So my copy of Norman Ohler’s splendidly-titled Blitzed showed up. This could have been a really disappointing book – in the acknowledgments, Ohler mentions a Berlin DJ friend who told him Nazis took masses of drugs, and I can well imagine going from that beginning to lurid Hitler Channel kitsch. But Ohler has achieved…
The classic ed editor is a really good example of a sparse, minimal, standard Unix tool that does one thing, and does it well. Because there are so many good screen-oriented editors for Unix, there’s seldom very much call for using ed , unless you’re working on very old or very limited hardware that won’t run anything…
16 years after its first checkin , SQLite is the most widely deployed database engine in the world. such open source project is a good candidate to learn how to make your code easy to understand and to maintain.
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Building world-class games is a very difficult, time-consuming, and expensive process. The audience is incredibly demanding. They want engaging, social play that spans a wide variety of desktop, console, and mobile platforms. Due to the long lead time inherent in the game development and distribution process, the…
Apps are a nightmare for the visually impaired. So when I started losing my sight, I decided to fix that.
It’s no surprise that children suck their thumbs or bite their nails. These behaviors are often discouraged, as they can go on to cause damaged teeth, infections, or even elicit teasing from othe...
Essential data from the ExoMars Schiaparelli lander sent to its mothership Trace Gas Orbiter during the module's descent to the Red Planet's surface yesterday has been downlinked to Earth and is currently being analysed by experts.
An overview of the colormaps recommended to replace 'jet' as default.
bookdown extends R Markdown for writing books with cross-references, citations, and multiple output formats.
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It’s looking increasingly likely that there will never be another Mac Pro. Here’s why that would be a shame.
Corbett Reporteers will be no stranger to the war on cash. I’ve made videos discussing it, conducted interviews about it, written articles examining it and dissected it on the radio .
Brexit’s downsides are clear; might tech help realize upsides in building something new based on a new world order?
I am on holiday in Bavaria, where, in between the beer and schnitzels, I have been contemplating the nature of trust. A rather old-fashioned guest house happily took our reservation and let us run …
An extensive review of the Leica Q camera — taken on a six month test in the field, in multiple shooting scenarios and multiple environments.
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Editor's Morning Note: Wrapping 2016, bitcoin is hitting new aggregate value highs. It's now worth more than Twitter. Bitcoin made waves this week by
In a [series of experiments](http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/nicholas.epley/alteretal.pdf), researchers set out to discover the relationship between difficulty or
A "Build tool" is a catch-all term that refers to anything that is needed to get a piece of software set up, but isn't needed after that. Different programming communities have a wealth of different tools: some use stalwarts like make , some use loose collections of .sh scripts, some use XML-based tools like Maven or…
Signal Protocol is a modern, open source, strong encryption protocol for asynchronous messaging systems. We use Signal Protocol as the foundation for our own private messaging app, Signal, but also make Signal Protocol libraries available for other applications to use. Our Signal Protocol librar...
