MacOs friendly circle of doom
I am using a MacBook for work now. Got a stuck installer, trying to restart the computer. Messages (not exact quotes). The system: cannot restart, please exit installer [Cancel], [Try […]
Update: Livejournal cross-post requires PHP XML
Found first hiccup: LiveJournal cross-post plugin did not work on the new site. The error was somewhat misleading: something like ‘message from www.livejournal.com: malformed, unable to parse’. In fact it […]
Swimming in the DigitalOcean
I have moved my blog to DigitalOcean platform: they provide a decent virtual server for $5/month, with static IP address to boot. It’s all highly scientific now: I have moved […]
Getting mail to work with GMail in Docker
I am moving my web site to docker, and I need to be able to send emails using a GMail account. GMail is limited to 500 emails a day, but […]
How to prevent docker container from exiting
A docker containing not running anything particular in the foreground will exit immediately after start. Specifying /bin/sh as the startup command does not help. Some Internet sources suggest tail -f […]
Why confirming credit card purchases with SMS is a bad idea
During my trip abroad, I tried to use my credit card to make an online purchase, but the payment did not go through, it required a verification code sent to […]
The Art of Modern Interview
I have just finished (successfully) an intensive round of job interviews, and I wanted to write down my take on the modern trends. Disclaimer: this is a general discussion that […]
Pushing data stream to web socket in ASP.NET [Core]
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Web sockets were invented to push data from web server to clients. So, one would expect that sending data to a web socket would look something like this: void OnNewDataReady(string […]
Beware of the evil Paint
I noticed that whenever I pressed arrow keys on the keyboard, my mouse cursor moves in funny ways. This felt quite creepy, as if some software was trying to intercept […]
Solar Hijra: the Oram Khayyam calendar
Iran is all over the news these days, however this post is not about politics. On a photograph of a press conference in Tehran, I noticed something curious: the backdrop […]