diff --git a/content/links/20200620.md b/content/links/20200620.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e16bc68 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/links/20200620.md @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ ++++ +title = "Commented Links for 2020-06-19" +date = 2020-06-20 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["links", "sigsegv", "segmentation fault", "activitypub", "conference", +"git", "names", "branches", "rust", "ecosystem", "cli", "design", "scp"] ++++ + +SIGSEGV, ActivityPub Conf, Git Branch Names, Rust Ecosystem, Learning Rust +with CLI, Design Problems, SCP. + + + +## [Why is there a "V" in SIGSEGV Segmentation Fault?](https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-is-there-a-v-in-sigsegv-segmentation-fault/) + +A little bit of UNIX/POSIX based-operating systemas -- and something that +never actually made me wonder what it meant, specially considering the names +of the other interruptions and some internal commands (`creat`, for example). + +## [ActivityPub Conference 2020](https://conf.activitypub.rocks/#home) + +Ok, it is a bit early for this -- the CFP just opened -- but as a fan of what +ActivityPub proposes to solve, I must share this: A conference related to the +discussion of the protocol and its tools (well, I _guess_ that the topic, +anyway). + +Stay tuned for the selected talks in the future. + +## [On Git branch naming](http://meta.ath0.com/2020/06/git-branch-naming/) + +The change of Git main branch name to something that is not "master" generated +some discussion online, even with the major Git services (Github, for example) +already announced that new repositories will get new names. + +There is a problem with the meaning of the name and what it represents to a +significant part of the world population, but what the post shows is that even +if you ignore that, the name "master" makes no sense in the Git architecture; +it is based on the name used by BitKeeper, which had the master/slave +architecture, which Git _does not_ have. + +And yes, I do agree with all the answers there. And: If it is a simple change, +won't break anything, and oppressed groups (in the past or present) don't get +offended, why not? + +There is another point thought: Git is distributed, right? This means it has +not a central server; every installation is the central of itself. The same +goes for its branches, though: Every branch is a copy in itself and you don't +_have_ to put them all in the same basket at some point, e.g., merging back to +the main branch, because there is no _main_ branch. It is just a name and +doesn't hold any special functionality compared to other branches. + +## [Understanding the Rust Ecosystem](https://joeprevite.com/rust-lang-ecosystem) + +I tend to mention that "languages do not exist in a vacuum", and by that I +mean that you must not look only at some programming language or just a small +piece of it, but the whole; how is the ecosystem for this thing? + +And, for Rust, it felt always a vibrant system, with all its weirdness and +coolness. And this post goes one step further showing most of the things going +around, from platforms, to forums, to meetups, to companies using the +language, to famous tools. + +## [Diving into Rust with a CLI](https://kbknapp.dev/rust-cli/) + +Speaking of Rust, Kevin K wrote this post about a command line tool to +download the XKCD comics. But instead of building the most simple solution for +it, he used the most known libraries for specific points (explaining why he +picked some) and showing a complete final solution. + +I'm writing some other command line tool in Rust to explore more the language, and the current result is not even near the niceness of what is shown here. + +## [Stop Blaming People: It’s a Design Problem](https://quinnkeast.com/writing/stop-blaming-people-its-a-design-problem/) + +Developers are famous for not being able to design a button in the right way +or making it too damn hard to use the damn button -- or, in worse cases, +building an interface so cluttered with options that it is basically +impossible to use the application. + +But it is not just the software world that suffers from that: the fire in the +Notre Dame Cathedral could be prevented if the interface didn't use some +indirect information; the ballistic missile warning in Hawaii wouldn't have +happened if the interface for the alarm wasn't so simplistic. And so on. + +Sometimes it is necessary to think a bit more about how the service will be +used instead of making things complex (or too simplistic). + +## [SCP - Familiar, Simple, Insecure, and Slow](https://gravitational.com/blog/scp-familiar-simple-insecure-slow/) + +I already knew SCp was slow, but I wasn't sure how slow. What impressed me +most in the post is this line here: + +``` +tar cf - /tmp/big_folder | ssh server 'tar xC /tmp/ -f -' +``` + +Basically, using `tar` to get the content of several files and turn it in a +single sequence of bytes, send it through stdout to ssh and, there, run `tar` +to undo the sequence (making them back into files). Curious, and potentially +4x faster than copying files directly through `scp`. diff --git a/content/links/20200620.pt.md b/content/links/20200620.pt.