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The Coding Standard From Hell
You say you hate your organization’s coding standards? You say they make the code harder to understand and maintain? You say they could only have been devised by a particularly moronic version of the pointy haired boss? Stop your whining … Continue reading
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Password Myths
As you all know too well, I am very interested in password technology. Certainly, passwords aren’t, by themselves, the answer to security but they can help if people pick them sensibly and Web sites handle them is a secure manner. … Continue reading
Key-Chord Mode
One of my favorite Emacs Rocks! videos is #7, Mind Exploded, in which Sveen talks about key-chord mode. Right after I saw the video, I loaded key-chord-mode, wrote about it, and have been using it ever since. I’m mentioning it … Continue reading
StrongBox
Two years ago I wrote about WSJ SafeHouse, an effort on the part of the Wall Street Journal to start their own version of Wikileaks. The idea was that prospective whistle blowers would have a safe way to send documents … Continue reading
Emacs Hash Tables
One of the most useful data structures in Computer Science is the hash table. I’ve been using them for my entire career and have implemented close to a hundred instances in several languages. That’s not as necessary these days as … Continue reading
Lexical Status on the Mode Line
Those of you who watched Nic Ferrier’s video on the difference between lexical and dynamic scope that I wrote about the other day may have noticed that his buffers indicated whether the buffer had lexical (LEX) or dynamic (DYN) scope. … Continue reading
Emacs Redux Redux
I’ve written about Emacs Redux a couple of times before. Bozhidar Batsov continues to post a panoply of really useful Emacs tips. Consider this a reminder to subscribe if you haven’t already. If you’re looking for a turnkey Emacs configuration, … Continue reading
Surprise!
Here’s a surprise. Netflix is offering further proof—if you needed it—that piracy is mostly a phenomenon of the content industry’s own making. Netflix reports that when they enter a new territory, BitTorrent traffic is drastically reduced. This suggests, as we’ve … Continue reading
An Interview With Ray Kurzweil
I’ve been a big fan of Ray Kurzweil ever since I read The Singularity is Near. Kurzweil is controversial and some scientists dispute his conclusions but he is by no means some crackpot spouting nonsense. He has a proven track … Continue reading
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What’s in a Logo?
Troy Hunt is the world’s greatest lover and he’s got the t-shirt to prove it. That’s his way of making a serious point about those badges you see on many sites certifying that the site is safe and not infected … Continue reading