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mtl1979
companies
2022-03-25 17:06
Importance of proper customer support
Most companies have some kind of customer support to handle situations where a product or service doesn't work as the customer expects. Smaller companies usually have phone number or physical location,
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mtl1979
philosophy
2022-03-25 15:21
Three criteria for existence
A lot of times we ponder if something is real or not, if it exists or not. To exist and to be real, one must fulfill all of the three criteria: It can be seen It can be heard It can be touched
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mtl1979
development
2022-03-16 12:18
Random crashes when using Clang-CL to compile 32-bit binaries
As I was reviewing commits on one project, I noticed that after they added Clang-CL builds to continuous integration (CI), the 32-bit build crashed with access violation at address 0xFFFFFFFF. There was
mtl1979
development
2022-03-16 12:01
How to install wine32 on Ubuntu 20.04
A lot of people have noticed apt fails to install wine32 on Ubuntu 20.04. There is a lot of workarounds on internet involving adding third-party repositories, but it's also possible with just the official
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development
2022-03-12 17:05
Why writing roadmap and publishing it online is a bad idea...
When starting a new project, most of the people think the project should have a roadmap, which outlines features and events organized by date the feature should be finished or when the event starts and
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funny
2022-02-02 15:12
When your PowerPC machine doesn't boot Linux and you need to get the kernel and initrd out of boot partition.
Earlier this week I was trying to install Debian on a old G4 with PowerPC 7400 processor... Obviously I couldn't use the latest Debian release as it doesn't support 32-bit PowerPC... So I downloaded network
mtl1979
development
2022-01-31 12:41
When code works even though it shouldn't work...
Sometimes malformed code compiles using one compiler on one machine, but completely fails on another machine. Common cause is defining something twice. Most linkers require that function is defined after
mtl1979
development
2022-01-30 14:26
Why continuous integration using Docker images is destined to be doomed...
I work on several multi-platform project that use GitHub Actions for continuous integration testing. GitHub Actions basically use Docker images to emulate or virtualize different processors and operating
mtl1979
development
2022-01-18 12:11
Why Visual C++ compiler is so much worse than gcc or clang.
Any developer working on cross-platform projects has noticed that code compiled using Visual C++ compiler (cl.exe) performs poorly compared to same code compiled using gcc on Linux or even MinGW or Cygwin,
mtl1979
Talleo
2022-01-09 20:04
New difficulty algorithm activated...
Today the target difficulty dropped low enough to activate the new difficulty algorithm... Essentially this did split the network in two and deprecated daemon versions older than version 0.4.8 build 1128.
mtl1979
cryptocurrency
2022-01-08 18:41
Cryptocurrency mining and environment...
There has been a lot of talk about environmental effect of mining Proof-of-Work cryptocurrencies. People assume mining all cryptocurrencies will require enormous amount of electricity, even though it's
mtl1979
Talleo
2022-01-05 12:23
Revisiting first two years of Talleo...
I thought it is good time to revisit what has happened since we launched Talleo's mainnet in December 2019. Introducing minimum transaction count At block height 10000, we introduced minimum of 1 transaction
mtl1979
development
2021-12-18 06:38
Even long-time professionals make mistakes...
Funny developer mistake
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review
2021-10-12 14:26
My review of Windows 11...
Windows 11 was finally released for public few days ago... Last weekend I did try to install it on my work PC... Downloading the installer was the easiest part, but once the installer started, things started
mtl1979
genealogy
2021-08-07 21:29
How to find if a celebrity is distant relative of you...
To continue with my series of genealogy related tips, this time I will give easy guide to find if you are related by blood or marriage to a living celebrity or otherwise famous person. First step is to
mtl1979
windows
2021-07-28 12:11
Adding Sandbox support to Windows installation image...
Sandbox is isolated executing environment designed for testing dangerous or otherwise unsafe software without risking the safety of main operating system. This is yet another feature that was exclusive
mtl1979
windows
2021-07-25 04:14
Adding Hyper-V support to Windows 10 Home installation image...
Hyper-V support isn't normally enabled in Windows 10 Home, but the installation files are actually included in installed version. NOTE: Hyper-V needs to be available in processor and enabled in BIOS for
mtl1979
windows
2021-07-23 08:57
Copying drivers from running Windows 10 installation to installation image
Sometimes installation image doesn't have all the drivers for current hardware... It's possible to copy all drivers from current Windows installation using commands : NOTES: Name parameter must match the
mtl1979
windows
2021-07-23 04:50
Installing updates on Windows 10 when Windows Update fails to install
Prerequisites: Windows installer image from: Windows Media Creation Tool Windows installation disc USB memory stick copied to hard disk individual updates as *.msu or *.cab files in
mtl1979
genealogy
2021-02-28 11:57
How to reveal private information in MyHeritage Family Tree Builder Part 2
In first part, I did teach how to reveal private information from trees of other users. It however didn't always work when adding information while Family Tree Builder is running. In this part I will teach
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