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3d90be5 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/links/20200620.pt.md @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ ++++ +title = "Links Comentados de 2020-06-19" +date = 2020-06-20 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["links", "sigsegv", "segmentation fault", "activitypub", +"conferência", "git", "branches", "nomes", "rust", "eco-sistema", +"linha de comando", "design", "scp"] ++++ + +SIGSEGV, Conferência de ActivityPub, Nomes de Branches no Git, O Eco-Sistema +do Rust, Apredendo Rust com Linha de Comando, Problemas de Design, SCP. + + + +## [Why is there a "V" in SIGSEGV Segmentation Fault?](https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-is-there-a-v-in-sigsegv-segmentation-fault/) + +Um pouco de história dos sistemas operacionais baseados em UNIX/POSIX -- e +algo que eu nunca me preocupei realmente, principalmente considerando os nomes +das outras interrupções e alguns comandos do sistema (`creat`, por exemplo). + +## [ActivityPub Conference 2020](https://conf.activitypub.rocks/#home) + +Eu sei que ainda é cedo para conversar sobre isso -- o "call for papers" +acabou de abrir -- mas como fã do que o ActivityPub se propõe a solucionar, eu +tenho que compartilhar: Uma conferência baseada na discussão do protocolo e as +ferramentas (bom, eu _acho_ que é sobre isso, de qualquer forma). + +Fiquem ligados para a lista de talks no futuro. + +## [On Git branch naming](http://meta.ath0.com/2020/06/git-branch-naming/) + +A troca do nome do branch principal do Git para algo que não seja "master" tem +dado alguma discussão por aí, mesmo com grandes representantes de Git (Github, +por exemplo) já terem anunciado que o nome vai mudar em novos repositórios. + +Existe sim uma questão sobre o significado do nome e o que ele representa para +um grupo significativo da população do mundo, mas o que o post mostra é que +mesmo ignorando isso, o nome "master" faz sentido na arquitetura do Git; +ele é baseado no nome utilizado pelo BitKeeper, que tinha uma arquitetura +mestre/servidor, que o Git _não_ copiou. + +E sim, eu concordo com todas as repostas apresentadas. E mais: Se é uma +mudança simples, não vai quebrar nada, e vai fazer com que grupos oprimidos +(no passado ou presente) não se sintam ofendidos, por que não? + +Mas tem mais um ponto: Git é distribuído, certo? Com isso, eu quero dizer que +não existe um servidor principal; toda instalação do Git é o principal de si +mesmo. O mesmo acontece com os branches: Todo branch é uma cópia auto contida +e você _não precisa_ colocar todas elas no mesmo balaio em algum ponto, por +exemplo, fazendo merge para o branch principal, porque _não existe_ um branch +principal. É só um nome e ele não tem nenhuma funcionalidade especial +comparado com outros branches. + +## [Understanding the Rust Ecosystem](https://joeprevite.com/rust-lang-ecosystem) + +Eu tenho falado que "linguagens não existem em um vácuo", e com isso eu quero +dizer que você não pode focar somente na linguagem ou numa parte relacionada a +ela, mas no todo; como é o eco-sistema dessa coisa? + +E Rust sempre me pareceu um sistema vibrante, com todas as suas esquisitices e +legalzices. E esse post mostra boa parte do que existe no sistema, de +plataformas, passando por forums, meetups, empresas que usam a linguagem e +indo até as ferramentas mais famosas. + +## [Diving into Rust with a CLI](https://kbknapp.dev/rust-cli/) + +Falando em Rust, Kevin K escreveu esse post sobre criar uma ferramenta de +linha de comando para baixar as tirinhas do XKCD. Mas ao invés de fazer isso +da forma mais simples possível para mostrar a linguagem, ele usou as +bibliotecas mais conhecidas para pontos específicos (explicando porque usou as +mesmas) e mostrando uma aplicação final completa. + +Eu estou escrevendo uma outra ferramenta de linha de comando para aprender +mais sobre Rust e não chega nem de perto com o resultado apresentado aqui. + +## [Stop Blaming People: It’s a Design Problem](https://quinnkeast.com/writing/stop-blaming-people-its-a-design-problem/) + +Programadores são famosos por não conseguir desenhar um botão de forma correta +ou fazer com que seja extremamente complicado usar o maldito botão -- ou, em +piores casos, construindo uma interface com tantas opções que é praticamente +impossível usar a aplicação. + +Mas não é só no mundo do software que essas coisas acontecem: O incêndio da +Catedral de Notre Dame poderia ter sido evitado se a interface não tivesse um +design indireto; o alarme de míssil balístico no Havaí não teria acontecido se +a interface para o alarme não fosse simplório. E assim por diante. + +Algumas vezes é preciso pensar um pouco mais sobre como o serviço vai ser +usado ao invés de deixar as coisas complexas (ou muito simplórias). + +## [SCP - Familiar, Simple, Insecure, and Slow](https://gravitational.com/blog/scp-familiar-simple-insecure-slow/) + +Que o SCP era lento eu já sabia, mas não sabia o quanto. O que me impressionou +do post foi essa linha aqui: + +``` +tar cf - /tmp/big_folder | ssh server 'tar xC /tmp/ -f -' +``` + +Basicamente, usando o `tar` para pegar o conteúdo de vários arquivos e +transformar numa sequência de bytes, enviar pelo stdout para