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by ZachWick 3y ago
The fantastic documentary “We Are As Gods” about Stewart Brand spends a considerable amount of time on this topic as he is involved in many of these efforts. https://www.weareasgods.film/
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by ZachWick 4y ago
Two of these authors are also two of the creators of the Catala programming language, which is "a domain-specific programming language designed for deriving correct-by-construction implementations from legislative texts." ( https:
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Move Python prototypes from Heroku to Render(colmjude.com)
4 points by ZachWick 4y ago|0 comments
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by ZachWick 5y ago
APL was originally created by Iverson as a notation used to teach mathematics and only became a programming language able to be executed by a computer around the time that (or shortly after) he published his book _A Programming Language_ [0
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Ohio Dept. Of Health Contact Tracing Leaks Citizen's Information(zachwick.com)
2 points by ZachWick 6y ago|0 comments
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by ZachWick 8y ago
I tend to use top level folder structure of: - Documents -- <a folder for each employer> -- <a personal folder> - Repos -- <a folder for each language> I also make extensive use of a little
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by ZachWick 8y ago
Looks like telegraph commercial codes are poised and ready to make a comeback! ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_code_(communication... )
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by ZachWick 8y ago
In previous embedded work, I've had to follow the MISRA C [0] guidelines, which I suspect are roughly similar to the JPL guidelines (but I can't get to the PDF at the moment due to the bad SSL cert). [0] https://en.wiki
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by ZachWick 8y ago
I went to a planting a few years ago put on by this same group in Ann Arbor, MI at the Nichols Arboretum [0]. It was pretty inspiring to see a real living clone and hear David Milarch speak about the science and art of cloning these old gro
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by ZachWick 8y ago
The "DIY with basic tools" approach of Sears extended well beyond houses. Sears also sold motorcycles [0] that came with a thick manual that gave instructions on how to do everything from assembling the motorcycle from the shipped
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by ZachWick 10y ago
But only for certain a definitions of "problem."
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by ZachWick 11y ago
I can only imagine the effect of an interrogation like that on a 14yr old. I was 24 and was completly drained by mine. I was questioned by each of the TSA, the local sheriff, and the plane's pilot and an airline rep. Three different in
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by ZachWick 11y ago
This hits close to home for me too, and I am as WASP-y as it gets. Just over a year ago I was flying to the middle of US with some prototypes for an agriculural automation system in my checked luggage. Going through DTW and O'Hare to m
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by ZachWick 12y ago
I teach a programming elective course to middle school students (12-14 years old); We meet three days per week for about an hour each day. Over the course of nine weeks the students come up with a the concept of a simple game, and implement
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by ZachWick 13y ago
I wonder how "out of date" your Apple product can be and they will still help you with it? I think a trip to my local Apple Store with my trusty Apple ][+ is in order.
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by ZachWick 13y ago
Firefox is already non-free software. The Mozilla branding is the main reason why - those parts are licensed under non-free licenses.
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Mesh Networks for Freedom and Privacy(newscientist.com)
2 points by ZachWick 13y ago|0 comments
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My Dream Workplace Culture(zachwick.xxx)
1 points by ZachWick 13y ago|0 comments
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Copy.com ups free accounts to 15GB(copy.com)
1 points by ZachWick 13y ago|0 comments
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by ZachWick 14y ago
You can download a zip archive of all of the issues from here: https://www.copy.com/s/tVBQpAJYGxYSTKw/Readings/Cryptolog
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by ZachWick 14y ago
renownedmedia and I are two of the developers of the Copy product. I can assure you that he is not a "PR minion" - he can sling code better than most.
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by ZachWick 14y ago
I run the Copy client apps exclusively on GNU/Linux boxes. There is even a handy CLI (command line interface) if GUI's aren't your thing.
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Is copyright a part of free-market capitalism?(techdirt.com)
3 points by ZachWick 14y ago|0 comments
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by ZachWick 14y ago
Small team (~10) of developers: I rarely encounter merge conflicts due to our method of doling out tasks. We generally try to group tasks together based on similarities, and our codebase is very modular.
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Trisquel GNU/Linux: The "most Free" Gnome distro(worldofgnome.org)
2 points by ZachWick 14y ago|0 comments
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Selling Open Source Software(opensource.com)
1 points by ZachWick 14y ago|0 comments
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Seven Expectations of Linux Users(datamation.com)
4 points by ZachWick 14y ago|0 comments
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Why don't shipping companies have better delivery estimates?(zachwick.github.com)
1 points by ZachWick 14y ago|0 comments
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Dark Galaxies(economist.com)
1 points by ZachWick 14y ago|0 comments
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Using GNU/Linux == Assembling your own ammunition(zachwick.github.com)
2 points by ZachWick 14y ago|0 comments

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