Best Kernel Show Podcasts (2024)

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ULS 175: Jack the Thread Ripper - ARM, Bitwarden, and Geopolitics in the Kernel 1:29:54

7d ago1:29:54

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This week we chat about the Snapdragon processors and Linux support, then look at the Bitwarden license hiccup, and spend some time talking about the Linux Kernel removing Russian-aligned maintainers. We get a laugh out of the MALIBAL meltdown, take a look at what's coming with Alma Linux 10, and cover the OBS move to semantic versioning. For tips …

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Ep44 -Were Paid by Kernels not Cobs 6:06

7h ago6:06

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Sometimes it's hard to focus on what is really making us money and we get lost in the process and the details that don't matter. Steven recalls a lesson he learned his first season and how that has shaped his mindset and his communication with the team. This lesson has helped him stay focused on what really matters in the business and his personal …

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ULS 176: That Install Went Sideways - Virtualization, Updates, and Fedora 41 1:23:43

3h ago1:23:43

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The guys are talking about VMWare moving to KVM, Ubuntu's missing kernel PPA, Microsoft's endorsement of Alma Linux, and Jonathan does a live update to Fedora 41. It goes mostly well. X has another vulnerablity, The kernel makes a minor fix, and a Valve engineer finds a massive perfomance fix in AMD drivers. For tips we have bc for a simple calulat…

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Spoooooky | Venom the Last Dance Review – Shocktober Recap 1:14:23

2h ago1:14:23

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Episode 486: Venom the Last Dance Review – Tyler and Pat start off the episode by doubling up on “What We are Into” and recapping their respective Shocktobers! Tyler leads the discussion of the latest “Nerd News”...including the Fantastic Beasts announcement! The Nerds review the new Sony Spiderverse film Venom the Last Dance! They end the episode …

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Faeforge Academy: Here, After - Nikolas Rinket 0:49

2h ago0:49

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Today we introduce you to the first of our characters for the Here, After campaign, Nikolas Rinket, played by the incredibly talented WallE (@walle123). What past has Nikolas left to remake himself as a toy-tinkerer? Stay tuned as we introduce the rest of our characters over the next few weeks! Here, After is a brand new show set in a forgotten cor…

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Six stages of a good software engineer 39:27

3h ago39:27

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You get better as a software engineer when you go through these stages. 0:00 Intro 1:15 Understand a technology 7:07 Articulate how it works 15:30 Understand its’ limitations 19:48 Try to build something better 27:45 Realize what you built also has limitations 32:48 Appreciate the original tech as is Understand a technology We use technologies all …

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How This Esports Org Scammed Everyone / BLEED Fraud Exposed (ft Kassad) 2:22:35

9d ago2:22:35

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We are joined by Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović to discuss the shady dealings and broken promises of the BLEED organization, including misdeeds done to their CS2, VALORANT, and Mobile Legends divisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesBy Last Free Nation

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Late 30s Nerds | Woman of the Hour Review – Strange Darling and Silent Hill 2 1:11:38

4d ago1:11:38

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Episode 485: Woman of the Hour Review – Tyler starts off the episode by discussing the new horror film Strange Darling! Pat shares his thoughts on the new video game remake Silent HIll 2. Tyler leads the discussion of the latest “Nerd News”...including the Blade announcement! The Nerds review the new Netflix film Woman of the Hour! They end the epi…

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This new Linux patch can speed up Reading Requests 18:12

5d ago18:12

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Fundamentals of Operating Systems Course https://oscourse.winVery clever! We often call read/rcv system call to read requests from a connection, this copies data from kernel receive buffer to user space which has a cost. This new patch changes this to allow zero copy with notification. “Reading' data out of a socket instead becomes a “notification”…

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ULS 174: We Always Say It Wrong - Quantum RSA Break, AMD Making Gains, and The Wordpress Spat 1:45:53

9d ago1:45:53

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We start with Quantum Computing and RSA, Chat about Nvidia and the AI craze, and end with the the Wordpress drama. In between we cover updates to Ardour, Calibre, KDE Plasma, and Clonezilla. And finally there's some kernel news, like proxy execution for better performance, and OpenZFS coverage. For tips we have pathchk for filesystem portability ch…

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Cloudflare's 150ms global cache purge | Deep Dive 1:02:21

12d ago1:02:21

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Cloudflare built a global cache purge system that runs under 150 ms. This is how they did it. Using RockDB to maintain local CDN cache, and a peer-to-peer data center distributed system and clever engineering, they went from 1.5 second purge, down to 150 ms. However, this isn’t full picture, because that 150 ms is just actually the P50. In this vid…

