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David Cantrell

Perl grey-beard primarily interested in QA, and a larval-stage Rustacean. I've been computering for longer than most of you have been alive.

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cpulimit annoyed me so I improved it
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cpulimit annoyed me so I improved it

#c #patching #signals
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TIL: diff-so-fancy; and some funky git config
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TIL: diff-so-fancy; and some funky git config

#git #diff #shell
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A Rant
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A Rant

#rant
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Number::Phone release candidate
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Number::Phone release candidate

#perl #telecoms #testing
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 6: 32 bit Linux
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 6: 32 bit Linux

#testing #githubactions #ci #32bit
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Virtual machine efficiency
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Virtual machine efficiency

#virtualization #virtualbox #utm #macos
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A brief guide to perl character encoding
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A brief guide to perl character encoding

#perl #unicode #mojibake
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GNU timeout annoyed me so I replaced it; or an extremely simple introduction to fork() and signal handling in perl
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GNU timeout annoyed me so I replaced it; or an extremely simple introduction to fork() and signal handling in perl

#signals #fork #perl
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 5: OpenBSD
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 5: OpenBSD

#testing #githubactions #ci #openbsd
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perlbrew improved
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perlbrew improved

#perl #git #perlbrew
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Deprecating 32-bit perl
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Deprecating 32-bit perl

#perl #32bit #deprecation
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CPANdeps end of life
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CPANdeps end of life

#perl #cpan #dependencies
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In Praise of the Trackball (and why you should use one)
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In Praise of the Trackball (and why you should use one)

#humaninterface #mouse #trackball
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I Hate Floating Point!
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I Hate Floating Point!

#floatingpoint #types #testing #perl
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Tab groups in Chrome
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Tab groups in Chrome

#chrome #tabs #ui
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Monitoring dependencies on the CPAN
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Monitoring dependencies on the CPAN

#perl #cpan #dependencies
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GNU tree annoyed me so I fixed it
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GNU tree annoyed me so I fixed it

#shell #perl
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Using the `ed` editor
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Using the `ed` editor

#editors #ed #oldschool
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Learning from other industries, part 2 of n
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Learning from other industries, part 2 of n

#reliability #management #disasters
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Coverage checks, conditions, and simplifying
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Coverage checks, conditions, and simplifying

#coverage #logic
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Education in my Plague Bunker
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Education in my Plague Bunker

#mit #tools #shell
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I have banned 'git commit -a'
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I have banned 'git commit -a'

#git
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 4: Windows
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 4: Windows

#testing #appveyor #ci #windows
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 3: MacOS
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 3: MacOS

#testing #cirrusci #ci #macos
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 2: FreeBSD
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 2: FreeBSD

#testing #cirrusci #ci #freebsd
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 1: Linux
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Automatic cross-platform testing: part 1: Linux

#testing #travis #ci #linux
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12 languages in 12 months: ionice for Mac OS, in C
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12 languages in 12 months: ionice for Mac OS, in C

#c #scheduling #unix
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