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I remember when delusional people were given meds and sometimes hospitalized. Now they’re elected to Congress.
— Can’t Sleep, Non Sequitur comic letters
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Computer Science — Discussion on computer science topics.
Typography and Typesetting — Making documents that look good, whether on-screen or on dead trees.
Crimes against readers — bad typography Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:05 PM
Compositing logos and accented letters Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:03 PM
Truly Smart Quotes Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:36 PM
Balanced multiple columns on a screen Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 3:57 PM
Why do lawyers shout so much? Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:41 PM
Some online resources Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:27 PM
Kerning on-the-fly Last updated Sun, 30 Apr 2023 at 12:26 PM
Why semantic markup? Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:42 PM
Intelligent WYSIWYG Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:50 PM
Reflowing text Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:26 PM
Footnotes and smelly feet Last updated Thu, 24 Aug 2023 at 2:58 PM
The umlaut and the dieresis Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:31 PM
Paragraph shaping Last updated Thu, 09 Nov 2023 at 7:47 PM
PDF Validation
Last updated Wed, 29 Nov 2023 at 11:19 AM
Practical Computing — Code snippets, ideas, best practices, etc.
Null-terminated strings in C Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:51 PM
Pointer discipline in C Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:25 PM
URL rewriting made easy Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:38 PM
Building an application framework Last updated Sun, 03 Sep 2023 at 12:36 PM
What's in a name? Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:41 PM
User Interface issues Last updated Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 5:44 PM
CGI animation Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:00 PM
Historical Computing — Discussion of real life early computers, and "what if" alternate possibilities.
What could Charles Babbage have done with modern computer architecture? Last updated Sat, 04 Mar 2023 at 8:50 PM
Mechanical analog computers Last updated Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 11:53 AM
Other historic computers Last updated Sun, 03 Sep 2023 at 10:48 AM
Historic computer pioneers Last updated Mon, 06 Mar 2023 at 1:49 PM
Compiler Theory and Design — What does it take to write translators, interpreters, and compilers?
General guidelines and resources Last updated Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 10:18 AM
Philosophy and approach of compiler design books Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:25 PM
Equal versus Equal Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:09 PM
Detecting unset variables Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:07 PM
Useful stuff Last updated Mon, 03 Jul 2023 at 2:30 PM
Computers and the Real World — Use and abuse of computing in science, technology, and everyday life.
Calculating sales tax for online stores Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 3:59 PM
Charge postage on emails Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:01 PM
Dealing with online incivility Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:07 PM
Redaction and Watermarking Last updated Thu, 12 Jan 2023 at 1:06 PM
The Rise of AI Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:30 PM
General — Things that don't quite fit into another category.
The English Language — Discussions about the English language, especially concerning typesetting and computer usage.
Before you post... some resources Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 3:57 PM
Trivial chase Last updated Fri, 16 Jun 2023 at 11:57 AM
This vs. That Last updated Thu, 08 Jun 2023 at 6:54 PM
It's Its Problem! Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:50 PM
A pregnant pause Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 3:57 PM
The AP Dumb Squad Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:29 PM
Politics and Miscellany — Non-computer discussions that don't fit in elsewhere.
Crowd-sourced earthquake predictions Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:06 PM
Congressional districts cetermined by computer Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 4:48 PM
Updating the House of Representatives Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:00 PM
Electoral College reform Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:04 PM
The Bill of Rights Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:26 PM
The True Story of the Second Amendment Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:39 PM
Benderama equation Last updated Thu, 08 Dec 2022 at 5:43 PM
Posting to a topic
Currently, the ability to post to this area is disabled, due to the huge amount of spam it received, compared to the number of useful posts. At some point in the future, posting may be re-enabled, if we can find a better way to control the spam :-(.
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