Links March 2020Links March 2020
Rolling Stone has an insightful article about why the Christian Right supports Trump and won’t stop supporting him no matter what he does [1]. Interesting article about Data Oriented Architecture[...]
Coronavirus and WorkCoronavirus and Work
Currently the big news issue is all about how to respond to Coronavirus. The summary of the medical situation is that it’s going to spread exponentially (as diseases do) and[...]
Amazon Prime and NetflixAmazon Prime and Netflix
I’ve been trying both Amazon Prime and Netflix. I signed up for the month free of Amazon Prime to watch “Good Omens” and “Picard”. “Good Omens” is definitely worth the[...]
Links February 2020Links February 2020
Truthout has an interesting summary of the US “Wars Without Victory and Weapons Without End” [1]. The Korean war seems mostly a win for the US though. The Golden Age[...]
DisplayPort and 4KDisplayPort and 4K
The Problem Video playback looks better with a higher scan rate. A lot of content that was designed for TV (EG almost all historical documentaries) is going to be 25Hz[...]
Self AssessmentSelf Assessment
Background Knowledge The Dunning Kruger Effect [1] is something everyone should read about. It’s the effect where people who are bad at something rate themselves higher than they deserve because[...]
Deleted Mapped FilesDeleted Mapped Files
On a Linux system if you upgrade a shared object that is in use any programs that have it mapped will list it as “(deleted)” in the /proc/PID/maps file for[...]
Social Media Sharing on BlogsSocial Media Sharing on Blogs
My last post was read directly (as opposed to reading through Planet feeds) a lot more than usual due to someone sharing it on lobste.rs. Presumably the people who read[...]
Load Average MonitoringLoad Average Monitoring
For my ETBE-Mon [1] monitoring system I recently added a monitor for the Linux load average. The Unix load average isn’t a very good metric for monitoring system load, but[...]
Links January 2020Links January 2020
C is Not a Low Level Language [1] is an insightful article about the problems with C and the overall design of most current CPUs. Interesting article about how the[...]