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Using Python to Encode Cassette Recordings for my Superboard II
See Part 3 to see real-time audio encoding/decoding used in conjunction with telnet.
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Recovering deleted files using grep
I was working on a server this morning and accidentally deleted an important configuration file. Like many Linux users, I lamented the absence of an “undelete” command.
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Clojure 1.2 released
I'm pleased to announce today the release of Clojure 1.2. http://clojure.org/downloads For maven/leiningen users, your settings to get the b...
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Why aren't you using git-flow?
git-flow is a library of git subcommands that helps automate your branching and release workflow workflow, using Vincent Driessen's successful branching model.
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I Knew How To Validate An Email Address Until I Read The RFC
Raise your hand if you know how to validate an email address. For those of you with your hand in the air, put it down quickly before someone sees you. It’s an odd sight to see someone sitting alone at the keyboard raising his or her hand. I was speaking metaphorically.
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The Future of Compiler Optimization
Hello, My name is Nadav and I am a PhD candidate, researching compilers for embedded systems and high-level synthesis. This is an excellent post and I enjoyed reading it. I have a few comments. 1. I agree about verification and optimization joining forces. We already see it to some extent with compiler warnings. 2…
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Announcing ... MathML! (WebKit)
If you’ve been following check-ins for the last year or so, then you already know that some dedicated contributors have been working on a MathML implementation in WebKit.
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P vs. NP for Dummies
A reader named Darren commented on my last post: I have this feeling that this whole P and NP thing is not only a profound problem that needs solving, but something that can be infinitely curious t…
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Threads (in Ruby): Enough Already
For a while now, the Ruby community has become enamored in the latest new hotness, evented programming and Node.js. It's gone so far that I've heard a number of prominent Rubyists saying that JavaScript and Node.js are the only sane way to handle a number of
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Scott Aaronson explains his $200k bet (8 Signs A Claimed P≠NP Proof Is Wrong)
As of this writing, Vinay Deolalikar still hasn’t retracted his P≠NP claim, but a clear consensus has emerged that the proof, as it stands, is fatally flawed. The first reason is that weR…
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The Graphing Calculator Story - a developer who refused to leave
Pacific Tech's Graphing Calculator has a long history. I began the work in 1985 while in school. That became Milo , and later became part of FrameMaker . Over the last twenty years, many people have contributed to it. Graphing Calculator 1.0, which Apple bundled with the original PowerPC computers, originated under…
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In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome (2001)
Time for a pop quiz. 1. Code Reuse is: a) Goodb) Bad 2. Reinventing the Wheel is: a) Goodb) Bad 3. The Not-Invented-Here Syndrome is: a) Goodb) Bad Of course, everybody knows that you should always…
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Happy Git Commits
Being happy makes us more productive. Add some happiness to your git commits.
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Is Good Code Impossible?
I'm a Staff iOS Developer living in Denver, Colorado, who's been building mobile apps for 17 years!
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