This interactive book is a product of the Runestone Interactive Project at Luther College, led by Brad Miller and David Ranum. There have been many contributors to the project. Our thanks especially to the following: This book is based on … Read more
(Usually I put an “Apply to YC” thing in the HN footer [1] but I forgot this time, so here is my pitch to make up for it.) If you’ve ever thought about applying to YC, here’s a tip: just … Read more
I’m often asked to edit friends’ or coworkers’ writing, anything from emails to short stories to documentation. Recently, someone asked me how I edit. What am I looking for? How do I know what changes to make? That made me … Read more
Alex Pshenichkin Senior Engineer March 20, 2024 If you’ve read our launch post, you might remember this section: We thought about this and decided to just go all out and write a hypervisor which emulates a deterministic computer. Consequently, we … Read more
Think Python is an introduction to Python for people who have never programmed before – or for people who have tried and had a hard time. Here is the landing page for the book at Green Tea Press. For the … Read more
What is IP fragmentation, why is it important, and do people understand it? The answer to that last question is “not as well as they think”. This article will also answer the rest of those questions and introduce fragquiz, a … Read more
[embedded content] My FOSDEM 2024 talk on little known Git stuff that this blog series is based off. Years ago I used to do talks on advanced Git stuff. For the last decade or so, I’ve sort of assumed that … Read more
So you think you know C? This is Words and Buttons Online — a collection of interactive #tutorials, #demos, and #quizzes about #mathematics, #algorithms and #programming. A lot of programmers claim they know C. Well, it has the most famous syntax, it has … Read more
Hello! I’ve been extremely slowly trying to figure how to explain every core concept in Git (commits! branches! remotes! the staging area!) and commits have been surprisingly tricky. Understanding how git commits are implemented feels pretty straightforward to me (those … Read more
This has not been a scientist’s war; it has been a war in which all have had a part. The scientists, burying their old professional competition in the demand of a common cause, have shared greatly and learned much. It … Read more