phoxis Humor, Writings

Respect the ~ files

It has been a long time since a post in this blog. I thought to break this silence with a short post.

Several text editors in Linux environment like KWrite and GEdit that will store automatic temporary files ending with a ~ (tilde) character. Generally it is a default setting in most of the major distributions. Initially this feature annoyed me, as now you have twice the number of files in your directory, and often used rm *~ to clear out the files. Although it was annoying at the beginning, there are several cases it saved me. Continue reading “Respect the ~ files” →

phoxis C Language, Computer Science, Humor

C LANGUAGE UERS! Y U NO SEE STANDARDS!

C LANGUAGE USERS! Y U NO SEE STANDARDS!
C LANGUAGE USERS!
Y U NO SEE STANDARDS!

I had to make this. There are people who give a damn to the standards and follow the stone age Turbo C 3.1 compiler, run programs compiled by it. In the cases for compiler dependent and undefined behaviours, they try to guess in some way why the output was like that and get into a conclusion. Continue reading “C LANGUAGE UERS! Y U NO SEE STANDARDS!” →

phoxis Humor

Hilarious Physics Practical

I was almost at the end of my 2nd half of the Physics Practical final examination, when a guy came to start his 2nd half, and asked me : “Is this the Bridge Rectifier?” , I told “yes”. Next question “Do you know how to do it?” I told “yes” , he replied “Please tell me how to do it” . I informed him that I was busy with my one and could not provide any help at that moment. Minutes passed by, the teacher came and tried to guide the guy through the practical. The teacher almost did everything of the practical and instructed how to do it. I was not paying attention much but the real story started when I went to sign my copy.
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phoxis Humor

It’s Better To Pretend You Don’t Know Anything About Computers

Yes, it is better to pretend that you don’t know anything about computers. If you want to save yourself from some difficult situation. Oh, I know it would be cool and smart telling people about your skills and demonstrating your skills, but if you have not met me, click on the below link to read the comic, to have what you could end up with:

Link: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/computers
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