John Carmack on Latency Mitigation Strategies
So, this is an mirror of a post from John Carmack. Recently I learned that his articles on #AltDevBlog are no longer acessible. So, in order to archive them, I am re-posting them here. These articles …
The World map of C++ STL Algorithms
I just found this little gem by watching this video by Jonathan Boccara Within it you will find the world map of STL algorithms. A handy thing to hang on your wall :-). You can get the map from the …
The pure bash bible
The pure bash bible is such an impressive resource of bash tips and tricks catalogued in a very readable way, with excellent examples. It shows how much you can do with bash built-in methods. Even …
Words of wisdom from the trenches of KDE
If you are programming with Qt, or even C++ in general, the KDE project has some advice for you. I found that I frequently stumbled in some of these issues when working with Qt code.
Are your most used keys fading?
Well, just apply some automotive clearcoat. Let's see how that will work.
A Windows mutex is not a mutex
Well, it turns out that CreateMutex is not the right synchronization primitive when working with threads. Strictly speaking, it does work for synchronizing threads but it is far more powerfull than that and you are paying a needlessly high cost if you are using it just for threads.
Lockless Single Producer Single Consumer bounded queue
Why lockless queue A few days ago, the thought of building a lockless queue was somehow implanted in my mind. Queues like these can be handy for passing messages or work packages between threads. Of …
Activating wireless on the Raspberry Pi 3 B using Alpine Linux
Introduction Alpine Linux is a relatively new distribution that, is a breath of fresh air in the Linux landscape. In a world of ever increasing complexity, Alpine is fresh minimalist distribution that …
The purpose of life...
The purpose of life is to hydrogenate carbon dioxide.
Leonard Susskind on the arrow of time, the origin and destiny of the universe.
An inspiring update on the arrow of time and theories on the origin and future of the universe. Starts at around 7:00.