Paolo Redaelli personal blog

Category: Software

Ottima notizia

WhatsApp smetterà di funzionare il 31 dicembre 2022 su molti telefoni datati Sono i modelli più vecchi che perdono la compatibilità con l’app di messaggistica a causa della vetustà del sistema operativo non più aggiornato. E questa è un’ottima notizia! Magari qualcuno passerà a Telegram o Signal Tuttavia è un pezzo che non vedo più…

Why Modern Alternative Languages Never Replace C/C++

I must correct Shalitha Suranga because while he correctly titled his article Why Modern Alternative Languages Never Replace C/C++ Hundreds of C/C++ alternatives will come, but C/C++ will be with us forever! He wrote all the reason why C will remain forever as a “portable assembler”. C++ is a complex language. A hugely complex language.…

Yet another

For my personal serie “yet another reason to avoid x”, today we have Roomba: Intimate Photos By Roomba Vacuums Leaked Online Your robot vacuums are watching you and the resulting imagery of your most private moments can, horrifically, get leaked online… iRobot … confirmed that gig workers shared intimate photos… to social media. Source: Slashdot.org

Uniform eXchange Format (uxf)

Uniform eXchange Format (uxf) is a plain text human readable optionally typed storage format that supports custom types. It may serve as a convenient alternative to csv, ini, json, sqlite, toml, xml, or yaml. https://github.com/mark-summerfield/uxf Looks smart and interesting! Expecially this part: Implmenting a UXF pretty printer whould be doable by a CS major as…