Ever since I upgraded to Windows 10 it’s felt like my battery life is worse. My suspicion was various scanning tasks that were springing to life more frequently, but it was just a hunch. So, …| Random ASCII - tech blog of Bruce Dawson
The key to understanding how modern browsers work is to observe them in action. For this, we can use ktrace. I’ve posted a few ktrace snippets before, but here’s some new ones to aid in our understanding. Even if we don’t learn anything, deciphering ktrace and kdump output is a pretty useful skill. I use ktrace to verify software I write does what I think I expect. Using ktrace on other people’s software is like a never ending set of practice exercises.| flak.tedunangst.com
This is a little tour of some software I took today. One of the topics that consistently comes up when people discuss what operating system to run on their laptop is how much battery life to expect, and the answers are all over the map. The focus always seems to be on the kernel and how advanced its scheduler algorithm is, and the minutia of interrupt controllers. We throw around terms like race to sleep. But rarely do I see anyone mention the impact that the software they choose to run spend...| flak.tedunangst.com
Having burned out both the original flash drive and its replacement, I can’t recommend using an ERL in a serious setting.| flak.tedunangst.com
