Computer viruses are types of a computer program that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting their own code. When this replication succeeds, the affected systems are then said to be infected with a computer virus. Computer viruses currently cause billions of dollars’ worth of economic damage each year, due to causing system failure, wasting computer[…]
Read moreWriting an emulator has been on my programming ‘bucket list’ for a long time now. My earliest programming experiences were on early 8-bit microcomputers, and I’ve always enjoyed returning to writing code that is close to the ‘metal’. My initial idea was to write a Atari 2600 VCS emulator because its architecture is absolutely fascinating. However, that architecture also makes[…]
Read morePaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It’s inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. The basic idea of PaperWM is: you want to keep using Gnome (because all kinds of things Just Work in Gnome) but you also kinda wish you were using a tiling window manager. It’s a[…]
Read moreOn January 1, 2020, works from 1924 will enter the US public domain, where they will be free for all to use and build upon, without permission or fee. These works include George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, silent films by Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd, and books such as Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, E. M. Forster’s A Passage to[…]
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