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Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time (vidarholen.net)
178 points by microsoftedging 9 days ago | past | 265 comments
I wasted weeks hand optimizing assembly because I benchmarked on random data (vidarholen.net)
4 points by ingve 82 days ago | past | 1 comment
What was the point of [ "x$var" = "xval" ]? (2021) (vidarholen.net)
82 points by fanf2 8 months ago | past | 49 comments
Why is /usr/bin/test 4kiB smaller than /usr/bin/[? (vidarholen.net)
5 points by fomine3 12 months ago | past | 2 comments
Finitecurve.com: TSP art on a CPU budget (vidarholen.net)
1 point by martinhath on Nov 7, 2023 | past
Finitecurve.com: TSP art on a CPU budget (vidarholen.net)
4 points by benhoyt on Oct 9, 2023 | past | 1 comment
Occurrences of words in Linux kernel source over time (vidarholen.net)
1 point by askiiart on May 9, 2023 | past
What was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? (2021) (vidarholen.net)
257 points by pabs3 on March 4, 2023 | past | 161 comments
Useless Use of "dd" (2015) (vidarholen.net)
395 points by RaoulP on May 23, 2022 | past | 252 comments
Occurences of words in the Linux kernel source code (vidarholen.net)
5 points by memorable on May 17, 2022 | past | 1 comment
Finitecurve.com: TSP art on a CPU budget (vidarholen.net)
3 points by ingve on Oct 18, 2021 | past
Occurrences of words in the Linux kernel source code over time (vidarholen.net)
3 points by marcodiego on Oct 13, 2021 | past
Swap on HDD: Does placement matter? (vidarholen.net)
92 points by ingve on Sept 7, 2021 | past | 92 comments
Occurrences of words in Linux kernel source over time (vidarholen.net)
1 point by ducktective on Sept 2, 2021 | past
Overwriting Hard Drive Data: The Great Wiping Controversy (2008) [pdf] (vidarholen.net)
32 points by Tomte on Aug 29, 2021 | past | 40 comments
Signal Propagation (vidarholen.net)
3 points by hjek on July 28, 2021 | past
Tricking the tricksters with a next level fork bomb (2019) (vidarholen.net)
2 points by WayToDoor on April 30, 2021 | past
Schadenfreude : Tricking the tricksters with a next level fork bomb (vidarholen.net)
3 points by signa11 on April 30, 2021 | past
What was the point of [ “x$var” = “xval” ]? (vidarholen.net)
414 points by JNRowe on April 12, 2021 | past | 227 comments
Why is /usr/bin/test 4kiB smaller than /usr/bin/[? (vidarholen.net)
25 points by ingve on April 5, 2021 | past | 5 comments
Overwriting Hard Drive Data: The Great Wiping Controversy (2008) [pdf] (vidarholen.net)
2 points by Tomte on Jan 27, 2021 | past
Two simple tips for shell commands in tech docs (vidarholen.net)
3 points by chanux on Dec 19, 2020 | past
${var?} and and&: Two simple tips for shell commands in tech docs (vidarholen.net)
2 points by ingve on Dec 16, 2020 | past | 2 comments
Adventures in String Reversal (2013) (vidarholen.net)
1 point by beagle3 on Nov 9, 2020 | past
Echo/printf to write images in 5 LoC with zero libraries or headersnetpbm (vidarholen.net)
129 points by stargrave on Nov 5, 2020 | past | 23 comments
Overwriting Hard Drive Data: The Great Wiping Controversy [pdf] (vidarholen.net)
3 points by adrianton3 on Oct 10, 2020 | past
Zsh and Fish’s simple but clever trick for highlighting missing linefeeds (vidarholen.net)
474 points by ingve on June 14, 2020 | past | 129 comments
The curious pitfalls in shell redirections to $((I++)) (vidarholen.net)
3 points by ingve on April 6, 2020 | past
Lessons learned from writing ShellCheck (vidarholen.net)
307 points by r4um on Feb 9, 2020 | past | 46 comments
An Empirical Investigation into Programming Language Syntax (PDF, 2013) (vidarholen.net)
3 points by open-source-ux on Sept 15, 2019 | past

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