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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Peniblec's Memory Leaks -## still reachable: 3135 words in 5 pages +## still reachable: 3492 words in 5 pages Hi! I am a software engineer interested in [a bunch of things]. diff --git a/personal/itches.md b/personal/itches.md index 9aa17b8..7f45973 100644 --- a/personal/itches.md +++ b/personal/itches.md @@ -121,3 +121,17 @@ Full disclosure # Spell checkers - update dictionaries? + +# Conky + +Cannot use `${eval $${somefunc ${gw_iface}}}` more than once: + + conky.text = [[ + ${eval ${gw_iface}} + ${eval ${gw_iface}} + ]] + ⇒ + wlp20 + (null) + +See [GitHub issue](https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/issues/461). diff --git a/technical/reviews/linux.conf.au-2018.md b/technical/reviews/linux.conf.au-2018.md index 3fa1d66..d4276a0 100644 --- a/technical/reviews/linux.conf.au-2018.md +++ b/technical/reviews/linux.conf.au-2018.md @@ -65,3 +65,70 @@ They left a *single* byte unencrypted (the flags byte): this allowed middleboxes to observe that it kinda had the same value on most connections, assume that this was a "nominal" value, and block traffic when this value differed. + +## You Can't Unit Test C, Right? + +By Benno Rice. + +- Mentions [Check](https://libcheck.github.io/check/) and + [Kyua](https://libcheck.github.io/check/). +- Factor your boilerplate into libraries, especially the ugly hacks. +- Keep `main` small so that you don't need to test it so much. + +## Changing the world through (fan-)fiction + +By Paul Fenwick. + +Reading fiction is a convenient way to get us to think through +concepts we had not considered before. By re-purposing a familiar +setting, *fan*fiction lowers the barrier to entry to the writing +exercise: it makes it easier for the writer to get their point across +and to reach their audience. + +Some recommendations: + +- The Last Ringbearer +- [My Little Pony: Friendship is Optimal] +- [Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality] + +Our media teaches us what is normal. Hence fiction opens up ways to +improve the status quo by acquainting us to new ideas. + +Another recommendation: Steven Universe. + +Mainstream and folklore stories feature a fair amount of unhealthy +relationships; this is problematic because repeated exposure helps +normalization[^I find that SMBC is a positive example of this effect: +it regularly (and, AFAICT, fairly randomly) features gay couples in +comics where the joke is *not* about homosexuality]. + +In Japan, doujinshi is considered normal and "adding value to the +brand", whereas similar things are flagged as "copyright infringement" +in other countries. + +[My Little Pony: Friendship is Optimal]: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/62074/Friendship-is-Optimal +[Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality]: http://www.hpmor.com/ + +## Lessons from three years of volunteering to teach students code + +By David Tulloh. + +Takeways: + +1. Volunteering in schools is easy and fun. +2. We should care about what is taught in schools. +3. We should get involved and support schools teaching IT. + +CSIRO: Australian program to get professional developers to teach in +schools; is there an equivalent in France? + +Tried to move students from "programmers" to "developers" by evoking: + +- automated testing +- version control +- bug tracking +- code review + +An audience member noted that while programs ala CSIRO are helpful, +this should be organized at the government policy level. + |