April 2010
33 posts
“Programmability — once the Big Idea in computing — has fallen by the...”
– Systems Software Research is Irrelevant (aka utah2000 or utah2k)
“…Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart...”
– Commissioner Pravin Lal, “U.N. Declaration of Rights” (Sid_Meier’s_Alpha_Centauri)
Journal of a Programmer: Coders at Work: Ken... →
Seibel: So you basically wrote an OS so you’d have a better environment to test your file system.
Thompson: Yes. Halfway through there that I realized it was a real time-sharing system.
“We have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn...”
– Steve Jobs Reiterates: “Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone”
In other words, Android wins. The internet is for porn, the internet is for porn… Come on guys, sing with me!
(via terminally-incoherent)
“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt...”
– Cicero, 55 BC (via gottfried) (via cakeisbetter)
Missed Call
I had a missed call on my phone this morning, at 07:30. I just received an sms from the same number “Rob tried to ring. Am forwarding you an email. Kel”
“I’m afraid Go is also not yet compliant with ASTM D2851-98(2009)...”
– -Rob ‘Commander’ Pike, POSIX standard - golang-nuts | Google Groups
You deserve a break
tumblrisforlulz:
1. Sit back in your chair 2. Take your hand off your face 3. Uncross your legs 4. Shut off your music, and turn the volume to a comfortable level 5. Open http://www.endlessyoutube.com/watch?v=HMnrl0tmd3k in one tab and http://www.rainymood.com/ in another. 6. REELLAAAXXXX
Makes me feel like I’m in a detective movie, “she was a classy dame, but there was something...
iPhone Programming Language lockdown | Lambda the... →
WTF? Apple is crazy.
““is there a solution to the Dining Philosophers Problem advised specially...”
– Russ Cox, Dining philosophers, deadlocks and join-calculus. - golang-nuts | Google Groups
Court Favors Comcast In F.C.C. “Net Neutrality”... →
ragdoll:
(via littletinyfish):
Goodbye open web. It’s been a great 15 years and will likely never be rivaled again.
We’re fucked.
The internet treats censorship as damage and routes around it. It also treats stupid ISPs as damage and routes around them too.
March 2010
67 posts
A real person, a lot like you | Derek Sivers →