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Bloat? What Bloat?

Posted on 2017-11-04 by jcs

Via Karl Voit: 1969:-what're you doing with that 2KB of RAM?-sending people to the moon 2017:-what're you doing with that 1.5GB of RAM?-running Slack — I Am Devloper (@iamdevloper) November 3, 2017

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Technical Problems with Today’s Post

Posted on 2017-10-28 by jcs

Today’s post featured a Kontra tweet but when I published it, the tweet didn’t display. The HTML markup for the tweet showed instead. I spent a little time troubleshooting but couldn’t get it to work. Thus, you’ll have to enjoy … Continue reading →

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The Unix Philosophy

Posted on 2017-10-23 by jcs

For many people, the Unix Philosophy is captured by the aphorism, “Programs should do one thing well.” That’s an important part of the Unix philosophy but the actual philosophy is much richer and more subtle. Actually, there’s no formal philosophy … Continue reading →

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Lists in Word

Posted on 2017-10-20 by jcs

So true. So very, very true: Making a list in Word 1. Word plz make me a list2. No wait what are you d 2. 2. wtf is this c. no this isn't what• WTF — Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) October … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Typesetting

Posted on 2017-10-16 by jcs

I’ve always been fascinated by the typesetting process and have a particular fondness for the old mechanical typesetters such as the Linotype. I wrote about that in this post from a couple of years ago. That post has a link … Continue reading →

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Unix History

Posted on 2017-10-09 by jcs

The other day I saw a reference to this great history of Unix. It’s Chapter 2 from Eric Raymond’s The Art of Unix Programming. I hadn’t read it for some time and enjoyed it all over again. Many—or maybe even … Continue reading →

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A Graphviz Go by

Posted on 2017-09-26 by jcs

As I wrote the other day, the Graphviz dot language for drawing graphs is pretty simple and easy to learn but if, like me, you don’t use it very often, it’s easy to forget the details. There’s an excellent manual … Continue reading →

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Burying Power Cables

Posted on 2017-09-22 by jcs

After the recent visit by Irma, I idly wondered why the electric utilities don’t simply bury the power cables. After all, the cables in my development are buried so it’s certainly possible. As with most such questions, the answer is … Continue reading →

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The New Luddites Strike Again

Posted on 2017-09-20 by jcs

What do you get when you mate an Apple hater with a luddite? This. If you’re one of those people who yearns for earlier, simpler times when there were no cell phones, feel free to throw yours away. Feel free … Continue reading →

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Jerry Pournelle, RIP

Posted on 2017-09-09 by jcs

Jerry Pournelle, a well known Science Fiction writer and computer columnist died yesterday. For years, Pournelle wrote the popular Chaos Manor column for BYTE. The column considered computer software and hardware from the users’ perspective. I’ve long been a fan … Continue reading →

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