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Modernizing “less”
I have just spent an all-nighter doing something I didn't expect to do. I've " modernized " less (1). (That link is to the changeset.) ...
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Why I like Common Lisp
In a recent email exchange discussion, Charlotte Herzeel gave a summary of Common Lisp that I believe is worth repeating publicly. With her ...
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Bypassing a Python sandbox by abusing code objects
Awhile ago, I stumbled upon a service that let you write python-bots to interact with a number of external services. The basic idea was th...
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Zeroing buffers is insufficient
With a bit of care and a cooperative compiler, we can zero a buffer — but that's not what we need. What we need to do is zero every location where sensitive data might be stored. Remember, the whole reason we had sensitive information in memory in the first place was so that we could use it; and that usage almost…
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I Am an Indie iOS Developer – Part 2
I develop apps for iOS
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AM – Attribute Modules for CSS
A few months ago, I read an article by Harry Roberts where he introduced an interesting concept for working with related classes in CSS. In his article, he describes the use of the [] characters in class attributes to help understand their purpose at a quick glance. He presents this example, arguing that it makes the…
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Standard Markdown Is Now Common Markdown
Let me open with an apology to John Gruber for my previous blog post. We’ve been working on the Standard Markdown project for about two years now. We invited John Gruber, the original creator of Markdown, to join the project via email in November 2012, but never heard back.
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How to zero a buffer
Now, we don't want to truly change the observable behaviour of our software — but fortunately the C standard has a more liberal concept of "observable" than most people. In particular, the C standard states that the observable behaviour includes accesses to volatile objects . What is a volatile object, you ask? It is…
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Visualizing Garbage Collection Algorithms
Developers take garbage collection for granted, but it's hard to see how it works. Watch 5 different GC algorithm visualizations.
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Django 1.7 Released
Posted by James Bennett on Sept. 2, 2014
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Lost Lessons from 8-Bit BASIC
It's not about technology for its own sake. It's about being able to implement your ideas.
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String Deduplication – A new feature in Java 8 Update 20
Java 8 Update 20 String Deduplication with G1GC drastically reduces JVM memory by reusing duplicate char arrays. Optimize your Java applications today!
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Predicting the next Math.random() in Java
A while back a friend of mine hosted a programming competition where you were given 9 random numbers one at a time and you had to guess the rank (the sorted position amongst the 9) of each as they are coming in. The goal was to submit a strategy in Java that will maximize the number of these games won. The best…
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Kotlin, the Swift of Android
Well, not quite but let's start from the beginning.
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The PHP Singularity
Look at this incredible thing Ian Baker created. Look at it! What you’re seeing is not Photoshopped. This is an actual photo of a real world, honest to God double-clawed hammer. Such a thing exists. Isn’t that amazing? And also, perhaps, a little disturbing? That wondrous hammer
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Say hello to x64 Assembly, part 1
Introduction There are many developers between us. We write a tons of code every day. Sometime, it is even not a bad code :) Every of us ...
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Conrod – A Rust GUI Library
A user friendly game engine written in Rust
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Draft chapters of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial, 3rd Edition
News & blog about Learn Enough (including the Ruby on Rails Tutorial)
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Minting Money with Monero and CPU Vector Intrinsics
A blog about computer science, systems, technology, and sometimes vegan cooking.
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