pigz 2.3.1 (9 Oct 2013) by Mark Adler pigz, which stands for Parallel Implementation of GZip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data. pigz was written by Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries.
NIST’s new password rules – what you need to know – Naked SecurityIt’s no secret. We’re really bad at passwords. Nevertheless, they aren’t going away any time soon.
When I tell Windows to compress a file, the compression is far worse than I get if I ask WinZip to compress the file; why is that? – The Old New ThingA customer noted that when they took a very large (multiple gigabyte) file and went to the file's Properties and set "Compress contents to save disk space", the file shrunk by 25%.
The ChurnDid you year about the guy who said goodbye to OO? Oh no. Not another one. What did he say?
The C# difference between ‘true’ and ‘not false’This is the story of a C# language specification change. The specification changed because the 1.0 version of the C# spec disagreed with itself, and one of those locations was incorrect and broke a feature.
The hardest problem in computer science / fuzzy notepadNot just naming variables or new technologies. Oh no. We can’t even agree on names for basic concepts.
I wanna go fast: HTTPS' massive speed advantageHTTPS is slow. No - wait - is it HTTP that's slow?! https://t.co/T49GG7oCaK pic.twitter.com/cfnYOpXMWc In fact, a bunch of the internet was pretty upset. "It's not fair!", they cried. "You're comparing apples and oranges!", they raged.
Microsoft Ships Python Code... in 1996My thanks go to Guido for allowing me to share my own history of Python! I'll save my introduction to Python for another post, but the end result was its introduction into a startup that I co-founded in 1991 with several people.
joepie91's RamblingsThis may not sound that bad - after all, they're just a service provider, right? - but let's put this in context for a moment. Currently, CloudFlare essentially controls 11% of the 10k biggest websites, over 8% of the 100k biggest websites (source), and almost 5% of sites on the entire web (source).
Surviving The Dreaded Company FrameworkThis week, I’m making it two in a row with a reader question. Today’s question is about an internal company framework and how to survive it.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.