Bloomberg Intelligence: Walmart Falls After Warning Price Increases Are Coming
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H-1B Visa Cap Results: 65% Rejected, Immigration Fees Prompt Decline
H-1B cap registrations declined, but USCIS still rejected almost two-thirds of applications for FY 2026 due to the low annual limit.Forbes
US Seeks to Block Loans to Chinese State Companies in Colombia
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Remembering More Memory: XMS and a Real Hack
Last time we talked about how the original PC has a limit of 640 kB for your programs and 1 MB in total. But of course those restrictions chafed. People demanded more memory, and there were workarounds to provide it.
However, the workarounds were made to primarily work with the old 8088 CPU. Expanded memory (EMS) swapped pages of memory into page frames that lived above the 640 kB line (but below 1 MB). The system would work with newer CPUs, but those newer CPUs could already address more memory. That led to new standards, workarounds, and even a classic hack.
XMS
If you had an 80286 or above, you might be better off using extended memory (XMS). This took advantage of the fact that the CPU could address more memory. You didn’t need a special board to load 4MB of RAM into an 80286-based PC. You just couldn’t get to with MSDOS. In particular, the memory above 1 MB was — in theory — inaccessible to real-mode programs like MSDOS.
Well, that’s not strictly true in two cases. One, you’ll see in a minute. The other case is because of the overlapping memory segments on an 8088, or in real mode on later processors. Address FFFF:000F was the top of the 1 MB range.
PCs with more than 20 bits of address space ran into problems since some programs “knew” that memory access above that would wrap around. That is FFFF:0010, on an 8088, is the same as 0000:0000. They would block A20, the 21st address bit, by default. However, you could turn that block off in software, although exactly how that worked varied by the type of motherboard — yet another complication.
XMS allowed MSDOS programs to allocate and free blocks of memory that were above the 1 MB line and map them into that special area above FFFF:0010, the so-called high memory area (HMA).
Because of its transient nature, XMS wasn’t very useful for code, but it was a way to store data. If you weren’t using it, you could load some TSRs into the HMA to prevent taking memory from MSDOS.
Protected Mode Hacks
There is another way to access memory above the 1 MB line: protected mode. In protected mode, you still have a segment and an offset, but the segment is just an index into a table that tells you where the segment is and how big it is. The offset is just an offset into the segment. So by setting up the segment table, you can access any memory you like. You can even set up a segment that starts at zero and is as big as all the memory you can have.
You can use segments like that in a lot of different ways, but many modern operating systems do set them up very simply. All segments start at address 0 and then go up to the top of user memory. Modern processors, 80386s and up, have a page table mechanism that lets you do many things that segments were meant to do in a more efficient way.
However, MS-DOS can’t deal with any of that directly. There were many schemes that would switch to protected mode to deal with upper memory using EMS or XMS and then switch back to real mode.
Unfortunately, switching back to real mode was expensive because, typically, you had to set a bit in non-volatile memory and reboot the computer! On boot, the BIOS would notice that you weren’t really rebooting and put you back where you were in real mode. Quite a kludge!
There was a better way to run MSDOS in protected mode called Virtual86 mode. However, that was complex to manage and required many instructions to run in an emulated mode, which wasn’t great for performance. It did, however, avoid the real mode switch penalty as you tried to access other memory.
Unreal Mode
In true hacker fashion, several of us figured out something that later became known as Unreal Mode. In the CPU documentation, they caution you that before switching to real mode, you need to set all the segment tables to reflect what a segment in real mode looks like. Obviously, you have to think, “What if I don’t?”
Well, if you don’t, then your segments can be as big as you like. Turns out, apparently, some people knew about this even though it was undocumented and perhaps under a non-disclosure agreement. [Michal Necasek] has a great history about the people who independently discovered it, or at least, the ones who talked about it publicly.
The method was doomed, though, because of Windows. Windows ran in protected mode and did its own messing with the segment registers. If you wanted to play with that, you needed a different scheme, but that’s another story.
Modern Times
These days, we don’t even use video cards with a paltry 1 MB or even 100 MB of memory! Your PC can adroitly handle tremendous amounts of memory. I’m writing this on a machine with 64 GB of physical memory. Even my smallest laptop has 8 GB and at least one of the bigger ones has more.
