16 July 2020

41 links · Thursday

Poor feedback from readers

Running this web site since year 2007, I receive some email feedback regarding my articles from readers every month. About 20% of the conversations I get are shocking: They are absolutely horrible in the quality of the ideas and the writing, and they often dem…

My First PC

I bought my firt PC in 1993. It was a 286 with 2 MB of RAM and a 20 MB hard drive.

The pivot Snapchat never made

Snapchat, to me, is one of the most amazing and underrated apps out there. Once upon a time, everyone thought Snapchat will overtake Facebook. That has not happened, however I won't count Snapchat out. Snapchat started its life in September 2011 as a messaging…

Mads Brodt - Front-end engineer

I'm a front-end engineer from Copenhagen. I design, create and support websites and applications for clients and for fun.

How to Be Unpersuasive - Calvin Rosser

If you want to be persuasive, spread ideas, and elevate causes, you need to avoid these 5 common mistakes that prevent you from being effective.

Zulip 3.0: Threaded Open Source Team Chat

We’re excited to announce the release of Zulip Server 3.0, containing hundreds of new features and bug fixes to help distributed and remote teams stay productive and focused. Zulip is the open-source threaded team chat app, used by thousands of teams globally…

Board of Director 2020 Elections - Interviews - Round 1

Join us for short interviews with .NET Foundation Board of Director Candidates. Ask live Q&A. Hosted by: Heather Downing Candidates: Layla Porter, Rainer Stropek, Shawn Wildermuth, Mitchel Sellers View candidates - https://dotnetfoundation.org/about/election…

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Life, part 24

When last we left off we had representations for 0-quads — a single bit — 1-quads — four bits in a row — and 2-quads — a wrapper data structure around an unsigned shor…

I made a robot to cut my hair with scissors

My hair is getting too long so I decided to build a robot to cut it for me. To support future projects like this check out my patreon: http://patreon.com/stuffmadehere If you like this project you'll probably like my iPad case that lets you see blindfolded. …

How SHA-2 Works Step-By-Step (SHA-256)

SHA-2 (Secure Hash Algorithm 2), of which SHA-256 is a part, is one of the most popular hashing algorithms out there. In this article, we are going to break dow

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The Internet Wasn't Built for Security

The Internet wasn’t built for security. But we at Let’s Encrypt are on a mission to build a Web that’s secure by default. Donate $50 or more…

Deploying a .NET Core Blazor App to Netlify using GitHub Actions

Part of deploying a brand new site is getting the build process set up. For my new project, BlazorGames.net, I decided to host the site (which is built in Blazor WebAssembly) on Netlify after hearing many good things about that service, and specifically how it…