There is the classic by Vahalia on UNIX implementation (new edition supposedly coming out ) which, is in my always humble opinion the only worthwhile modern OS textbook although the original edition of Shaw’s book is good too. It’s depressing
When mathematicians get mad
From Outlaws of the Marsh, translated by Sidney Shapiro The second [bandit] was Jiang Jing, from Tanzhou in Hunan. Originally he had studied for the imperial examinations. But when he failed to pass, he abandoned the pen and took up
Digital rights management catastrophe continues to approach
A correspondent back from a war somewhere writes: More to the point, we had a large amount of Civvy laptops, and military systems together. There were major problems with dust, heat etc. From what I read of the Tilt bits