VirtualTam's bookmarks

21. [SOLVED] problem upgrading Linux Mint 17 KDE to 17.1 KDE 2016-08-29

    tags: desktop/kde, kubuntu, linux, mint

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    • https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/927487
    • https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=116058
    • https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/mint-meta-kde
    • https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/mint-meta-codecs-kde
    • https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/45gwue/is_there_a_noob_friendly_way_to_install_kde/
22. Defending your code against dependency problems | Software Sustainability Institute 2016-08-16

    tags: dependency, development, management, party, software, third

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23. Roystan Ross - Blogging about the problems of game development so others can fix them for me 2015-05-02

    tags: development, engine/unity, game, graphics/3d, indie, learning

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24. FOSS World Problems 2015-03-18

    tags: it, meme, open-source, problem, reddit, world

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25. How would git handle a SHA-1 collision on a blob? - Stack Overflow 2015-02-14

    tags: algorithm, code, collision, commit, cryptography/hash, patch, review, security, sha1, source-code-management/gerrit, source-code-management/git

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    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-1
    • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1867191/probability-of-sha1-collisions
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

    Some thoughts we had while toying with Gerrit, which artificially tracks different commits to group them as "patch sets", by using a Change-Id SHA-1 in the commit message:

    • https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/cmd-hook-commit-msg.html
    • https://gerrit.googlesource.com/git-repo/+/master/hooks/commit-msg
26. I got 99 time signatures... 2014-12-12

    tags: 99, alex, lifeson, meme, parody, problems, progressive, psychedelic, rock, rush, signature, time

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    ... but 4/4 ain't one

27. Logitech G500 gamer mouse defect problem + fix (review) - YouTube 2014-07-05

    tags: click, double, g500, hardware, issue, logitech, mouse, static, trigger

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28. The urinal problem 2014-04-26

    tags: algorithm, optimize, privacy, research, urinal

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    A man walks into a men's room and observes n empty urinals. Which urinal should he pick so as to maximize his chances of maintaining privacy, i.e., minimize the chance that someone will occupy a urinal beside him?

29. Project Euler 2014-03-27

    tags: algorithm, computer, development, headache, informatics, mathematics, problems, science

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    Solve challenging math/computer problems!

30. I got 99 problems... 2013-07-15

    tags: 99, fun, jay-z, parody, problems

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    ... but a bitch ain't one!