An open source option for running virtual machines
Use Mprotect To Change Memory Page Permissions
Changing access rights on a process’s memory pages
A few more additions from the Steam summer sale
Primary, Secondary, And Tertiary Directories
Questioning Linux’s separate filesystem hierarchies
OpenSUSE Boot And Shutdown Scripts
Where to put commands that run at startup and shutdown
Seventeen games at dangerously tempting prices
Turkey’s prime minister takes aim at social media
“The Xbox One: Hardware Analysis & Comparison To PlayStation 4”
AnandTech compares the next generation of console hardware
Signatures For Built-In Python Methods
Why methods written in C resist Python introspection
OS X Computer Name Is Not The Host Name
Setting the hostname separately with scutil
Exit Status-Colored Bash Prompt
A compact prompt that changes color when a command fails
The Mac’s built-in option for remote screen access
My 2011–2012 Asia Backpacking Trip
Photo collections from my months of travel across Asia
Making Option work as Meta in Terminal
Putting Homebrew’s binaries ahead of the system versions
Getting command-line programs to use an HTTP proxy
The jokes and fallout from an always-online controversy
“The Analytical Language Of John Wilkins”
Borges on language, classification, and the universe
“The Definitive C++ Book Guide And List”
Choosing a book for learning C++
StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm Review
A sharp critique of Blizzard’s storytelling
Resources for preparing for software engineering interviews
Finding the unpaired integer by canceling duplicates
Simulate A Die Roll With Coin Tosses
Considering fairness and termination when turning coin tosses into rolls
How To Generate A Random Number
A joke about generating random numbers
Stack That Tracks The Minimum Element
Keeping track of the smallest value as elements come and go
Finding Overlapping Axis-Aligned Rectangles
An algorithm for detecting intersecting rectangles
A Java implementation of substring matching
Can You Make A Ransom Note From A Magazine?
Counting characters to see whether the letters are available
A short bitwise check in Java
Converting a signed numeric string in Java
Member Variables In Outer Class Scopes
Using a qualified this to reach an enclosing instance
Recursively comparing two trees as mirror images
Why the Fisher–Yates shuffle gives each result a fair chance
Remember To Shut Down ExecutorService
Don’t leave Java’s executor threads running
A collection of favorite complaints about comfortable lives
John Gruber on Apple’s willingness to make decisions
Method Return Types Should Be As Specific As Possible
Give callers the strongest useful return interface
Why You Shouldn’t Play Far Cry 3
A funny review takes apart Far Cry 3
Rename Files To Their Checksums
A Bash script for organizing files by content hash
The difference between being able to test and being ready to test
Why Java’s Object.wait/notify/notifyAll Must Be Synchronized
Understanding the locking behind Java’s wait and notification methods
A few welcome improvements to Java’s syntax
Performance Numbers Useful To Software Engineers
Putting common computing operations on a nanosecond scale
Finding the longest stretch with a nonnegative sum
Binary Tree Sequentializations As Identities
Using traversal sequences to compare binary trees
A mnemonic for approaching algorithmic interview problems
IGN’s 2013 PC Game Predictions
Hopes for Half-Life and Fallout in the year ahead
Decide If A Binary Tree Is A Binary Search Tree
Checking a binary tree’s ordering in Java
Grouping a binary tree’s nodes by depth
Two ways to calculate a midpoint