What I found interesting this time - last long weekend!

by: Artur Dziedziczak

May 19, 2024

Again not much. Long weekends in the Netherlands take all my energy

“Vehicles Swarm Intelligence: Cooperation in Both Longitudinal and Lateral Dimensions,” n.d. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2405.08039

Have you ever thought how to create a function which will have end goal of minimizing cost of vehicles swarm overtaking maneuvers?
No?
Me neither, but the shit is fascinating.
Actually, this paper reminds me of linear programming courses I had on uni. I never full understood how to solve complex problems of LP, and the problem proposed here is complex AF.
#science

“Emoji History: the Missing Years,” n.d. https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2024/05/10/emoji-history-the-missing-years/

Interesting post about the origin of Emoji. Apparently, devices from Japan had similar concepts in 1988.
I really like how the author shown retro tech.

“That Time PostgreSQL Said ‘No Thanks, I Don’t Need Your Index,’” n.d. https://jaywhy13.hashnode.dev/that-time-postgresql-said-no-thanks-i-dont-need-your-index

If your PostgreSQL is not using Indexes on tables for queries, you might want to check this blog post.