Professor Tom's Tech Tumble

New vs. Experienced Programmers

In case of fire: 1. git commit 2. git push 3. leave building

I knew some of these like the clock always telling the correct time (BONUS: The Calendar icon always shows the correct date) and that there were two screens for answering the phone though I didn't fully know what the trigger was to getting which screen. The switch on the flashlight is just trippy.

Instaparser API

THE SCIENCE IS IN!

(via ‘The Slackbot Bot’, A Robot That Physically Delivers Messages Via Text Commands in the Slack Application)

How to gain access to a Windows machine if the drive isn't encrypted

Why does OOP dominate the industry?

GOOD NEWS! Ex Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer no longer thinks that Linux is a cancer.

R.I.P.

To wit: the fastest Mac Pro currently Turbo Boosts to 3.9Ghz; the Retina 5K iMac's fastes chip starts at 4.0Ghz and will Turbo Boost to 4.4Ghz. The more cores you add to the Mac Pro, the slower the machine gets: a 12-core Xeon E5's base frequency is 2.7Ghz.