I think this really points out my thoughts on the FSF the best. Not that the FSF is bad in any way, or it doesn’t do useful stuff, but they seem to be living in the past. I guess perhaps the … Continue reading
So the other day, I had to figure out if udev is still supported without using systemd, since the source trees have been merged, and we’re using Ubuntu at work which doesn’t use systemd. (answer: yes) This research brought me … Continue reading
I’m currently writing a program which needs to listen to signals on the system DBus, and I needed a way to monitor the system bus. I followed the directions here, but I came across a slight problem with that. It … Continue reading
I just came across this post on Slashdot on how to create good documentation. This is a good guide. Too often, documentation that exists out there is not particularly great, or good at showing you how to do something. This is … Continue reading
I feel that a decent guide on how exactly Log4J2 is setup is in order, because there isn’t a real clear explanation on Apache’s site. Now Apache, I know you guys make a lot of stuff, but seriously a lot … Continue reading
This just took me a stupid long time to figure out, so I’m leaving it here for future reference. In Java, the easiest way to read lines is using Scanner. For work, I had written a quick Linux-only serial port … Continue reading
Enums in C are something special. They’re not strongly typed at all. As it’s pointed out, sometimes enums are used for making bit values, which is rather convenient. However, it would be very good if enums could be strongly typed. So, … Continue reading
So I came across this article via Slashdot today, and I figured that I’d post some thoughts on my programming utils and their license. The part that I really noticed was: …younger developers may be choosing more permissive licenses as … Continue reading
So I’ve been re-playing GTAIII lately, and I thought of something. How would one make a full city, with full interiors for every building that is there? Couldn’t we just generate all this stuff at run-time? This makes a lot … Continue reading
So I figured that I’d talk about FTDI’s Linux D2XX drivers for a little bit, and about some odd things that they do. First of all, FTDI makes really nice chips. We use them at work. The problem came about … Continue reading