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Prediction result: corporate Linux

Ten years ago I predicted that 30% of corporate desktops would be Linux or similar open source desktops. It's very hard to find any accurate (or even … ...more

June 08, 2015 [Linux, Tech]
Detecting whether an Android app is stopping (or starting)

I am writing an Android app (called Rabbit Escape), and I want it to start playing music when the user enters the app, and stop when the user leaves. … ...more

June 05, 2015 [Android, Programming, Rabbit Escape, Tech]
Order of Android Activity lifecycle events

I noticed some variation between devices so I tested various user actions on various devices and recorded the Android Activity lifecycle methods (e.g.… ...more

June 05, 2015 [Android, Programming, Tech]
Snake in Dart

Series: Groovy, Ruby, BASIC, Dart, Elm, Python3+Qt5 I'm writing the game Snake in lots of programming languages, for fun, and to try out new languages… ...more

June 03, 2015 [Games, Java, JavaScript, Programming, Programming Languages, Tech, Videos]
Preventing Kupfer switching to existing windows

I am enjoying using Kupfer but I don't like the way it switches to an existing window of an application, instead of launching a new instance. I should… ...more

May 15, 2015 [Linux, Tech]
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Mini-rust in Rust 018: Type checking, the happy path
Mini-rust in Rust 017: Handling float literals
Mini-rust in Rust 016: Tidying our parser
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