Ordinarily I wouldn’t drag something this specific onto my geek blog, but every time I try to reply to the pimps email it bounces. I had never heard of gandi.net. Given how well their email works I suspect they won’t be around for very long. Why do I need to have an unsubscribe link when I reply to email that came through their system? How does an automatic filter identify “poorly organized content” anyway? At … The Bottom for Technical Recruiting Just Keeps Getting LowerRead more
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Neither Flakon nor Epiphany browsers will play videos
This is really annoying. As more and more people and companies attempt to monetize OpenSource we are going to see more and more of this shit. It all has to do with licensing and it is a pain in the ass. You installed either Falkon or Epiphany (also called Gnome Web) because they are somewhat light and have “private” browsing options that will help you keep your identity. While nothing is actually “safe” on the … Neither Flakon nor Epiphany browsers will play videosRead more
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The Closed Question
I get a lot of shit for saying that Stack Overflow is the land of 12 year old boys, but it is the gospel truth. I don’t care how old they really are, they haven’t made it past the age of 12 mentally. Here is another shining example of why I make the statement. I stumbled across this while searching for all of the latest C++/C keywords so I could update a set of regular … The Closed QuestionRead more
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CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 14
Why EDT? The short answer is “Because I wanted it.” The slightly longer answer is “I needed something of value to do while kicking the tires on CopperSpice. Adding themes and EDT keypad support to Diamond not only fit the bill but would benefit the world at large for as long as it could still compile.” The much longer answer is the rest of this post. I started out on the PDP 11/70 running RSTS/E. … CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 14Read more
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CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 13
Why Themes? From time to time people ask that question. Why did I want to add themes to the Diamond text editor? There are many reasons. Some of the reasons I identified in an answer I gave on Quora. Since most of you don’t read Quora I will regurgitate a bit of it here. For eons I simply used whatever color scheme was default. I came up via terminals and you could have any color … CopperSpice Experiments – Pt. 13Read more