Another wide range; hope you have reading time.

• Proposal for turning off standard I/O buffering.
• Inside the 76477 Space Invaders sound effect chip: digital logic implemented with I2L.
• Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than your Hadoop Cluster.  (via)
• From previous link comments: Scalability! But at what COST?
• Also: Taco Bell Programming, though that term is not as negative as my mental associations with it would seem.
• More Instantly Better Vim (2013).  Video.  It’s Damian Conway, so it’s a little bit turned to 11.  (via)
• Free Software Needs Free Tools.  Video based on this 2010 paper.  (via)
• You need deli cups.  I do this.  All lids match; it’s great.  (via)
• Inside printf.  (via)
• Playing Battleships Over BGP.  (via)

Your vector graphics video of the week: TANK.  (via multiple places)