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I include my LOL video when I comment LOL: https://bit.ly/sunnyLOL This ensures my LOL is authentic.

Circa 2006, I was in college, and I got hired to write a webapp for a college department. I didn't know JavaScript could have classes and capture variables, so I made the app with …

I develop experimental software where backwards compatibility is the least of my concerns. To avoid the SemVer nonsense imposed by Go and NPM, I simply name every version to be 0.0…

In case the second sudo wants to ask for password but there's no disk space for logging, it's safer to: sudo bash -c 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/zeros; rm -f /zeros'

I run a small apt repository without signing, delivered over HTTPS only. Then I tell users to put `trusted=yes` in the source line. There's no APT signing key, no risk of compromis…

iOS Safari is crashing, 30 seconds after opening the article, every time.

My software has only Makefile, but it works on both Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11. The Makefile calls meson & ninja & npm. I tell macOS users to install VirtualBox and then build my s…

IFRAMEs still require a top-level page and their positions still need CSS. I usually use FRAMESET and FRAMEs: they are positioned perfectly in a grid, with no need for CSS or TABLE…

NDN can work as a replacement for IP too, running directly over Ethernet or other link layer technology.

Several years ago, I wanted to make a huge lookup table in Node.js during a research project, but the program stopped making progress after a while. This incident was detailed in m…

> Anything that requires combining a click with the shift and ctrl/cmd keys is not going to go down well with the average user. These users need to retake the computer literate 101…

Does the one billionth rickroll recipient receive an award of sorts, like an MP3 player that plays Never Gonna Give You Up on repeat?

Freenom free domains only grant you usage rights. The registrant listed in WHOIS is still their company. You don't own the domain. I have a few Freenom domains, but they are only f…

I downloaded OpenStreetMap data from OpenAndroMaps, and was viewing it in c:geo geocaching app. I figured out the difference between contour lines and trails, the second time aroun…

I wish OSM can show the trails instead of a green blob in some of our state parks. Maryland USA.

OpenStreetMap also takes some get used to. I once mistook an contour line (denotes equal elevation) for a trail, and wondered why the "trail" needs so much bushwhacking.

It's amazing how much redundancy was built into those out-of-touch systems, 30 years ago. However, the number of backup units is finite, so let's hope the now-operating system can …

I hope HTTPS-First mode would become the default, so that the full page warning can finally convince my classmate to adopt HTTPS on their website that "does not contain any private…

I see Fleets as a thing that takes up a row in the Twitter mobile app, but I never clicked it. Now I hope Facebook says goodbye to Stories.

This looks great. It's the smallest ESP32 board I've ever seen. There needs to be an ecosystem of "hats" such as OLED screens and environment sensors and buttons, so that it's easi…

If I have a uint64 counter incremented by C code and read by Go code, is it safe to do so without using any locks and atomic?

You'll get blocked by your hosting provider first. See a recent instance here: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/3237390/#Comme...

In 2007, I had a script on my website that records every click and every mouse move. When my classmates are reading my webpages, I'm watching a video simulation of their mouse move…

In my agency, we are allowed to use work laptop for personal purposes, except certain prohibited software and prohibited sites. I don't store files though: they are only accessed t…