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Experimenting with skip-lists for malloc today. With a first-fit allocator, free() wants to merge adjacent blocks, so it needs to search for them. A single-linked list makes that O(N). A skip-list seems like an interesting option—non-recursive, low memory use and simple implementation. It's "working", but it's not pretty yet. Anyone else ever played with these?

stdlib: Rough version of skip-list based malloc · picolibc/picolibc@029cc74
Replace the single linked list of free malloc blocks with a skip-list. This converts free from O(N) to O(log(N)) and might serve as an alternative to the bucket-based allocation scheme currently bo...

Linux folks, question:
I setup a common directory under `/home` (`/home/common`) with `root:common` ownership and 775 permissions. I'd like the group to be set automatically to `common` whether I write the file or someone else does, so I think using `chmod -R 2775` would achieve that. Is there a way I can similarly automatically set the ownership to `root`? Or do I manually have to do that each time I add new files/directories?

I cannot believe how good this novel is. Elias Khoury was a genius. It’s about the parallels between Palestinians and Jews, how both were victims, seen through a Palestinian orphan who passes as Jewish in Haifa and New York, but you should read this even if you’re uninterested in/tired of that topic because it’s simply brilliant literature.

Proposed mine expansion raising pollution concerns in Canada and US https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/proposed-mine-expansion-raising-pollution-concerns-in-canada-and-us/

Proposed mine expansion raising pollution concerns in Canada and US
The Elk Valley in southeast British Columbia is home to Canada’s four largest coal mines. With a proposed mine expansion moving through environmental assessment, people on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border worry the valley’s decades-old pollution problem could get even worse. Industrial coal mining in the Elk Valley goes back more than 50 years. […]

Senate Republicans on the Armed Services Committee
have killed two election-related amendments from Michigan Sen.
Elissa Slotkin, brushing aside her attempt to write explicit new limits on military involvement in U.S. elections.
The proposals came during markup of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act
and went down on party-line votes, prompting Democratic warnings of a dangerous gray area heading into November.
In a statement posted by Senato…

Never commit yourself! Let someone else commit you.

Now, I don't especially like the term "church" so I may use something else... like "coven." You can do what you want. But I happen to have already mapped out an example. (It is exactly that, just an example, so take if it's useful, change if you need, and don't stick to anything too closely.) Oh, this mapping also means that you would, for religious reasons, only be allowed to work under capitalism 4 days a week instead of 5.
Given the increases in productivity over the last 100 years, a 4 day work week is a completely reasonable expectation. If we have to annex Monday for the weekend by force of religion, so be it. It is rightfully ours anyway. If enough people try it, this will probably work. If it doesn't work, it just needs more people.
The Practice of Worship:
It is recommended to break down worship in to three sections: the functional, the communal, and the spiritual. It is also recommended to break these across multiple days. A common structure for some Christian churches is to take 10-15 minutes for announcements (Functional), an hour or two for services (Spiritual), followed by (Communal) coffee, tea, and cookies for an unspecified time up to two hours after. When starting or working with limited time a single compressed model like this may work, but it's not optimal.
- The Functional
The purpose of this section is to address the functional needs of the coven. Block out time (less than 90 minute blocks is recommended) to go through reports and updates from those involved in the Dispensary, Library, Works Committee (infrastructure), and Services Committee (providing services internally and, potentially, externally). Talk through any additional announcements, including those from other covens you may be federated with.
It is helpful to include unstructured communal time, such as shared meals, during or after functional meetings. As the federation grows, more time will be needed. It is recommended to break functional meetings, work parties, and such across multiple days. When a federation becomes sufficiently large, it is recommended to take every Monday, on top of Saturday and Sunday, as a third day of community and worship.
The scope of the functional spans 3 realms (which may be more-or-less fluid): the personal or family, the coven and federation, and humanity itself. It is up to each coven and individual to negotiate how to allocate the three days of the weekend once we have liberated Monday from the work week, but it is important to reserve it for one of these three. However, some people must work on weekends. Medical personnel, for example, cannot conform to a standard work week. While the work week should be universally restricted, which specific days are used will be up to the specific coven and their members.
A functional meeting can start with an agenda like the following:
Functional Invocation
Announcements
Report Backs
Dispensary
Inventory Check
What is low
What is empty
What is expiring
What is needed
Funds status
Library
Inventory Check and Items needing return
Library acquisition requests
Funds status and budget check
Works Committee
Upcoming projects
Subcommittee updates (Following the Works Committee agenda)
New committee formations
Funds status
Services Committee
New capabilities announcements
New needs requests
Subcommittee updates (Following the Works Committee agenda)
New committee formations
Funds status
Task Check
Breaking the Circle
This agenda is a suggestion for those who don't know where to start. It can be adapted or ignored as appropriate.
- The Spiritual
Spirituality is necessarily an undefined space. It is deeply personal. Each individual taking time to share their own personal spiritual experiences can help each connect with each other. This experience of connection can itself be a spiritual experience. It may also be useful to read esoteric, mystical, or philosophical texts together as type of "book club" and share thoughts. Others may draw from their own knowledge or traditions. This is something that must be defined together within a group.
- The Communal
The communal aspect of the practice of worship bind the coven and federation together. Within the community we find joy and release, connection and comfort. The coven is where we turn in times of need, and where we share our hopes and dreams.

¿Te interesa que cuente mšs el proceso (cómo trabajo / elijo / edito) o prefieres solo el resultado?
Estoy probando a enseñar mšs el detršs de la foto. Lo que no sale: decisiones, dudas, tiempo… y a veces cansancio, por supuesto.
Hay tantas cosas fuera del encuadre de "Instagram" que, si las viéramos mšs, recordaríamos que no todo es la escena perfecta (ni el negocio de éxito).

Tens of thousands of acres in northwestern Colorado that the nation's largest elk herd relies upon for migration, foraging and winter habitat
will be offered to oil and gas companies for lease by the federal Bureau of Land Management
in the state’s biggest such sale in modern history.
More than 100 parcels included in a June 16 lease sale by the BLM encompass elk, pronghorn and mule deer migration corridors that extend into southern Wyoming.
Many sit in Moffat Count…

Feds to Open Tens of Thousands of Acres of Colorado Wilderness to Oil Drilling 
Wildlife habitat, endangered animals and recreation could all be at risk in state's biggest public land sale in modern history.