A cheap and automatic way to catch lightning
Taking pictures of lightning is hard. Usually one would take many shots with an exposure time of several seconds, and then sift through all the pictures. I didn’t feel like doing that.
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How to parallelize Nautilus scripts
I’m using a number of Nautilus scripts for media production, e.g. to easily convert files to JPEG or MP3 format with pre-defined settings. Nautilus doesn’t parallelize script execution, but it’s not so hard to create a script which does.
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My Ubuntu for mobile devices post mortem analysis
Now that Ubuntu phones and tablets are gone, I would like to offer my thoughts on why I personally think the project failed and what one may learn from it.
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Ten years ago, Wikia tried to fight Google Search
Remember when Wikia, Jimmy Wales’ (of Wikipedia fame) for-profit company, tried to build its own search engine and fight Google?
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KontextCast Episode 2 “Computer und Zeit” veröffentlicht
Nach nur acht Monaten Wartezeit gibt es Folge Zwei des KontextCast. Max und ich sprechen in Anlehnung an einen meiner letzten Artikel über Computer, Zeit und die Frage, ob 2038 endlich die Welt untergehen wird.
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Google Summer of Code starts in four days, many open source project ideas still available
If you couldn’t find anything interesting in the 54 Google Summer of Code ideas by the KDE project, here’s some more.
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Free Software Foundation okay with new GitHub terms, but recommends other services
In a statement issued on March 14, 2017, the Free Software Foundation declares that the new GitHub Terms of Service don’t conflict with copyleft, but still recommends to use other hosting sites.
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Meet the “Cat Supremacy License” for software
A recent thread on the debian-curiosa mailing list brought up this license after a Debian ftpmaster rejected the braillegraph 0.1
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A look at the Year 2036/2038 problems and time proofness in various systems
On January 19, 2038 all signed 32-bit timestamps representing time and date relative to the “UNIX epoch” will roll over. Just 68 years later, in 2106, all unsigned 32-bit values will do so. But even before that, timestamps used by the Network Time Protocol will roll over in 2036. Since it’s only 19 years to Armageddon, I’ll lok at what this means for Linux, Windows and other systems and how problems are being solved.
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The KDE project has 54 ideas for Google Summer of Code
Google’s “Summer of Code” (GSoC) will be happening for the thirtheenth time this year, and the KDE project is yet again one of the 201 participating open source organizations. The project’s list of ideas students may tackle has currently grown to 54 entries.
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