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9/7/14 Gil's LotD: Signal-safe strcpy

By gil on Sun, 09/07/2014 - 6:00pm

http://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/signal-safe-strcpy POSIX forbids using strcpy in signal handlers. Here's how to get around that.

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9/6/14 Gil's LotD: 10 year Gil's LotD anniversary, coffee ordering in the workplace

By gil on Sat, 09/06/2014 - 6:00pm

http://royrapoport.blogspot.com/2011/05/coffee-and-its-effects-on-feature-creep.html Managing coffee orders in the workplace.

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9/1/14 Gil's LotD: Rejit

By gil on Mon, 09/01/2014 - 6:00pm

http://coreperf.com/projects/rejit/introduction.html Rejit is a regular expression engine that uses a JIT for code generation. It also makes use of fancy modern CPU tricks like SIMD instructions.

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3/17/14 Gil's LotD: Doge2048

By gil on Mon, 03/17/2014 - 7:00pm

http://doge2048.com/ The secrets of the universe.

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1/31/14 Gil's LotD: Breaking Madden

By gil on Fri, 01/31/2014 - 6:00pm

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/1/30/5351052/breaking-madden-super-bowl-broncos-seahawks Pushing Madden 25 to its limits.

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1/14/14 Gil's LotD: George W. Bush's email

By gil on Tue, 01/14/2014 - 6:00pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/17/us/the-last-e-mail-goodbye-from-gwb-to-his-42-buddies.html George W. Bush kept a mailing list of friends right up until he won the presidency.

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1/13/14 Gil's LotD: Smart toilet exploits

By gil on Mon, 01/13/2014 - 5:00pm

https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2013-020.txt Satis smart toilets have a hard coded password allowing anyone to flush and lift the lid remotely.

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12/30/13 Gil's LotD: Suppression of the Society of Jesus

By gil on Mon, 12/30/2013 - 5:00pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppression_of_the_Society_of_Jesus Now it's payback time for the Jesuits.

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12/29/13 Gil's LotD: The Long View

By gil on Sun, 12/29/2013 - 6:00pm

http://basalgangster.macgui.com/RetroMacComputing/The_Long_View/The_Long_View.html The Long View writes about long-forgotten technical details from the original Macintosh system.

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12/28/13 Gil's LotD: Mario Kart analytics

By gil on Sat, 12/28/2013 - 6:00pm

http://www.joyent.com/blog/introducing-kartlytics-mario-kart-64-analytics Studying Mario Kart performance over time with video analytics software.

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