This is a reflection on software development and complexity. Let’s start with some quotes to make me look smart: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have…
All you need is a text editor, a makefile and a USB-serial cable. Introduction Are you an 8-bit or a 32-bit programmer? At OMZLO, we have been mainly focussing our development efforts on newer 32-bit Arm-Cortex chips (STM32 and SAMD), which typically offer more RAM, more speed, more peripherals, at a similar or lower price-point…
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49 Pages Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Date Written: July 31, 2020 Abstract Since 1977, U.S. states have passed laws steadily raising the age for which a child must ride in a car safety seat. These laws significantly raise the cost of having a third child, as many regular-sized cars cannot fit three child seats in…
A little bit of history This font is derived from the x3270 font, which, in turn, was translated from the one in Georgia Tech’s 3270tool, which was itself hand-copied from a 3270 series terminal. I built it because I felt terminals deserve to be pretty. The .sfd font file contains a x3270 bitmap font that…
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Offloads rendering to the GPU for lower system load and buttery smooth scrolling. Uses threaded rendering to minimize input latency. Supports all modern terminal features: graphics (images), unicode, true-color, OpenType ligatures, mouse protocol, focus tracking, bracketed paste and several new terminal protocol extensions. Supports tiling multiple terminal windows side by side in different layouts without…
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I’ve said before that understanding where our modern standard of living comes from, at a basic level, is a responsibility of every citizen in an industrial civilization. Let’s call it “industrial literacy.” Industrial literacy is understanding… That the food you eat is grown using synthetic fertilizers, and that this is needed for agricultural productivity, because…
GitHub code scanning is a developer-first, GitHub-native approach to easily find security vulnerabilities before they reach production. We’re thrilled to announce the general availability of code scanning. You can enable it on your public repository today! One year ago, GitHub welcomed Semmle. We’ve since worked to bring the revolutionary code analysis capabilities of its CodeQL…
Credit: Loel Barr for NIST Clocks tick a little faster if you’re a foot higher, NIST experiments have shown, confirming predictions from Einstein’s general theory of relativity. BOULDER, Colo. – Scientists have known for decades that time passes faster at higher elevations—a curious aspect of Einstein’s theories of relativity that previously has been measured by…
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InfoQ Homepage Presentations C++: The Good Parts Summary Jordan DeLong overviews the past, current and near future “good parts” of C++’s functional side through the colored lens of his biases. Bio Jordan DeLong is a software engineer at Facebook. He’s contributed to a variety of parts of the codebase, including Facebook’s open source C++ library…
