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You're probably correct, though subjectively I didn't start feeling like something was amiss until Mac OS 9, perhaps as early as 8.5. I think OS X, as the child of NeXTSTEP and Mac…

I honestly can't tell if this is profound satire or contentless nonsense. Without knowing, it's impossible to discuss this.

I actually think the DNS binary protocol is a rather well-designed one, but others might disagree.

I'm partial to including the `www` prefix, but most of the reasons are aesthetic and not technical. The summaries for each side: http://www.yes-www.org http://no-www.org

This would help immensely with converting our development process to use Docker. My hub ID is cmhamill.

The issue here is actually bricking the device. It's not your standard "do we let people hang themselves or limit the user's capabilities" debate. A filesystem is a perfectly reaso…

I assume folks using a smartcard for their everyday encryption are safe from these kinds of attack? Can anyone confirm that?

If you're expecting trouble from state actors, then yes, you may want to consider other options.

kernelconcepts.de sells them and ships to the U.S.

Location: Connecticut, intent to relocate to Los Angeles in the near-ish future Remote: yes (or LA) Willing to relocate: yes if to LA, no otherwise Technologies: Unix administratio…

So, the question that jumps to mind reading this is: At what point do we acknowledge that we're re-inventing Plan 9 poorly? I don't mean to be glib (well, maybe a little), but all …

For some definition of "his basic thesis" meaning "radical misrepresentation of his basic thesis," sure. Whether you like the ideology behind the forces at work in the American Sou…

Does anyone have any idea why Linux has a distinction between /dev/random and /dev/urandom? Legacy adherence to some defunct interface? Ignorance on the part of kernel devs (seems …

Not entirely on-topic, but the mention of the various language "stacks" at the beginning of the article reminded me of something I've been wondering. Why does the de facto standard…

To put it more bluntly: I think it's reasonable to argue that Wikipedia is the single most important product of the Internet to date.

Would you folks ever consider releasing a non-omnibus package? I'm averse to packages which include their own dependencies, but have developers who would benefit greatly from GitLa…

Wesleyan has no hard-and-fast gen ed requirements, which makes this easier to pull off for students. Some majors do require them for Honors, though.

I asserted nothing of the sort.

Some very strange reactions in this thread. The idea that this somehow validates the notion that Eich's politics don't affect Mozilla as a workplace seems particularly bizarre, to …

My knee-jerk inclination to this post is to yell, "oh holy hell, yes!" That said, and as others in this thread have noted, there are actually two use cases that need to be satisfie…

Does anyone know if there's any similar ability in Perl 5?

I can't really speak to the programming part of it (but it almost certainly has a lot to do with Perl), but this article has a pretty, um, interesting conception of what makes some…