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Thoughtcrime
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How I do my computing
As of 2022 I use a Thinkpad x200 computer, which has a free initialization program (called Libreboot when it was installed, but now called GNU Boot) and a free operating system (Trisquel GNU/Linux). It was not sold that way by Lenovo, however; small businesses buy them used, recondition them, and install the free…
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How to Ship a Beluga Whale via UPS
As a UPS cargo load master, Bland Matthews has been tasked with shipping everything from Terracotta Army soldiers to beluga whales.
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Obtaining a Thorough CS Background Online
An eclectic online curriculum that covers the core requirements of a typical undergraduate CS program.
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Inspiration vs. Imitation
An indie design engineer based in Brooklyn.
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Be Kind
Being kind is fundamentally about taking responsibility for your impact on the people around you. It requires you be mindful of their feelings and considerate of the way your presence affects them.
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Michael Nielsen joins the Recurse Center to help build a research lab
The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.
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CloudFlare “Interview Questions”
For quite some time we've been grilling our candidates about dirty corners of TCP/IP stack. Every engineer here must prove his/her comprehensive understanding of the full network stack. For example: what are the differences in checksumming algorithms between IPv4 and IPv6 stacks?
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Elon Musk Series: Introduction
A post about how Elon Musk became the real world Iron Man.
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Join the Engineering Leisure Class
Engineers earn more money than we need, and the world is full of interesting problems that don’t promise a financial return. Why are the…
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Some Practical Thoughts on Suicide
In this post, I’m going to talk about suicide, and why I’m still on this planet. These are stories I’ve kept secret from my family, girlfriends, and closest friends for years. Recently, however, I had an experience that shook me—woke me up—and I decided that it was time to share it all. So, despite the shame I […]
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Data Backup Strategies: Why the 3-2-1 Backup Strategy is the Best
A Backblaze survey found 54% of people know someone who’s lost data. Learn how the 3-2-1 backup rule can help prevent data loss and keep your files secure.
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My Apple Watch After 5 Days
Having known about the Apple Watch for some time and knowing lots of my friends were planning to buy one, I was sceptical as my needs are quite different to that of those of the sighted and hearing. I have to rely on specific accessible features. However, I was curious as Apple products have b...
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Outschooling in the Bay Area
Homeschooling is interesting because, if some new approach is going to disrupt the current education system and change it radically for the better, it seems likely it would come from outside the...
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Printing a wall-sized world map and what I've learned from it
I love to travel and for a long time I have been looking for the largest & most detailed world map available. ? I couldn't find the perfect one so I did it by myself. Here's what I've learned from working for more than 1,5 years on this.
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The days are long but the decades are short
I turned 30 last week and a friend asked me if I'd figured out any life advice in the past decade worth passing on. I'm somewhat hesitant to publish this because I think these lists usually seem...
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Console.mihai();
Update: Mihai consistently defied people that told him how long he had. It's over 3 months since he was given several weeks , and years since he was given months. He died on 23 April 2015.
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My Top 100 Programming, Computer and Science Books: Part One
I was recently interviewed by Fog Creek and one of the questions was about my favorite programming, coding and development books. I got very excited by this question as I'm a huge book nerd. I love books about computers, programming, and science. Every few months I spend a day or two researching the latest…
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The Time Needed to Write “Effective Modern C++”
Initial cover design. Nobody asked me about the writing of Effective Modern C++ (EMC++), but I wanted to talk about it a little, so ...
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Prof. Sussman's Reading List
Professor Sussman's reading recommendations
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Going “Write-Only”
Joey Hess inspires me. He lives in a cabin and programs Haskell on a drastically under-powered netbook. He harvests all his electricity from the sun with a homemade electrical system. Joey has designed his computing life to be highly distributed like the git version control he loves. His internet connection is…
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Why and How I Wrote My Academic Book in Plain Text
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