Then there’s virtual memory, and if you have solid state disk drives, that’s probably faster than the old PC’s memory, even though today it is considered slow.
Modern memory systems almost don’t resemble these old systems even though we abstract them to pretend they do. Your processor really runs out of cache memory. The memory system probably manages several levels of cache. It fills the cache from the actual RAM and fills that from the paging device. Each program can have a totally different view of physical memory with its own idea of what physical memory is at any given address. It is a lot to keep track of.
Times change. EMS, XMS, and Unreal mode seemed perfectly normal in their day. It makes you wonder what things we take for granted today will be considered backward and antiquated in the coming decades.
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A 31-year-old cannot plausibly pass for a college freshman anymore.
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Amazon and A24 Made a Buzzy New Show With a Rising Star. It’s Not What I Was Expecting.
Overcompensating follows a college student who’s a bit confused. He’s not the only one.David Mack (Slate)
Erupção solar causa apagão de rádio em vários países; mais forte de 2025
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Erupção solar causa apagão de rádio em vários países; mais forte de 2025
As interrupções nas comunicações de rádio foram notadas principalmente na Europa, Ásia e Oriente Médio.André Luiz Dias Gonçalves (TecMundo)
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"Présent dans le quartier sud de la capitale des Flandres depuis plus de trente ans, le deal n’a en rien diminué avec la rénovation urbaine. Le profil des petites mains du trafic évolue, comme celui des consommateurs, les points de deal
Partage du business, guetteurs à trottinette et toxicos SDF : À Lille‐Sud, le trafic de drogue s’enracine
«Cela fait presque vingt ans que j’habite ici et j’ai toujours vu des dealers dans la rue, qu’il pleuve, qu’il vente ou qu’il neige.Nadia Daki (Mediacités)
Conservative Man Secretly Hoping Lilith Fair Festival Is Revived So He Can Complain About It
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Local conservative Kyle Edwards found himself hoping female-centric music festival Lilith Fair is revived so he can complain about it.Steve Packosky (The Hard Times)
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Grazie al sistema Telepass, nel 2024 sono state risparmiate 71mila tonnellate di CO2, un aumento significativo rispetto al 2022.
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"En Italie, la communauté de Sant'Egidio emploie des migrants pour en soutenir d’autres dans leur parcours d’intégration. Comme ailleurs dans le monde, l’Eglise catholique est l'un des piliers de l’aide humanitaire en Italie."
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Finally, genetic proof that orange cats are special 😽
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Decades-long mystery of ginger cats revealed
Researchers in Japan and US have unlocked the 60-year mystery of what gives cats their orange colour.Esme Stallard (BBC News)
Apple finally launches next-gen ‘CarPlay Ultra’ software, starting with Aston Martin
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Apple finally launches next-gen 'CarPlay Ultra' software, starting with Aston Martin | TechCrunch
Apple's next-generation version of its popular CarPlay infotainment software is finally launching three years after it was announced. The company saidSean O'Kane (TechCrunch)
Smart Money Loses to Retail Crowd That Bet on Epic Stock Rebound
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Tarrodi, Muhly with McVinnie and Ravel from Copenhagen - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
James McVinnie, organ, and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pekka Kuusisto play: Andrea TARRODI: Camelopardi. Nico MUHLY: Register, Organ Concerto. RAVEL: Ma mère l'Oye. Live....www.worldconcerthall.com
Tripoli, scontri armati e tensioni diplomatiche: evacuati cittadini italiani e spagnoli
Tripoli (eu24news) - La situazione nella capitale libica resta tesa e precaria, nonostante l’annuncio di un cessate il fuoco diffuso dal ministero della Difesa del Governo di unità nazionale (Gun). Nella giornata odierna, sporadici colpi di arma da fuoco sono stati uditi nelle vicinanze delle rappresentanze diplomatiche straniere, tra cui l’ambasciata d’Italia, segno di un…
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Tripoli, scontri armati e tensioni diplomatiche: evacuati cittadini italiani e spagnoli
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"Pour espérer emporter la présidence de son parti face à Bruno Retailleau ce 18 mai, le député de Haute-Loire a pu compter sur son ami Laurent Duplomb, sénateur du département qui a multiplié les recrutements de nouveaux adhérents. Avec, selon les informations de Mediacités,
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"Les événements de la cause animale du vendredi 16 mai 2025
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Oh, es soll ein Nachfolgemodell des OpenWRT One geben.
