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| May 19, 2020 | » | Chrome vs. Everybody
3 min; updated Jul 4, 2026
![]() Stability, Testing and the Multi-Process ArchitectureIn a single-threaded browser, devs use asynchronous APIs - which may sometimes hold the browser up. Instead of multiple threads, Chromium chose multiple processes: isolation, independent crashes, better asymptotic memory management, identifying expensive sites, etc. ... |
| Jan 17, 2026 | » | Babel, or the Necessity of Violence
21 min; updated Jan 17, 2026
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence.
An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution.
R. F. Kuang.
On LanguageLanguage was always the companion of the empire, and as such, together they begin, grow, and flourish. And later, together, they fall. ... |
| Jul 8, 2016 | » | 1. The 3 Rules of Epidemics
2 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
The Law of the FewFrom 1995 to 1996, the # of children born in Baltimore with syphillis increased 500%. CDC blamed it on cocaine and reduction in clinics. In 100k+ Colorado Springs town, the gonorrhoea epidemic tipped because of the activities of 168 people living in 4 small neighbourhoods, frequenting the same 6 bars. Gaëtan Dugas, an Air-Canada flight attendant, is [mis?]regarded as “Patient Zero” for AIDS in the US. It’s claimed he had \(\approx\) 2,500 sexual partners over North America, and linked to 40 of the earliest cases of AIDS in CA and NY. ... |

At the very least, Chrome is worth studying. Something worked out. I’m biased, I only plan to deeply explore Chromium-based browsers and Firefox.