Top 7 Must-Read Books for Developers — Stay Ahead of the Game Briefly:
Author: Paolo Redaelli
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Robust Arithmetic in Computational Geometry / Volodymyr Agafonkin | Observable
What an interesting piece! Robust Arithmetic in Computational Geometry / Volodymyr Agafonkin | Observable Every developer should know that floating point numbers implement approximations. During my master thesys in Civil Enginineering (twenty years ago!) I learned that professor Jonathan R Shewchuk wrote almost perfect C code about this, and used in its Delaunay triangulation. At…
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Proprietary software, Software Libero, Wordpress
wpOS, how do they cope with GPL?
wpOS – WordPress dashboard replacement that changes everything. From their website it looks like any other proprietary software. But I do know that WordPress is licensed under General Public License, so this wpOS -which is patently a WordPress plugin – must abide to the GPL. I just wonder how they comply.
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How to join a Linux system to an Active Directory domain
Do you need to centrally manage Linux systems and user accounts under an Active Directory domain? Here’s how to do it. Source: How to join a Linux system to an Active Directory domain
Debian, Proprietary software
Firmware – Debian Wiki
The Debian project has taken the decision in 2022-10 to create a new repository component non-free-firmware, and include its content on installation media for the upcoming Debian release bookworm to make things easier for our users. From Firmware – Debian Wiki So people like me that installed Debian several years ago keeping it updated shall…
Software, Software Libero, Web
Browsh and Carbonyl, the return of the terminal browser
I can’t believe I haven’t made a post about Browsh, Someone had to make a similar feat using Chromium, creating carbonyl, Chromium running inside your terminal Carbonyl is a Chromium based browser built to run in a terminal. Read the blog post. It supports pretty much all Web APIs including WebGL, WebGPU, audio and video…
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Verificare i consumi di luce e gas: basta lo Spid e pochi secondi
Ci sono due modi per controllare i consumi: verificare la bolletta dettagliata oppure fare riferimento a “Il portale consumi” dell’Autorità di Regolazione per Energia, Reti e Ambiente (ARERA). Source: Verificare i consumi di luce e gas: basta lo Spid e pochi secondi
Andrew Tanenbaum, 1981 from https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/ (and several other)
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.