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- The UNIX file system as a recursive function
- Apple’s A5 chip made in Austin
- Richard Stallman speaks
- Dennis Ritchie
- Droning on about computer security
- The multics file system
- Fukushima Robot Blog
- Sinking in too many layers
- Computer architecture, power, and PHP
- VCs bailing on signed term sheets
- American corporate management
- Apple’s Patents possibly covering android
- Computer Science 101
- Why computers are more and more devices for generating heat from electricity
- Dutch masters
Monthly Archives: December 2004
Embedded productivity and engineering skills
I was at some trade show wandering around with a cynic who was pointing out that every booth advertised productivity improvements. How many improvements we’ve made to productivity, and this has gone on for years” he said,“By now, we must … Continue reading
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Synchronization blues
Synchronization is hard in real-time applications, but not as hard as people imagine. If you follow a few simple rules you can make it manageable. Never force priority and mutual exclusion to fight each other. You can’t mean “Task A … Continue reading
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Class and lack thereof
From the always readable Joel on Software: Attention, FogBugz competitors: a court has ruled that you are welcome to continue to advertise your products when people search for FogBugz on Google. I actually don’t think there’s anything wrong with this … Continue reading
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