Archive for Programming
Me: I want my code to make this text on the screen invisible. So, right here at the beginning of the function, I have code that hides that text. Everything I can do to test the code says that it’s working. When I run a check right after hiding the text, it tells me that […]
I spent quite a lot of yesterday fixing my automated backup system at work. Most important bit of this post: In recent versions of macOS, if you want a scheduled Bash shell script to write to your disk, you need to explicitly give Bash “Full Disk Access” permissions. Side note: In most contexts, using a […]
I came up with an idea for a video game 30 years ago: it would be a first-person-viewpoint 3D graphics...
I have this list of the unread books on my shelves, alphabetized by author's last name, and I'm trying to...
I just picked up the printed book of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, and so far it's regularly...
The Intercept recently published a long but interesting article about (among other things) CIA-connected researchers' attempts to subvert Xcode, the...
How to install Unix-like software: A text adventure transcript. Based on a true story. Or rather, several remarkably similar true...
I've been making small database-backed web apps for years now, after learning how by reading the PHP code generated by...
Three items that feel thematically related to me: I've been concerned for a decade or so about the possibility of...
I was curious about Khan Academy's Computer Science category; in particular, whether it does a good job of introducing programming...
Here's an idea for a piece of software that could come in handy (perhaps it already exists). Background: iTunes lets...
I encountered the computer science idea of a “closure” for the first time sometime in the past couple of years....