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Linux.conf.au 2015 Keynote: Linus Torvalds

January 21, 2015

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The linux.conf.au conference has been held last week in Auckland. The videos of the conference have been published, and among them I saw the segment starring Linus Torvalds. The keynote was moderated by Andrew Tridgell, and the participants were Linus, Bdale Garbee and Paul “Rusty” Russell. Here is an outline that I hope can be useful if you don’t have time […]

Nostalgia trip: QBasic game programming

January 18, 2015

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After I wrote my last post I couldn’t stop thinking about old days, and how I programmed in the early nineties, when I was around ten years old. I used to write small games for myself, but I spent far more time coding than ultimately playing them, because creating was the fun part, understanding what the computer […]

Paul Graham – What Doesn’t Seem Like Work?

January 17, 2015

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Paul Graham suggests that, when we find a task that entertains us to the point that we are eager to do it, and when people around us doesn’t seem to approach that same task with the same enthusiasm, then we have found a clue. It’s a clue that points towards a direction that could very well […]