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"Welcome to the Unix Tree. Here you can browse the source code and manuals of various old versions of Unix." A lower-tech version of DDS's Git repo.
by ats ... to digital history pdp11 retrocomputing unix ... on 11 October 2016
How to write a scientific abstract in six easy steps | Serendipity edit / delete
"The first sentence of an abstract should clearly introduce the topic of the paper so that readers can relate it to other work they are familiar with. However, an analysis of abstracts across a range of fields show that few follow this advice, nor do they take the opportunity to summarize previous work in their second sentence. A central issue is the lack of structure in standard advice on abstract writing, so most authors don’t realize the third sentence should point out the deficiencies of this existing research. To solve this problem, we describe a technique that structures the entire abstract around a set of six sentences, each of which has a specific role, so that by the end of the first four sentences you have introduced the idea fully. This structure then allows you to use the fifth sentence to elaborate a little on the research, explain how it works, and talk about the various ways that you have applied it, for example to teach generations of new graduate students how to write clearly. This technique is helpful because it clarifies your thinking and leads to a final sentence that summarizes why your research matters."
by ats ... to abstract academia honours research writing ... on 11 October 2016
Scott's Bass Lessons - YouTube edit / delete
Some interesting tips here.
by ats ... to bass guitar music teaching ... on 10 October 2016
The Poly Computer Resources Page edit / delete
New Zealand's equivalent of the BBC Micro.
by ats ... to 6809 poly retrocomputing ... on 10 October 2016
mntmn/amiga2000-gfxcard: MNT VA2000, an Amiga 2000 Graphics Card (Zorro II), written in Verilog edit / delete
DIY Zorro II graphics card, based on an FPGA development board, with Picasso drivers. Neat!
by ats ... to amiga electronics fpga graphics retrocomputing ... on 05 October 2016
The curious case of the switch statement / fuzzy notepad edit / delete
The history of "switch" in Algol/BCPL languages. Ignores pattern-matching in functional languages, so the inclusion of Rust here is a bit incongruous.
by ats ... to c language-design retrocomputing switch ... on 23 September 2016
Mark Fickett | Art Stuff | Dice Roller edit / delete
"An automatic system for rolling a polyhedral die and taking photos of the rolls; extracting the image of just the die from those images; clustering the images of the die by which face is shown; and analyzing the results."
by ats ... to dice games random rpg statistics vision ... on 19 September 2016
Hacking Team: a zero-day market case study edit / delete
"This article documents Hacking Team's third-party acquisition of zero-day (0day) vulnerabilities and exploits. The recent compromise of Hacking Team's email archive offers one of the first public case studies of the market for 0days."
by ats ... to economics exploit security ... on 15 September 2016
diffoscope: in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories edit / delete
"diffoscope will try to get to the bottom of what makes files or directories different. It will recursively unpack archives of many kinds and transform various binary formats into more human readable form to compare them."
by ats ... to diff reverse-engineering software ... on 15 September 2016
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tasty by Adam Sampson.