Byte The term byte was coined by Werner Buchholz in June 1956,[4][13][14][b] during the early design phase for the IBM Stretch[15][16][1][13][14][17][18] computer, http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/IBM/Stretch/pdfs/Buchholz_102636426.pdf backup mirror: PLANNING A COMPUTER SYSTEM BROJECT STRETCH Buchholz Campbell_102636426.pdf which had addressing to the bit and […]
“floating point arithmetic is considered an esoteric subject by many people” (src: What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating Point Arithmetic – David Goldberg 1991.pdf) some even do “transcendental calculations” (src) make no mistake: computer make mistakes too! not […]
update 2020-10: with vim 8.1 copy and paste to and from system-clipboard seems to work select the text with the mouse Ctrl+Shift+C to copy from vim 8.1 into system clipboard switch over to other application Ctrl+V or middle mouse button […]
guess with it-security and internet-security (internet = roads, cars = computers that users use every day) it is like with real-life-security – there is no 100% security. all users of a system are in constant potential danger of having an […]
git was initially written by Linus Torvalds on the idea: how to create source code management system that does not suck. source code management is very useful when the developer team is larger than > 1 developer. it allows fast […]
UEmacs is the editor/ide that is said to be the work and choice of Linus Torvalds (gnu linux kernel, THANK YOU FOR THE GNU LINUX KERNEL! THANKS!, THANKS MR STALLMAN FOR GCC THANKS! THANKS TO ALL INVOLVED!) UEmacs hostnamectl; # […]
either: or: Richard’s hardware: “if we could not replace a machine’s operating system with a free one, we replaced the machine instead.” (src: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/thegnuproject.html) Libre booted (BIOS with Linux overwritten) Thinkpad T400s running Trisquel GNU/Linux OS. (src: https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html) LibreBooting the […]
Update: 2020-02 added “geany” is there an ideal IDE for every task? Nope. Of course just as programming languages every IDE has their pros and cons. (build for a specific purpose? might serve other purposes also) There is not a […]
what do you think about the CNBC documentary? 2012: Aalto Talk with Linus Torvalds: 1,5 Million Views! contains the famous “Fuck You NVIDIA” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MShbP3OpASA Linus Torvalds writes software since his early childhood ages and just loves programming. Without this love […]
Update 2020-08: “Through the past five years of experimentation, I’ve gone from intrigued, to optimistic, to convinced that Rust is an ideal language to build industrial grade, bulletproof bare metal software. Beyond that, I’ve come to realize that even the […]
don’t be evil “Google controls about 62% of mobile browsers, 69% of desktop browsers, and the operating systems on 71% of mobile devices in the world. 92% of internet searches go through Google and 73% of American adults use YouTube. […]
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: “be careful what you reveal to your friend” (the internet) https://irlpodcast.org/season4/episode5/ Anonymous on Facebook & Google & BigData: This will Change How You See Everything Age of Surveillance Capitalism Anonymous on Facebook & Google & […]
in comparison to Y2K: “The issue became when it became 2000 because that would be stored as 00 in the program. This caused many to believe that say, bank software wouldn’t be able to get your money out because it […]
after you have setup docker on your system like this (debian/ubuntu) or like this (fedora/redhat/centos) and have started the docker service (does not autostart per default): service docker start # tested on Static hostname: DebianLaptop Icon name: computer-laptop Chassis: laptop […]
add value. creating a better world by free software + develop some degree of consciousness = adds value for all life on the planet. this is what software development is all about. whatever makes reaching this goal easier/better is welcome. […]
“You will constantly have to fight for even the most basic of rights – and build your own infrastructure – or your government will spy on you and lobbyists try to take away your freedoms.” Watch this video and this: […]
while test running debian linux journald uses almost 100% cpu… “The daemon will implicitly collect numerous metadata fields for each log messages in a secure and unfakeable way. See systemd.journal-fields(7) for more information about the collected metadata.” https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd-journald.service.html systemd: Using […]
src: https://homepage.cs.uri.edu/~thenry/resources/unix_art/ch01s07.html The Unix philosophy emphasizes building simple, short, clear, modular, and extensible code that can be easily maintained and repurposed by developers other than its creators. The Unix philosophy favors composability as opposed to monolithic design. Later summarized by […]
Linux-UNIX-Programmierung von Jürgen Wolf Das umfassende Handbuch – 2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage 2006 Linux-UNIX-Programmierung 1216 S., mit CD, 49,90 Euro Rheinwerk Computing ISBN 3-89842-749-8 Kapitel 11 Netzwerkprogrammierung 11.1 Einführung 11.2 Aufbau von Netzwerken 11.2.1 ISO/OSI und TCP/IP – Referenzmodell 11.2.2 Das […]
While biodiversity is GOOD and efficiency is NOT all we need. Nature looks for a balance of efficiency (30%) and resilience (70%). Standardization is enshuring that your work is compatible with future versions – therefore important for programmers, administrators and […]
Dylan Beattie ?? @dylanbeattie Feb 16 Learning to code is an essential skill in the modern world. Here’s a handy diagram showing you how to get started. that’s what i really liked about Adobe Flex Builder… it was based on […]
Updates from CryptoCat “With great user data comes great responsibility.” (src) it has become a desktop app… not a firefox plugin. https://crypto.cat/ Checkout the video from it’s creator (thanks for all your efforts! 🙂 developer’s site : https://nadim.computer/ Sind wir […]
interesting example, for comparison (e.g. in TextWrangler (OSX)): procedural: <!–?php function changeJob($person, $newjob) { $person[’job’] = $newjob; // Change the person’s job return $person; } function happyBirthday($person) { ++$person[‘age’]; // Add 1 to the person’s age return $person; […]
when the simple viewing of an EMail leads to Virus execution encrypting your holiday-pictures or music-collection… then there is something to learn: nothing man-made is 100% perfect/secure especially not when it’s something as complicated as software… or the financial-system. so […]
Interface Explained The buttons on the front of your television set are the interface between you and the electrical wiring on the other side of its plastic casing. You press the “power” button to toggle the television on and off. […]
… the beginning is easy… no one knows you, know one uses your software, no one cares about your security holes. but when you grow larger, you might want to charge more money in order to keep up the quality […]
javascript jquery html form element – also submit checkboxes that have the “off” state solution: http://jsfiddle.net/az7s5/ // serialize form, also send values for checkboxes that are "off" $(form).children().each(function() { add = ""; //access to form element via $(this) var object = […]
ain’t that nice? # git does not track files and not even changes in files per default # staged = marked to be commited mkdir test; cd test; git init; git config –global user.name “developer”; # details about yourself (will […]