Die Specs klingen (mehr als) ausreichend für den Hausgebrauch...
Try this page:
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OpenWrt Two: jack of all trades router for OpenWrt fans
The second official OpenWrt router is significantly more powerful. Including: two SFP+ slots, Wi-Fi 7 and an SSD slot.Mark Mantel (heise online)
Tensione Nato-Russia: caccia di Mosca viola lo spazio aereo durante operazione estone
Tallinn (eu24news) – La tensione tra la Nato e la Russia torna a farsi sentire dopo che un caccia russo ha violato lo spazio aereo dell'Alleanza Atlantica per quasi un minuto. L’episodio, segnalato dal ministro degli Esteri estone Margus Tsahkna, è avvenuto mentre Mosca cercava di controllare una nave soggetta a sanzioni da parte del Regno Unito. Secondo le dichiarazioni di Tsahkna…
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Tensione Nato-Russia: caccia di Mosca viola lo spazio aereo durante operazione estone
Tallinn (eu24news) – La tensione tra la Nato e la Russia torna a farsi sentire dopo che un caccia russo ha violato lo spazio aereo dell’Alleanza Atlantica per quasi un minuto. L’episodio, seg…eu24news
Music students perform Schumann, Liszt, de Falla, Wildgans and more in Graz - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Student ensembles from nine music universities across Austria perform works by Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Manuel de Falla, Friedrich Wildgans, Franz Schubert, Frank Martin, Leos Janacek, and original compositions. Live....www.worldconcerthall.com
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Microsoft shuts off Bing Search APIs and recommends switching to AI
Microsoft shuts off Bing Search APIs and recommends switching to AI
Microsoft is removing access to its Bing Search APIs later this year. Third-party app developers will be cut off from the service in August.Tom Warren (The Verge)
#ICYMI: Acting DEA Administrator Derek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations without a warrant to agencies like #ICE and Texas DPS. texasobserver.org/dea-derek-ma…
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New DEA Chief’s Background Includes Surveillance Tech and Border Misinformation
Derek Maltz formerly worked at PenLink, a Nebraska-based tech firm that has sold software that can track phone locations without a warrant to agencies like ICE and Texas DPS.Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)
#Merz #CDU #WorkLifeBalance #SozialeGerechtigkeit #TaxTheRich
Lieber Herr Merz, wie wäre es stattdessen mal mit #TaxTheRich, die gar nicht arbeiten und nur aus Vermögenseinkünften leben können? #sozialschwach
“I feel like what we did, everything was traditional. The only thing that we did that wasn’t traditional was to exchange wedding rings because everything else was as it would have been.”
#Indigenous #FirstNations #books #awards
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A Haida Wedding wins historical writing award
A book of love chronicling the steps taken to hold the first traditional ceremony legalized under Haida law in more than a century has won a 2025 historical writing award from the British Columbia Historical Federation.Windspeaker.com
Released Retrofit 2.12 with new streaming request body support.
I also released Retrofit 3.0 which is the same as 2.12 except with an OkHttp 4.x dependency. This is the version of OkHttp written in Kotlin, and so Retrofit now has a transitive Kotlin dependency. However, this is the only supported version of OkHttp (the previous version was unsupported for nearly 4 years).
Retrofit 3.x will maintain forward binary compatibility with Retrofit 2.x.
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Release 2.12.0 · square/retrofit
New First-party converters now support deferring serialization to happen when the request body is written (i.e., during HTTP execution) rather than when the HTTP request is created. In some cases...GitHub
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Sei persone hanno tentato di ostacolare l’esibizione della cantante israeliana Yuval Raphael
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Eurovision, proteste durante le prove - RSI
Sei persone hanno tentato di ostacolare a Basilea l’esibizione della cantante israeliana Yuval Raphaelrsi
Puccini's 'Turandot' with Dyka, Kim, Zanetti and Gábor from Budapest - Schedule // - www.worldconcerthall.com
Puccini's 'Turandot' is an opera in three acts, completed by Franco Alfano, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. The opera's story is set in China and involves Prince Calàf, who falls in love w...www.worldconcerthall.com
ma come sono i videogiochi Lego? mai provati però mi stuzzicava un po' quello del franchise di jurassic park per switch (3,99€); carino? noioso? vecchio stampo? disgustoso?