o ssh e, de lá, +rodar o `tar` para desfazer a sequencia de bytes (transformando de volta em +arquivos separados). Curioso, e potencialmente 4x mais rápido que copiar os +arquivos diretamente por `scp`. + + diff --git a/content/quotes/alan-watts/index.md b/content/quotes/alan-watts/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9fb3b60 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/alan-watts/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ ++++ +title = "Alan Watts" +weight = 97 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "alan watts", "conscience"] ++++ + +> "Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." diff --git a/content/quotes/arthur-miller/index.md b/content/quotes/arthur-miller/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d10e79d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/arthur-miller/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ ++++ +title = "Arthur Miller" +weight = 97 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "arthur miller", "money"] ++++ + +> "Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money." diff --git a/content/quotes/baba-ram-dass/index.md b/content/quotes/baba-ram-dass/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..706a244 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/baba-ram-dass/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ ++++ +title = "Baba Ram Dass" +weight = 98 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "baba ram dass", "accidents"] ++++ + +> "There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe." diff --git a/content/quotes/benjamin-franklin/index.md b/content/quotes/benjamin-franklin/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..253d61b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/benjamin-franklin/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ ++++ +title = "Benjamin Franklin" +weight = 98 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "benjamin franklin", "franklin", "money"] ++++ + +> "The use of money is all the advantage there is to having money." diff --git a/content/quotes/erwin-tomash/index.md b/content/quotes/erwin-tomash/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..305fb01 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/erwin-tomash/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ ++++ +title = "Erwin Tomash" +weight = 101 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "erwin tomash", "technology"] ++++ + +> "Everything takes longer, costs more, and is less useful." diff --git a/content/quotes/gabriel-iglesias/index.md b/content/quotes/gabriel-iglesias/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..044ae00 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/gabriel-iglesias/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ ++++ +title = "Gabriel Iglesias" +weight = 103 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "gabriel iglesias", "life", "breakdown", "mental health"] ++++ + +> "It's OK if you fall apart sometimes. Tacos fall apart and we still love them." diff --git a/content/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/index.md b/content/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/index.md index f21751a..c3facd1 100644 --- a/content/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/index.md +++ b/content/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/index.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ weight = 103 [taxonomies] tags = ["quotes", "george bernard shaw", "history", "learning", "cliques", -"sex"] +"sex", "government"] +++ > "We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." @@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ tags = ["quotes", "george bernard shaw", "history", "learning", "cliques", > "The worst cliques are those which consist of one man." > "Sex is the poor man's opera." + +> "Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the +> incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few." + diff --git a/content/quotes/groucho-marx/index.md b/content/quotes/groucho-marx/index.md index c2474aa..ddea8f1 100644 --- a/content/quotes/groucho-marx/index.md +++ b/content/quotes/groucho-marx/index.md @@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ tags = ["quotes", "groucho marx", "luck", "superstition"] > "A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere." +> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too +> dark to read." + diff --git a/content/quotes/isaac-asimov/index.md b/content/quotes/isaac-asimov/index.md index 29be5ad..2e91303 100644 --- a/content/quotes/isaac-asimov/index.md +++ b/content/quotes/isaac-asimov/index.md @@ -11,3 +11,7 @@ tags = ["quotes", "isaac asimov", "science", "wisdom", "discoveries"] > "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new > discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'" + +> "To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always +> been premature, and it remains premature today." + diff --git a/content/quotes/leo-kessler/index.md b/content/quotes/leo-kessler/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ab8d90 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/leo-kessler/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ ++++ +title = "Leo Kessler" +weight = 106 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "leo kessler", "laws"] ++++ + +> "I remember when legal used to mean lawful, now it means some +> kind of loophole." diff --git a/content/quotes/leo-laporte/index.md b/content/quotes/leo-laporte/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..70aacee --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/leo-laporte/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ ++++ +title = "Leo Laporte" +weight = 106 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "leo laporte", "social networks", "facebook", "twitter", +"instagram", "mental health"] ++++ + +> "I think ditching social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram +> along with 24 hour news television is the best thing you can do for your +> mental health." diff --git a/content/quotes/mark-twain/index.md b/content/quotes/mark-twain/index.md index f622c2b..5aaacca 100644 --- a/content/quotes/mark-twain/index.md +++ b/content/quotes/mark-twain/index.md @@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ tags = ["quotes", "mark twain"] > "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." -- Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar + +> "Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is +> oblivion." + diff --git a/content/quotes/random/index.md b/content/quotes/random/index.md index 8976eaa..b200564 100644 --- a/content/quotes/random/index.md +++ b/content/quotes/random/index.md @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ title = "Random Quotes" weight = 300 [taxonomies] -tags = ["quotes", "graffiti"] +tags = ["quotes", "graffiti", "education", "misery", "distributed systems", +"the day the earth stood still", "atheism", "religion", "following", "regrets"] +++ > If you took all the students that felt asleep in class and laid them end to @@ -24,3 +25,11 @@ tags = ["quotes", "graffiti"] > "Gort, klaatu nikto barada." -- The Day the Earth Stood Still + +> "Atheism and truth, 2 words 1 meaning." + +> "Zisla's Law: +> If you're asked to join a parade, don't march behind the elephants." + +> "Working here is like a pregnancy. After nine months you wish you hadn't +> come." diff --git a/content/quotes/stanislaw-lem/index.md b/content/quotes/stanislaw-lem/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa92d63 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/stanislaw-lem/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ ++++ +title = "Stanislaw Lem" +weight = 200 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "stanislaw lem", "success"] ++++ + +> "You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads +> lead down." +-- The Cyberiad diff --git a/content/quotes/star-trek/index.md b/content/quotes/star-trek/index.md index 813b257..c1c62e3 100644 --- a/content/quotes/star-trek/index.md +++ b/content/quotes/star-trek/index.md @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ tags = ["star trek", "quotes", "eve mchuron", "spock", "rojan", "sarek"] > "Totally illogical, there was no chance." -- Spock, "The Galileo Seven", stardate 2822.3 +> "Without facts, the decision cannot be made logically. You must rely on +> your human intuition." +-- Spock, "Assignment: Earth", stardate unknown + > "We do not colonize. We conquer. We rule. There is no other way for us." -- Rojan, "By Any Other Name", stardate 4657.5 diff --git a/content/quotes/steven-wright/index.md b/content/quotes/steven-wright/index.md index 474ce63..60825d3 100644 --- a/content/quotes/steven-wright/index.md +++ b/content/quotes/steven-wright/index.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title = "Steven Wright" weight = 200 [taxonomies] -tags = ["quotes", "steven wright"] +tags = ["quotes", "steven wright", "puns"] +++ Comedian. diff --git a/content/quotes/stirling-moss/index.md b/content/quotes/stirling-moss/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2ec0e47 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/stirling-moss/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ ++++ +title = "Stirling Moss" +weight = 200 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "stirling moss", "limits"] ++++ + +> "It's hard to drive at the limit, but it's harder to know where the limits +> are." diff --git a/content/quotes/tommy-manville/index.md b/content/quotes/tommy-manville/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..895782d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/tommy-manville/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ ++++ +quotes = "Tommy Manville" +weight = 201 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "tommy manville", "marriage", "divorce"] ++++ + +> "She cried, and the judge wiped her tears with my checkbook." diff --git a/content/quotes/virginia-allan/index.md b/content/quotes/virginia-allan/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2fc06b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/quotes/virginia-allan/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ ++++ +title = "Virginia Allan" +weight = 118 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["quotes", "virginia allan", "leadership"] ++++ + +> "True leadership is the art of changing a group from what it is to what +> it ought to be." +