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ULS 173: Nobody Gnomes - Linux on Android, Ubuntu Release, and eBPF 1:36:38

17d ago1:36:38

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We cover linux for better Mac gaming, Thunderbird's Android beta, and NVIDIA's Wayland progress. There's Open Razer, the release of Ubuntu 24.10, and more news about Gnome foundation. And don't forget the AMD Epyc Turin server CPU release with impressive AVX-512 support. For tips, we have "look" for doing dictionary lookups, yum and dnf tricks, pv …

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Season Two Summary. 40:48

17d ago40:48

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Join The Kernels as they review and break down their sophomore season of 'The Podcorn Kernels Podcast'. Delving into the delights and despairs of recording an independent Film Podcast, sharing snippets of previous episodes, and lauding our lovely listeners - The Kernels reflect and react to an enjoyable and educational second season. A huge thank y…

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Not a Radio Show | Joker Folie a Deux Review – Mr. McMahon and Salem’s Lot 1:05:54

28d ago1:05:54

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Episode 484: Joker Folie a Deux Review – Tyler starts off the episode by discussing the new Netflix documentary Mr. McMahon! Pat shares his thoughts on the new Stephen King film adaptation Salem’s Lot. Tyler leads the discussion of the latest “Nerd News”...including the Halo announcement! The Nerds review the new DC film Joker Folie a Deux! They en…

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Here, After - Session 0 1:23:26

19d ago1:23:26

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Welcome to Here, After, a new story set in an untouched corner of Evastria. Today we give you a behind the scenes look at our Session 0, as Kris leads our cast through the process of starting a new campaign. You will also get a primer on Monte Cook Games' Cypher System, the TTRPG that we have chosen to tell this new story. Cast: Kris Clark - @kisso…

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Ep43 -Set The Standard, Live the Standard 6:42

20d ago6:42

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Correcting behaviors, whether it's at home or at work is never fun. However, choosing to allow bad behavior or not reaching the standards can cause you far more stress in the long run. Sometimes you have to choose to be the bad guy and follow through with punishments when someone fails to perform as they should or as they were told too. Setting the…

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ULS 172: Harmful Linux Tricks - Running Doom, Breaking Touchpads, & Watching Valve 1:31:53

24d ago1:31:53

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This week we cover news from Pine on another piece of hardware that runs doom, network manager and Godot have a shared struggle, and FFMpeg drops 7.1. Then we chat Audacious, Look at XFCE's Wayland work, talk about Linux 6.12, and reminisce about bittorrent. For tips, there's Etchdroid for writing boot disks from Android, install for command line i…

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The Lighthouse, Supping On Stir Crazy, & A Seasonal Sequel. 51:13

25d ago51:13

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Join The Kernels as they revel in Robert Eggers' 2019 nautical nightmare: 'The Lighthouse'. Speaking about smells, powerhouse performances, and a self-involved sequel - The Kernels share their likes, dislikes, ratings & even treat you to an original song, AND a unique game where they create a movie trailer. Enjoy you looney lobsters! Thanks for pop…

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Stroked Out | Wolfs Review – Will and Harper and Jailbreak Love on the Run 1:07:37

25d ago1:07:37

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Episode 483: Wolfs Review – Tyler starts off the episode by discussing the new Netflix documentary Will and Harper! Pat shares his thoughts on the true crime doc Jailbreak Love on the Run. Tyler leads the discussion of the latest “Nerd News”...including The Last of Us (Season 2) trailer! The Nerds review the new crime thriller Wolfs! They end the e…

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Faeforge Academy: Here, After Trailer 1:20

1M ago1:20

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Long before our students stepped foot in the Faeforge Academy, when the Singing Tree was merely a sapling, life existed. Evastria is an old place, and some parts have stories that have long been forgotten or left untold. So come with us as a new story is told... Here, After is a new mini series DM'd by Kris and featuring some of our regular cast, a…

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Weird Flex | Film Trilogies Draft – What You Wish For and Alex Edelman Just for Us 1:19:02

30d ago1:19:02

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Episode 482: Film Trilogies Draft – Tyler starts off the episode with a discussion of the latest thriller film What You Wish For! Pat shares his thoughts on the new (Emmy winning) comedy special Alex Edelman: Just for Us. Tyler leads the discussion of the latest “Nerd News”…including the PlayStation State of Play! The Nerds then draft their top 5 f…

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ULS 171: Too Many Maybes - Source Available, Forking Wayland, & The Big* Vulnerability 1:33:13

