"Unfortunately, there is no point to distributing music in 24-bit/192kHz format. Its playback fidelity is slightly inferior to 16/44.1 or 16/48, and it takes up 6 times the space.

There are a few real problems with the audio quality and 'experience' of digitally distributed music today. 24/192 solves none of them. While everyone fixates on 24/192 as a magic bullet, we're not going to see any actual improvement."

Also, extremely relevant: This video on sampling theory, digital waveforms, and stairsteps.

All of this is presented in a way that you don't need to learn all the math behind it. It's a great read.

ARM licensing and how their business model works, courtesy of Anandtech. I really enjoyed this back when it was written.

How ARM's business model works

Understanding the Cortex A12

How is GNU grep so fast?

I stumbled upon this post by the author recently. Here's an excerpt:

#1 trick: GNU grep is fast because it AVOIDS LOOKING AT EVERY INPUT BYTE.

#2 trick: GNU grep is fast because it EXECUTES VERY FEW INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH BYTE that it *does* look at.