Paolo Redaelli personal blog

Data rotting on magnetic hard drives

According to https://mastodon.uno/@octo/108051239339031165 …it would be good practice to rewrite the data on HDDs every few years because magnetism tends to weaken over time… Flash memories (SSD, microSD…), on the other hand, simply need to be powered up from time to time, because they store bits as electrical charges in cells that act more or…

Passano le generazioni, ma certi pezzi sono immortali. Mi piace così tanto che la cantavo a mia figlia appena nata…

From As a Software Engineer, Here Are 7 Books You Should Always Have at Your Desk. The subtitle says “Ditch (or pause at least) all those courses and start reading books”. The Pragmatic Programmer Head First Design Pattern Code Simplicity: The Fundamentals of Software The Self-Taught Programmer: The Definitive Guide to Programming Professionally Clean Code:…

I do not love…

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” Source: Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien: “I do not love the bright sword for its sharpnes…” | Goodreads The character speaking this is Faramir io non amo…