1M ago1:33:13

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It's another week of big Linux news, starting with a new Ardour release, that one of our hosts had a tiny part in. The Winamp source release has been a trainwreck, Cloudflare spills the tea on their newest servers, and Valve is shaking things up. Proton may be adding support for Arm64 gaming, Valve engineers are laying down a challenge to Wayland, …

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Overlord, Fighting Fandoms, & Locking Lunacy. 42:26

1M ago42:26

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Join The Kernels as they judge Julius Avery's 2018 WW2 nasty nazi film: 'Overlord'. Honing in on history, supermarket supremacy, and a closed off criminal - The Kernels share their likes, dislikes, ratings & even treat you to an original song, AND a unique game where they create a movie trailer. Enjoy you saucy sergeants! Thanks for popping by. We …

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MySQL is having a bumpy journey 28:34

1M ago28:34

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Fundamentals of Database Engineering udemy course https://databases.winMySQL has been having bumpy journey since 2018 with the release of the version 8.0. Critical crashes that made to the final product, significant performance regressions, and tons of stability and bugs issues. In this video I explore what happened to MySql, are these issues getti…

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Ep42 -Employee Halflife 9:05

1M ago9:05

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Have you ever noticed that when you rehire someone that they don't seem to stay as long the second time around? Or that their efforts seem less when they do return? Steven talks about the idea of employee halflife. Giving examples of how employees who return to a former job often don't fit like they used to and why that is.…

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Mid-Sized Sedan | Speak No Evil Review – Rebel Ridge and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 1:13:39

1M ago1:13:39

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Episode 481: Speak No Evil Review – Tyler starts off the episode by discussing the new Netflix film Rebel Ridge! Pat shares his thoughts on the uncut version of the Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes! Tyler leads the discussion of the latest “Nerd News”...including the Mickey 17 trailer! The Nerds then review the new horror film Speak No Evil! They …

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ULS 170: Always 10 Years Away - Pi News, Torvalds Weighs In, and RT Finally Lands 1:23:20

1M ago1:23:20

1:23:20

This week we muse on upcoming Raspberry Pi products, prompted by confirmation from Ubuntu that the CM5 is imminent. Then Torvalds has thought on Rust in Linux, Wind River has thoughts on Red Hat, and AWS gives OpenSearch away. Don't miss the non-update on Wireguard, the DirectX surprise, and the long-awaited merge of the Real Time Linux patches! Fo…

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The Shady Truth of Esports Orgs / The Future of LoL Esports (ft Danan) 2:01:01

2M ago2:01:01

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Danan Flander joins to discuss changes coming to American League of Legends esports, the downfall of Immortals in the LCS, shady business dealings made by NRG, sloppy communication from Riot in regards to Tier 2 competition, why Saudi Arabia is likely to become even more involved with Riot, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc…

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Lady Bird, Teenage Tribulations, & Blatant Bay. 51:34

1M ago51:34

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Join The Kernels as they get to grips with Greta Gerwig's 2017 coming of age film: 'Lady Bird'. Considering childhoods, the consistency of cheese, and a punished president - The Kernels share their likes, dislikes, ratings & even treat you to an original song, AND a unique game where they create a movie trailer. Enjoy you tenacious teens! Thanks fo…

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How many kernel calls in NodeJS vs Bun vs Python vs native C 20:41

2M ago20:41

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Fundamentals of Operating Systems Course https://oscourse.winIn this video I use strace a performance tool that measures how many system calls does a process makes. We compare a simple task of reading from a file, and we run the program in different runtimes, namely nodejs, buns , python and native C. We discuss the cost of kernel mode switches, sy…

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The Endless Dark Episode 4 – Names 1:17:45

2M ago1:17:45

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Join in for another glimpse into our second campaign in Evastria, as we follow 5 souls who are trapped in a place that is not all that it seems. This campaign was originally released to our patrons and further episodes will be released there in advance of them coming to our main feed. The Faeforge Academy is a proud member of The Fandomentals Netwo…

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ULS 169: Not Good But It's a Reason - Maintaining Apt, Certifying for Alma, & Selecting Mitigations 1:22:28

2M ago1:22:28

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This week we chat about yet another Linux mobile device, the new AlmaLinux certification script, and Ubuntu's fine-grained security controls. Then there's the Attack Vector Controls, Redox OS, and some much-needed updates to Apt. For tips we have Hardinfo for hardware details, findmnt part 2 for tracking your drives, Planify for person task managem…

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The Iron Claw, Wrestling With Wrestling, & Dining With Doss. 55:09

2M ago55:09

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Join The Kernels as they wrestle with Sean Durkin's 2023 tragic true story drama: 'The Iron Claw'. Tackling traumatic true stories, end of season sillies, and a not so nice Nan - The Kernels share their likes, dislikes, ratings & even treat you to an original song, AND a unique game where they create a movie trailer. Enjoy you grappling gorgonites!…

