Category Archives: Computer Science

Vocabulary: Foobar

Computer programmers know foo bar are two anonymous standard variable names to choose from. However, some have said that they came from WW2's foul terminology: FUBAR (F-ed up beyond all recognition).

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Relationship between these Antivirus terms: Symantec, Norton, VMWare, Broadcom, Carbon Black

Thanks to Google's AI search engine and wikipedia. Now I'm not confused and can steer clear of the annoying Norton's path. Carbon Black Norton Antivirus

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Tips for Getting Tech/Developer jobs

I filtered them from someone else's experience:

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Journal of the Week

9/24/2024 Seems like USB-C is the new universal standard. Even Apple is abandoning it's lightning. Good brief introduction to Design Engineering (in IT, not related Mechanical Engineering) Good introduction to principles of Interior Design (of physical spaces) This maybe a … Continue reading

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Microsoft Word 2007 showing text without spacing

This seems to happen only to version 2007 or perhaps prior versions. The fix is to install the Compatibility Pack or SP3 for MS Office 2007, which I have in my drive.

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Introduction to Assembly Language

Technically this is supposed to be 101 in computing. But unfortunately, not anymore. However, this site is a good reminder.

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Intro to Machine Learning

Seems like a good online material to start: https://ppml.dev/intro.html?utm_source=tldrwebdev

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Journal of the Week

9/19/2024 There's news about Steve Lawson's dismissal/being fired from his church and other ministries due to "...the elders at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas were informed by Steve Lawson of an inappropriate relationship that he has had with a woman..." … Continue reading

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VR Developer

With the Meta Quest 2 Nadia bought me, I should look into this. Unreal and Unity engines are the two most popular ones to begin with.

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Haskell Programming

A purely functional programming. A good tutorial is at https://www.tutorialspoint.com/haskell/index.htm

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