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Think globally, microblog locally
Wed, 20 May 2020

IDEs and text editors for writing C++ code on a large scale - Daniel Martin/Inside PSPDFKit https://pspdfkit.com/blog/2020/ide-text-editors-cpp-large-scale/

Microsoft’s new Windows Package Manager is already better than the Windows Store - Tom Warren/The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/20/21264739/microsoft-windows-package-manager-preview-download

The state of the AWK - Ben Hoyt/LWN.net https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/820829/5bf9bf8bb9d6f2bf/

Mon, 18 May 2020

It is POURING rain in the Valley

I spent some time this weekend trying to get a NetBSD desktop going. It's a muuch heavier lift than OpenBSD -- by orders of magnitude.

Sat, 16 May 2020

The Raspberry Pi Foundation now has a very nice program available to put Raspbian and other OSes on SD cards. https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

I haven't done a NetBSD install in quite a while. I have the image on a USB, so now's the time.

Changes in the Seventh Edition of 'JavaScript: The Definitive Guide' - David Flanagan https://davidflanagan.com/2020/05/03/changes-in-the-seventh-edition.html

Fri, 15 May 2020

With the OpenBSD 6.6 install I just did, Chromium and Firefox are running well (instead of not at all at times). Geany core dumps on every exit.

A lot has changed in OpenBSD over the past 12 years, except its default Fvwm look is exactly the same.

tl;dr I ran a LOT of OpenBSD 12 years ago.

I had a question about Fvwm configuration in OpenBSD, and Google gave me my own blog post from 12 years ago. http://blogs.dailynews.com/click/2008/04/10/configuring-fvwm-in-openbsd-an/

Wed, 13 May 2020

What is a mask valve, and why are cities banning them? - Mark Wilson/Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/90496717/what-is-a-mask-valve-and-why-are-cities-banning-them

Tue, 12 May 2020

Twitter will allow employees to work at home forever - Alex Kantrowitz/BuzzFeed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/twitter-will-allow-employees-to-work-at-home-forever

Most detailed ever photograph of Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' goes online - Rijksmuseum https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/most-detailed-ever-photograph-of-the-night-watch-goes-online

I set up Vim to compile and run C++ programs, and we mowed the lawn with a manual push mower #QuarantineLife

Mon, 11 May 2020

I used a modified version of this .vimrc add to compile and run C++ programs from Vim https://goyalankit.com/blog/compile-and-run-cpp-program-from-vim

Cleanup on aisle everywhere: A day in the life of supermarket workers during coronavirus - Brittny Mejia/Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-10/coronavirus-supermarket-worker-grocery-store-vons-day-in-the-life

Sun, 10 May 2020

The Debian 10.4 update was bigger than I remember the previous Buster updates being. https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200509

Sat, 09 May 2020

Sometimes Facebook is a little broken

When all is said and done, I've spent an enyoyable afternoon using Windows 10. Nothing froze.

Running Windows is OK until that time of day when every window freezes for no particular reason

Upgrading my now-dying 2012 laptop to Fedora 32 probably won't happen - Steven Rosenberg http://passthejoe.net/post/2020_0509_upgrading_to_fedora_32_probably_wont_happen/

Installing OpenBSD on a USB flash drive. Do not recommend. - Steven Rosenberg http://passthejoe.net/post/2020_0509_openbsd_on_a_usb_flash_drive/

The problem with Conexant's Flow.exe and Firefox has been fixed in Windows - Steven Rosenberg http://passthejoe.net/post/2020_0509_windows_firefox_conexant_flow_fixed/

My Ode.io site is very fast. The software is good, and so is my host. http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/

I also installed Cisco AnyConnect in Linux. I hope to spend as little time using it as possible.