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Artsy Fartsy Goofball | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review – The Deliverance and Star Wars Outlaws 1:24:48

2M ago1:24:48

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Episode 480: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Review – Tyler starts off the episode by discussing the new Lee Daniels film The Deliverance! Pat shares his thoughts on the new video game Star Wars Outlaws. Tyler leads the discussion of the latest “Nerd News”...including the PS5 Pro price tag! The Nerds then review the new Tim Burton film Beetlejuice Beetleju…

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When do you use threads? 31:08

2M ago31:08

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Fundamentals of Operating Systems Course https://os.husseinnasser.comWhen do you use threads?I would say in scenarios where the task is either 1) IO blocking task2) CPU heavy3) Large volume of small tasksIn any of the cases above, it is favorable to offload the task to a thread.1) IO blocking taskWhen you read from or write to disk, depending on ho…

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The Endless Dark Episode 3 – Falling 1:09:18

2M ago1:09:18

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While it may seem like our students turned heroes are at the epicenter of all that happens in Evastria. That is not entirely true. We take a break from the events happening in Riverheart and take a step into one of the other continents in the world, Aurelia. Where we find a group of imprisoned souls, uncertain of where they are or how they got ther…

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Ep41 -The Power of No 10:08

2M ago10:08

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How often do you find yourself saying yes to something that you wanted to say no to? Do you feel like you can't say no? Do you wish you had more time to do the things you want? Come listen to Steven talk about the power of no. Become comfortable saying no so you can free yourself from the stresses of being overwhelmed and allow you to give greater …

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ULS 168: He Pulled a Rob - Money, Audio, and the Critical Bug 1:29:29

2M ago1:29:29

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Open Source Programmers need to eat, The 6.11 kernel is right around the corner, and Ubuntu 24.04 has a critical bug. Rhino Linux looks promising, the Furi Phone impresses, and Firefox marches on. For tips, we have Bleachbit for desktop cleanup, findmnt for filesystem info, DebPostInstall for the things you ought to do after a fresh install, and mq…

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Santa Sangre, Armless Arousal, & Eggy Education. 55:58

2M ago55:58

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Join The Kernels as they attempt to dissect Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1989 cult classic: 'Santa Sangre'. Admiring the absurd, parental PTSD, and a colonic investigation - The Kernels share their likes, dislikes, ratings & even treat you to an original song, AND a unique game where they create a movie trailer. Enjoy you absurd arms! Thanks for popping …

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Frontend and Backends Timeouts 25:23

2M ago25:23

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I am fascinated by how timeouts affect backend and frontend programming. When a party is waiting on something you can place a timeout to break the wait. This is useful for freeing resources to more critical processes, detecting slow operations and even avoiding DOS attacks. Contrary to common beliefs, timeouts are not exclusive to request processin…

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Episode 173 - The Riverheart Sun pt 2 1:00:30

2M ago1:00:30

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Break and Carvella (Kris and Em) are back bringing you the latest, breaking news from Riverheart. Join them and Ian as these two intrepid tabloid journalists work to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of Tyso Ver. Will they find the truth? Or is something even more sinister waiting in The Fog? You'll have to find out on the morning edition …

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Postgres is combining IO in version 17 27:39

2M ago27:39

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Learn more about database and OS internals, check out my courses Fundamentals of database engineering https://databases.win Fundamentals of operating systems https://oscourse.win This new PostgreSQL 17 feature is game changer. You see, postgres like most databases work with fixed size pages. Pretty much everything is in this format, indexes, table …

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ULS 167: Don't Have a Bad Time on Purpose - Market Share, Kernel Drama, and Forks 1:11:12

2M ago1:11:12

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The week brings the drama, from kernel hackers retiring in frustration, to a panning take on COSMIC, to a high profile fork of a very popular database program. It's not all drama, as Linux celebrates an all-time high in market share, Microsoft's LinkedIn moves to Microsoft's Azure Linux, and the Mono project calls Wine its new home. For tips we hav…

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Free Legal Advice | Blink Twice Review – Perfect Wife and Black Myth Wukong 1:20:55

2M ago1:20:55

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Episode 479: Blink Twice Review – Tyler starts off the episode by discussing the new true crime Hulu docu-series Perfect Wife! Pat shares his thoughts on the new Soulslike video game Black Myth Wukong. Tyler leads the discussion of the latest “Nerd News”...including the Sonic 3 trailer! The Nerds then review the new Channing Tatum film Blink Twice!…

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