Although a bit old, this presentation by Scott Meyers at ACCU 2011 can probably be considered one of the references on this subject. Continue reading “C++: Meyers – Move Semantics” »
C++: Meyers – Move Semantics
C++: Stroustrup – C++11 Style – A Touch of Class
With my increasing interest on C++11, this keynote that Bjarne Stroustrup gave at Going Native 2012, was an interesting lecture (fully available on YouTube)
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OS X: How to disable Acrobat as the Safari PDF viewer
Soon after switching to Mac I discovered that one of the myths that I lived with for many years, i.e. that Adobe Acrobat Reader is mandatory in order to view PDF documents, is no longer true.
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How to make Philips DVP3880 zone free
Motion pictures publishers may have their reasons, but DVD region copy protection was always an annoying issue, of little value for users.
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Mac OS X: How to install EAGLE as a non-administrator user
There are few EDA programs that run on Mac OS X. One of them is CadSoft EAGLE PCB & Schematic software (v5), but unfortunately the integration with Mac OS X is minimal.
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Mac OS X: Startup key combinations
There are moments when even Mac OS X has problems and needs to be started in special configurations.
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Mac OS X: How to run a program with a specific PATH?
One of challenges many developers face is to be able to maintain different (old) products, built with various versions of the development tools, some quite obsolete.
The right answer to this challenge is to have different virtual machines with the complete environment. Unfortunately, due to crazy licensing issues, currently running Mac OS X as a virtual guest on a Mac OS X host is not allowed (according to some rumours, Lion will change this).
The next choice is to keep multiple versions of the development tools installed in different folders, but in this case extra care should be taken to avoid messing the PATH.
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