Tag Archives: RMF

Red Meat Friday: JavaScript

Posted on 2022-11-18 by jcs

With all the Sturm und Drang about Twitter, it’s time for Irreal to provide a little red meat—not about Twitter but about JavaScript: BREAKING: JavaScript has been banned from Twitter for impersonating a real programming language. pic.twitter.com/ukInCxvf1B — Lukas Eder … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Copilot and Copyrights

Posted on 2022-10-21 by jcs

Three weeks ago I wrote in Red Meat Friday: VS Code As A Venus Flytrap about Geoffrey Huntley’s post on how VS Code is all part of Microsoft’s plan to destroy open source and pull everyone into software as a … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Europe Brings the Regulation

Posted on 2022-10-14 by jcs

There’s an old joke about some proposed device that would benefit the world. The U.S. said, “We’ll bring the design.” China said, “We’ll bring the manufacturing.” Europe said, “We’ll bring the regulation.” That’s a bit unfair, of course, but like … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Is The FSF Fighting The Previous War?

Posted on 2022-10-07 by jcs

This is a bit genuine red meat and perhaps a little sensitive for some people but it does raise a point that deserves discussion. A shorthand for that point is the title of today’s post. A more descriptive way of … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: VS Code As A Venus Flytrap

Posted on 2022-09-30 by jcs

The hackers and programmers that I grew up with knew all about Microsoft and realized that they were relentlessly predatory. Lately Microsoft has been trying to project a kinder, gentler image but developers from my cohort who have not yet … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Give Nothing, Expect Nothing

Posted on 2022-09-02 by jcs

Joe Brockmeier over at Dissociated Press makes a point about free software that may make some folks uncomfortable but that I’ve long felt is true: Give nothing, expect nothing. The TL;DR is that if you are using a free service … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Knuth versus McIlroy

Posted on 2022-08-26 by jcs

One of our cherished stories, at least of one of my cherished stories, is the account of Don Knuth and Doug McIlroy solving the same problem. The problem was Given a text file and integer k, print the k most … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Emacs Sucks

Posted on 2022-08-12 by jcs

As you can tell from the title, this is the rawest of red meat. The title comes from a post on reddit by BlackberryPerfect938 entitled Why Emacs Sucks. On the one hand, what else is new? Plenty of people try … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: PHP Is The Right Choice

Posted on 2022-08-05 by jcs

One thing you have to say for Daniel Abernathy is that he’s not afraid of the heavy lift. He’s got a post that presses the claim that PHP Is the Right Choice in 2022 and Beyond. It’s hard to find … Continue reading →

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Red Meat Friday: Seek Help

Posted on 2022-07-22 by jcs

Here’s a stunning example of retro abuse. I get that it’s fun—for some people—to revisit old tech but if this looks good to you, seek help. I’m old enough to have worked with those terminals—both the green and amber versions—and … Continue reading →

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