The Linux boot process: from power button to kernel

You press the power button. A second later a wall of text scrolls by, or a logo fades in, and eventually Linux appears. What happens in between is not magic. It is a careful handshake between tiny programs and a very literal CPU. This part follows that handshake until the very first line of C code inside the Linux kernel runs. ↫ 0xkato’s blog Exactly what it says on the tin.

Guillermo del Toro on “Frankenstein” and remaking a monster

Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro is adding his spin to one of the most-filmed horror stories the mythic tale of a scientist creating a man from body parts with his latest, “Frankenstein.” He talks with Seth Doane about his lifelong fascination with horror, why Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was his first crush, and how “in reality we’re all weird in some way.” Doane also talks with Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, who play Victor Frankenstein and his creature.

AI Learns to Identify Exploding Stars with Just 15 Examples

How can artificial intelligence (AI) help astronomers identify celestial objects in the night sky? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated the potential for using AI to conduct astrophysical surveys of celestial events, including black holes consuming stars or even exploding stars themselves. This study has the potential to help astronomers use AI to enhance the field by reducing time and resources that have traditionally been used to scan the night sky.