miniblog.

Nov 7, 2015
I don't read enough code. I skimmed a few GB emulators today and saw some great approaches to structure. The nicest:
GitHub - Gekkio/mooneye-gb: A Game Boy research project and emulator written in Rust
GitHub - Gekkio/mooneye-gb: A Game Boy research project and emulator written in Rust
A Game Boy research project and emulator written in Rust - Gekkio/mooneye-gb
Nov 6, 2015
In the DOM, no one will hear you scream https://www.slideshare.net/x00mario/in-the-dom-no-one-will-hear-you-scream (argues that perfect server-side XSS protection is impossible!)
In the DOM, no one will hear you scream
In the DOM, no one will hear you scream
The document discusses the history and development of the Document Object Model (DOM) from its early implementations in 1995 to modern standards. It outlines key milestones like DOM Level 1 in 1998, the rise of JavaScript frameworks like Prototype, jQuery and MooTools in 2005-2006, and ongoing work by the W3C and WHATWG. The talk will explore security issues that can arise from the DOM's ability to convert strings to executable code and demonstrate an attack technique called DOM clobbering. - Download as a PDF, PPTX or view online for free
Nov 6, 2015
A Pixel Is Not a Little Square! https://alvyray.com/Memos/CG/Microsoft/6_pixel.pdf (more relevant in this age of high DPI screens)
Nov 5, 2015
I have no doubt that @jwiegley will do a fantastic job as Emacs maintainer! Exciting times!
Nov 5, 2015
Some subtle shadowing gotchas in Rust: https://users.rust-lang.org/t/surprising-item-shadowing/3494 (fortunately the compiler warns you in this circumstance)
Surprising item shadowing
Surprising item shadowing
Today I found that the following program prints 92 fn main() { let x: i32 = 92; { const x: i32 = 42; println!("{}", x); } } This happens because const is an item and the reference says "it is otherwise identical in meaning to declaring the item outside the statement block.". Is this behavior intentional?
Nov 5, 2015
Swift Intermediate Language: https://llvm.org/devmtg/2015-10/slides/GroffLattner-SILHighLevelIR.pdf interesting design choices include parametrised basic blocks and stack vars by default.
Nov 4, 2015
I'm increasingly seeing email as an anachronism. Shared, searchable group messaging or IM are usually what people actually want.
Nov 3, 2015
Emacs' ignore-errors is a nuclear option. When in doubt, use condition-case to show what error you're expecting or bugs will lurk.
Nov 3, 2015
Emacs tip: if something evaluates to a number, Emacs shows all possible interpretations of it e.g. 97 (#o141, #x61, ?a) (octal, hex, ASCII)
Oct 29, 2015
"developers prioritize expressivity over correctness" -- Empirical Analysis of Programming Language Adoption https://lmeyerov.github.io/projects/socioplt/papers/oopsla2013.pdf
Oct 29, 2015
Word to markdown to asciidoc: using an effective GitHub workflow for writing Pro Git
Just a moment...
Oct 29, 2015
Blogged: Even More BF Optimisations
Even More BF Optimisations
programming, language design, and human factors
Oct 28, 2015
Emacs tip: If your instance hangs and won't respond to C-g, you can use `pkill -SIGUSR2 emacs` to force emacs to stop whatever it's doing.
Oct 28, 2015
It's really hard to build an effective online anonymity tool. Despite this, boiler room scams seem to have no trouble hiding phone numbers.
Oct 28, 2015
Nifty Emacs package of the day: list-environment https://github.com/dgtized/list-environment.el . It gives a pretty view of environment variables with editing.
GitHub - dgtized/list-environment.el: A tabulated process environment editor
GitHub - dgtized/list-environment.el: A tabulated process environment editor
A tabulated process environment editor. Contribute to dgtized/list-environment.el development by creating an account on GitHub.
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