Neat Emacs package of the day: frames-only-mode! https://github.com/davidshepherd7/frames-only-mode
If you're using a tiling window manager, this lets you create new windows rather than Emacs splitting its own window: https://techtrickery.com/tearing-out-the-emacs-window-manager.html
miniblog.
Pure software companies remain successful, but companies with major asset requirements are struggling after IPO:
I've worked in a range of tech companies, and I think there are some valuable management techniques that people forget at companies of different sizes.
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A classic syntactic debate: do you prefer types before or after parameters? Why?
Watching https://youtu.be/15RTC22Z2xI has made me think about what applications blockchains are well suited for. What's the benchmark we should compare against?
The proper way to solve an X-Y problem is to provide a solution for both X and Y.
Y: because there might be a good reason for it and you risk being condescending otherwise.
X: to steer people towards best practices and because it's probably what they wanted.
New version of rustup out, dividing rust into profiles so e.g. CI doesn't need to download docs:
Google exploring multi device ambient computing, mission statements, and making the most of its strengths: https://stratechery.com/2019/google-and-ambient-computing/
Research on ransomware, its scale, who it affects, and how much money it makes: https://blog.acolyer.org/2019/10/16/ransomware/
Yahoo Groups is shutting down: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/groups/SLN31010.html
I used to participate in a few niche Esperanto groups there, a shame to see it go.
I've worked at companies where buying more computers was more affordable than developers, and I've also been at places where it's the opposite.
It's really weird having the different mindsets. Sometimes it even varies between teams and I rarely predict it in advance.
It's good to see websites acknowledging the grim irony that you need cookies to remember users' cookie preference.
I'm surprised that there isn't a microformat specification for this yet. If one browser enabled users to blanket hide all of these I think others would follow.
USB-C has won:
A security bug in sudo: https://sensorstechforum.com/cve-2019-14287-sudo-bug/
It requires a pretty liberal sudoers file, but it's remarkable that old tools still have security issues!
Reflections on ten years of Erlang, teaching novel ideas to newcomers, and whether 'killer apps' get more contributors or just more users:
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