Andrew Ekstedt magical

Latency numbers every programmer should know

L1 cache reference ......................... 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict ............................ 5 ns
L2 cache reference ........................... 7 ns
Mutex lock/unlock ........................... 25 ns
Main memory reference ...................... 100 ns             
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy ............. 3,000 ns  =   3 µs
Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network ....... 20,000 ns  =  20 µs
SSD random read ........................ 150,000 ns  = 150 µs

Read 1 MB sequentially from memory ..... 250,000 ns = 250 µs

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	Item Stats Structure
	0x00 uint16 Purchase Price (in units of $10)
	0x02 uint8 Held effect?
	0x03 uint8 Effect argument
	0x04 uint8 Natural Gift effect
	0x05 uint8 Fling effect
	0x06 uint8 Fling power
	0x07 uint8 Natural Gift power
	0x08 uint16 Bits 0-4: Natural Gift type (31=n/a)
	Flags?

	package main

	import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"math/rand"
	"strings"
	)

	type ReaderSource struct {

	ifMUD
	An interactive conversation
	Copyright 1997-2007 by Loungent Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of
	rec.[arts\|games].int-fiction; All rights reserved.
	Release 4 / Serial number 990908 / perlMUD v2.1z

	"The characters were mostly of the cardboard cutout variety.
	I wanted to punch everyone except the one Scottish guy."
	--Jearl

	- objdump (from binutils)
	- ndisasm (from nasm)
	- file
	- xxd
	- vbindiff
	- strace

	Utilities
	---------
	htop
	tree
	atool
	the_silver_searcher (silversearcher-ag)
	whois
	mtr
	mosh
	vim

	import binascii
	import struct
	import sys
	import traceback

	u16 = struct.Struct('<H')
	u32 = struct.Struct('<L')

	def read16(f):
	b = f.read(2)

	hypothetical design for a daily todo list app

	sits in the tray
	click the tray icon to toggle the main window
	has space for 10 (7? 12?) todo items
	an item is a status icon and a short bit of text
	status can be · or ✔ or ✘
	click on an item to edit its text
	click on a blank item to add a new item
	click on the status to cycle through

	// https://blog.quickmediasolutions.com/2015/09/13/non-blocking-channels-in-go.html
	// ...without using reflect

	package util

	import (
	"container/list"
	)

	// Channel that does not block when items are sent. To use the struct, simply