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So much to put here, but so little time to get it into publishable state. For
now I mostly collect stuff about programming and mathematics here. If you want
to contact me for some reason, simply contact semz at semelz.de or PM semz
on Libera.
Programming and Software
Software
- decompress: A defensive and fast decompression library in pure Common Lisp
- minisign-verify: A portable dependency-free implementation of Minisign verification in Common Lisp, intended to securely bootstrap package managers.
- Gentoo YUCKFLAGS QA script
Patches
Interesting links
Mathematics
- Franz Lemmermeyer: Der Schwanz ist eine monoton fallende Exponentialfunktion (mirror), ein deprimierender Zustandsbericht über den deutschen Mathematikunterricht
Programming
- Edsgar W. Dijkstra: On anthropomorphism in science
- Rob Pike: The byte order fallacy (mirror) - Why caring about the endianness of the system usually means you're doing it wrong.
- Marcus J. Ranum: The six dumbest ideas in computer security
- François-René Rideau: EVAL-WHEN considered harmful to your mental health - An
explanation of
eval-whenand why you only really need the(:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)version of it. - Phillip Rogaway: The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work
- Sergey Slotin: Algorithms for Modern Hardware - An excellent and accessible introduction to low-level optimization.