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According to a shocking Viewpoint article in the Communications of the ACM, there’s corruption in the computer science community. I know, I know: film at eleven. But this corruption involves cheating by academic computer scientists. Cheating is never okay, of … Continue reading →

As you all know, Irreal doesn’t think very highly of patent trolls. Of course, nobody (except patent trolls) thinks very highly of them. Some organisms that might be characterized as parasitical actually enjoy a symbiotic relationship with their hosts. Patent … Continue reading →

Almost every fall during its 50 year lifetime, the Peanuts comic strip would run a variation of the Lucy and Charlie Brown football gag. The basis of the gag is that every year Lucy would talk Charlie Brown into trying … Continue reading →

I’m a huge fan of mechanical keyboards. Back in the old days that meant the IBM Model M and its latter day incarnation from Unicomp. I’ve had both—although I foolishly left my Model M behind at my last job—and there’s … Continue reading →

Juan Manuel Tirado is a programmer who decided to write a book on Go. I’m not a Go programmer so I can’t comment intelligently on the book other than to bring it to your attention. What I can comment on … Continue reading →

A few years ago I used to joke that I was getting in touch with my inner teenager when I texted with SMS. These days, I text more often than I send email and Apple’s iMessage makes it easy to … Continue reading →

Public health officials have seriously damaged their credibility with COVID-19 messaging. Many of the things they’ve told us have turned out not to be true. Some, such as their early advice on mask wearing, was a transparent lie that didn’t … Continue reading →

The late Jim Croce famously sang You don’t tug on Superman’s cape You don’t spit into the wind You don’t pull the mask off the old Lone Ranger And you don’t mess around with Jim Cloudflare has another item for … Continue reading →