins with a hotel search. The answer to any question, is just a web search away. We look at the history behind one type of search engine - the web search engine.

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