🧀 Why Swiss Cheese Has Holes: The Science Behind the ‘Eyes’
A clear and engaging explanation of the microbiological processes that create Swiss cheese’s iconic holes—great reading for anyone curious about the intersection of food science and production technology.
Swiss cheese gets its signature holes from carbon dioxide bubbles produced by Propionibacteria during fermentation. These microbes, reintroduced into pasteurized milk, shape both the texture and flavor of the cheese. Regulators closely monitor the size and distribution of the holes, which define the quality of traditional Emmental and its American variants like Baby Swiss.
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🎥 Rats Filmed Snatching Bats Mid-Flight
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🌀 HyperRogue: A Journey Through Non-Euclidean Worlds
An imaginative fusion of mathematics and gameplay — HyperRogue turns abstract geometry into a tangible, interactive experience for both gamers and educators.
HyperRogue is a roguelike game that unfolds in a hyperbolic universe where geometry defies conventional intuition. Players navigate procedurally generated lands, collect treasures, and battle monsters across hexagonal and heptagonal grids. Beyond entertainment, it serves as a striking demonstration of mathematical beauty and non-Euclidean space.
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🧩 Absurd Workflows: Reliable Execution Using Only Postgres
A fascinating deep dive into how Postgres can serve as the backbone for reliable, stateful workflows—perfect for developers seeking simplicity and self-hosted AI systems.
Armin Ronacher presents ‘Absurd’, a lightweight SQL-based framework that enables durable workflow execution entirely within Postgres. It supports long-lived tasks, retries, and recovery after crashes using queues, checkpoints, and events—offering Temporal-like capabilities without external infrastructure or runtimes.
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🧠 Abstract Syntax Trees in C: A Hands-On Example
A precise and insightful walkthrough for systems programmers interested in compiler internals and data modeling within C’s constraints.
Vladimir Keleshev’s article illustrates how to build and manage abstract syntax trees (ASTs) in C using tagged unions, structs, and macros to model arithmetic expressions and emit x86-64 assembly code. It also covers pretty-printing, memory management, and type safety, concluding with a comparison to a more expressive OCaml approach.
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