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LEGO Jurassic World | Deku Deals
LEGO Jurassic World - on sale now for 90% off. Compare all the current prices, see histories, and get deal alerts for the next sale at Deku Dealswww.dekudeals.com
Gordon Ramsay style - only in Docker.
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 80 as Trump says he wants to turn Gaza into a ‘freedom zone’ | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
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Intense wave of Israeli airstrikes across Gaza kills at least 80
Violence in Palestinian territory higher than for several weeks as Donald Trump winds up Middle East visitJason Burke (The Guardian)
15 May 1912 | A Polish man, Jan Pierzchała, was born in Kraków.
He was deported to #Auschwitz on 14 June 1940 from Tarnów in the first transport of Poles. No. 55.
In 1943 he was transferred to KL Neuengamme, then to Plaszow, Gross-Rosen and Flossenbürg. He survived.
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'Just Another Day' by shreyansh
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Just Another Day
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🚨 Google warns that hackers targeting UK retailers are now shifting focus to US retailers. These groups are described as aggressive and creative. Retailers should enhance their cybersecurity measures to mitigate risks. Are your security protocols up to date? #Cybersecurity #Privacy
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La polizia greca introduce 10 Fiat 500e elettriche e 36 colonnine di ricarica, un passo verso una mobilità urbana sostenibile.
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Accise carburanti: diesel più caro, benzina più economica - Quotidiano Motori
Da oggi le nuove accise su diesel e benzina: gasolio +1,5 cent/litro, benzina -1,5 cent/litro. Effetti sui costi annui per gli automobilisti.Gianluca Pezzi (Quotidiano Motori)
Continua il percorso di pedonalizzazione delle aree intorno alle scuole: via Rugantino, a Torre Maura, è ora chiusa al traffico privato in alcuni orari per rendere più sicuri gli spostamenti di studenti e famiglie.
Le strade scolastiche sono spazi pensati per favorire l’accesso a piedi o in bici, ridurre l’inquinamento e tutelare i più piccoli durante entrata e uscita.
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Strade scolastiche: via Rugantino diventa pedonale
Si tratta della seconda inaugurazione di una strada scolastica nel giro di poche settimane. Ascolta "ClicBus: il futuro del...Andrea (Blogger)
Milwaukee PD Wants To Trade 2.5 Million Mugshots For Free Facial Recognition Tech
Maybe Clearview got it all wrong. Scraping the web for tens of billions of records for free sounds like a good business model, but that model only works if you can keep the malodorous funk of your …Techdirt
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Das Bild zeigt eine Veranstaltungshalle mit einem hohen, metallenen Dach und einer Bühne, die von verschiedenen Lichtern beleuchtet wird. Die Bühne ist mit einer dunklen Vorhangkulisse ausgestattet, die in verschiedenen Blautönen und violett erleuchtet ist. Auf der Bühne befinden sich ein Podium und ein Mikrofon. Im Hintergrund ist ein Regal mit vielen Büchern zu sehen, das eine Bar oder einen Lesesalon andeutet. Die Decke ist mit einer Vielzahl von Lichtern und Kabeln ausgestattet, die für die Veranstaltung konfiguriert sind. Im Vordergrund sind einige Personen zu sehen, die auf der Bühne oder in der Nähe stehen. Die Atmosphäre wirkt professionell und einladend, ideal für Konzerte, Theateraufführungen oder andere Veranstaltungen.
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Das Bild zeigt eine Bühne in einem Veranstaltungsort, die für eine Veranstaltung oder Performance vorbereitet ist. Die Bühne ist mit einer dunklen Vorhanghinterwand ausgestattet, die in verschiedenen Blautönen und Violettlichter beleuchtet wird, was eine dramatische Atmosphäre schafft. Auf der Bühne befinden sich zwei Stühle und ein kleiner Tisch mit Wasserflaschen, was auf eine mögliche Rede oder Performance hinweist. Über der Bühne sind mehrere Scheinwerfer und eine Projektionsleiste montiert, die für die Beleuchtung und die visuelle Präsentation sorgen. Im Vordergrund sind die Köpfe der Zuschauer sichtbar, die auf die Bühne blicken. Die gesamte Szene ist in einem dunklen, aber angenehmen Licht gehalten, das die Bühne und die Vorhanghinterwand betont.
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