Now that you’re 21, have a glass of wine and watch this great presentation by Warren Postma which he made for last years birthday:
–jeroen
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Happy birthday Delphi, have some wine
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/14
Posted in Delphi, Delphi 1, Delphi 2, Delphi 2005, Delphi 2006, Delphi 2007, Delphi 2009, Delphi 2010, Delphi 3, Delphi 4, Delphi 5, Delphi 6, Delphi 7, Delphi 8, Delphi x64, Delphi XE, Delphi XE2, Delphi XE3, Delphi XE4, Delphi XE5, Delphi XE6, Delphi XE7, Delphi XE8, Development, Software Development | Leave a Comment »
Multithreading in C# 5.0 Cookbook – via: Free Learning | PACKT Books
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/13
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BLDN: December 2015 XE7/XE8 Update Subscription Update got released 20160211 with backported 10 Seattle fixes
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/13
Seems they got only released just yesterday because of the QA effort taking a long time. But it’s good news for Delphi/Rad Studio/C++-Builder Update Subscription members: some fixes are now back-ported to 2 Delphi versions. Which is a new milestone in support from Embarcadero.
Anyway: BLDN.
Note that the list of fixes is at the bottom of these pages:
Source: RAD Studio Hotfixes for XE8 and XE7 with 10 Seattle fixes
I also found out that I never updated the links for XE8 update 1 downloads (I did the original XE8 links Delphi XE8 is out with version 22.0.19027.8951; Spring4D is almost ready. « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff) so there they are:
- http://altd.embarcadero.com/download/radstudio/xe8/delphicbuilder_xe8_update1_general.exe
(If you don’t have a subscription; I think this one only contains hotfixes) - http://altd.embarcadero.com/download/radstudio/xe8/radstudio_xe8_upd1_subscription.exe
- http://altd.embarcadero.com/download/radstudio/xe8/delphicbuilder_xe8_upd1_subscription.iso
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/13
westernDigital :: WD90 Pascal Microengine :: 80-0130016-00A0 UCSD Pascal III.0 Operating System Reference Manual Jul82 http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/westernDigital/WD90_Pascal_Microengine/80-0130016-00A0_UCSD_Pascal_III.0_Operating_System_Reference_Manual_Jul82.pdf
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Meet the Robin Hood of Science | Big Think
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/12
How one researcher created a pirate bay for science more powerful than even libraries at top universities.
Source: Meet the Robin Hood of Science | Big Think
The first pirate website in the world to open mass and public access to tens of millions research papers
Source: Sci-Hub: removing barriers in the way of science
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Blast from the past Windows 2003 Service Pack 1..2 era hotpatching
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/12
For a short while (from Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 till Windows 2003 service pack 2) some updates used Windows Hotpatching.
Some links on the how/why and how to abuse it:
- Windows Hotpatching: A Walkthrough | Johannes Passing’s Blog
- Windows Hotpatching | Johannes Passing’s Blog
- Why do Windows functions all begin with a pointless MOV EDI, EDI instruction? | The Old New Thing
- How I Built a Working Online Poker Bot, Part 7: Extracting Text from 3rd-Party Applications | Coding the Wheel
All because of this little post:
Hier ein Einblick in die Denkweise von Leuten, die Software auf CD-ROM verteilen und bei denen Release Zyklen in Monaten und nicht Minuten gemessen werd… – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
–jeroen
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Inkscape Bezier Tutorial 1 and 2 – YouTube
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/12
Interesting Inkscape tutorials:
–jeroen
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Het Achterhuis (Anne Frank) – Wikisource – wayback machine
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/12
Wayback machine copy of Het Achterhuis (Anne Frank) – Wikisource
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The Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive Material Was a Selfie | Atlas Obscura
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/11
Photos from source: The Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive Material Was a Selfie | Atlas Obscura
Corium elephant foot selfie:
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Translation Memory Tools Tried and Found Wanting – Oli’s Blog
Posted by jpluimers on 2016/02/11
Thanks Oliver for sumarising this: Translation Memory Tools Tried and Found Wanting – Oli’s Blog
His conclusion support why I see all my clients building their own translation tooling: no 3rd party tool really supports the full process well, especially not the translation memory parts.
–jeroen
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