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mro··on Oral History of Bjarne Stroustrup
YouTube link if you don't have flash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdp87bNbs3A
mro··on Flock, Private Contact and Calendar Cloud Sync for Android
I have radicale installed on my server with a self-signed certificate. It stores data in standardized clear-text files and has good documentation on how to setup all sorts of clients.

I highly recommend it.

mro··on A basic guide to when and how to deploy HTTPS
What if DNS is mitmed?
mro··on Experiment in booting Linux fast
No: http://brad.livejournal.com/2116715.html
mro··on What would you like to see most in minix? (1991)
I was only six at the time, so I don't have first hand knowledge, but from what I gather there was no really free kernel/operating system at that time. Minix was under license restrictions, the BSDs was tied up in legal battles, and GNU was still on it's endless search for the perfect kernel.

Linux was sorely needed at the time!

mro··on Hacker sends this through the mail to record a video of the process
Because it's from Denmark.
mro··on Time-saving tips for Linux
For about a year or two, I've had set -o vi in my .bashrc. It is just so much easier when you work in Vim more than half the time!

The modes still trip me up sometimes, but a quick <Esc> or <Ctrl+c> fixes that!

mro··on Chinese invest $5bn to build Intel x86 clone (Godson)
The thing missing is 40 years of backwards compatibility. And thank god for that!
mro··on MPAA Threatens To Disconnect Google From Internet
Simple: you order the truck drivers to stop receiving data from Google's tubes!