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teknomunk (37)in #programming • 6 years ago
One Week on Crystal
I found a new programming language last week: Crystal ( This language is a strongly-typed, compile-able language that borrows much of its syntax and standard library from ruby (…
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teknomunk (37)in #programming • 6 years ago
Compilers, Parsers and Lexers
Over the last few years, I've made some forays into compiler writing. The project I'm working on now includes a simple compiler, so it's on my mind a lot right now. Things are…
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teknomunk (37)in #technology • 6 years ago
Variable-Length Floating Point Numbers
I've been working on a project recently, and one thing it uses is variable-length numbers. There are several resources for variable-length integers, but, while it may exist…
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teknomunk (37)in #environmentalism • 6 years ago
Crazy Environmentalism
Environmentalism has gone off the deep end. To me, it doesn't really matter if CO2 is a greenhouse gas or not, most of the proposed solutions do nothing to fix things even if…
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teknomunk (37)in #blockchain • 6 years ago
How Blockchains Work
A blockchain is a data structure that uses the hash function cryptographic primitive to create an immutable data structure. Together with a consensus algorithm, this allows the…
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teknomunk (37)in #technology • 6 years ago
How Routing and Switching Work
The internet is a collection of routers that deliver packets from any source to their intended location. Here's some of how they work. Switching Switching uses simple rules…
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teknomunk (37)in #programming • 6 years ago
C/C++ Debugging Tip
I'm not sure when I discovered this, or if I've ever seen this posted anywhere, but this is a simple trick with multi-line comments I use when debugging code: //*
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teknomunk (37)in #technology • 6 years ago
Part of Decentralized Processing
When reading thru this article on blockchain projects , I found Golem. This looks like it might be capable of providing at least one portion of the distributed processing that…
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teknomunk (37)in #renewable-energy • 6 years ago
The Concrete Battery
Today, I was reading an article on using concrete blocks lifted by a crane to store energy using gravitational potential energy. This is really just a scaled up version of…
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teknomunk (37)in #technology • 6 years ago
The Layers of the Internet
When you think of the internet, or the web, you probably are thinking of the web pages you see when you open your browser. Images and text, and sometimes video, assault your…
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teknomunk (37)in #technology • 6 years ago
Why Namecoin Failed
When I discovered Namecoin, it seemed like a perfect thing to use to replace the ICANN domain name system. I still think that some blockchain is going to be required to replace…
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teknomunk (37)in #technology • 6 years ago
Dark Technology
Technology excites me. It always has. The first time I used a computer was at age six; it was what I believe to be an Apple II with no hard drive. Everything ran off a 5-1/4"…
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