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Disinformation Is An Open Source Problem

The Oxford dictionary defines disinformation as “false information which is intended to mislead.” That simple definition seems to understate the problem, given the fact that ...
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Python Crypto: State of the Art (Part 3)
Python Crypto: State of the Art (Part 3)
In the previous article we looked at the two most interesting crypto toolkits. What else is out there? A lot. Cryptlib: Peter Gutmann’s cryptlib library ...
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Concurrency in Tcl: Weaving Threads
Concurreny in Tcl: Weaving Threads
Introduction In the previous article we talked about pseudo-concurrency through events and mentioned threads as one possible solution to some of their limitations. This second ...
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Massachusetts mandates data security sanity
Don’t panic. SQL Server magazine published “A New Law Could Change the Way You Build Database Applications” a few days ago which gives the initial ...
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My favorite Tcl package
Well, originally I wanted to write down a list of my favorite of Tcl packages and then post about that. But after I wrote them ...
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Goodbye PPM, Hello State Tool
What’s New in ActivePerl – Rollout of Features from Perl 5.12
Yesterday, we released our blog post Perl 5 is Alive, tracing the history of Perl 5 development and commenting on the continued commitment from the ...
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Perl 5 is Alive
Perl 5 is Alive
Perl 5 core development was in a downward spiral for a couple of years. Releases happened less and less frequently, the number of contributors dropped ...
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Marketing Teams are from Saturn, Development Teams are from Pluto
Marketing Teams are from Saturn, Development Teams are from Pluto
The book “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” provides practical and proven ways for men and women to communicate better by acknowledging the ...
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Talking Vantrash.ca: A Case Study of How Open Data Needs Open Source
Talking Vantrash.ca: A Case Study of how Open Data Needs Open Source
“Open Data” has been the flavor of the year. While ten years ago most people were content to access their favorite government-issued pamphlets and documents ...
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Top four questions from businesses using ActivePerl, ActivePython, and ActiveTcl
Like every company, we regularly field questions about our products. We’re very happy to answer these. Part of my job is to answer the questions ...
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ActiveState Releases ActivePython 2.6.5.12 And ActivePython 3.1.2.3
ActiveState Releases ActivePython 2.6.5.12 and ActivePython 3.1.2.3
After the core Python release team released Python 2.6.5 and 3.1.2 this past weekend, the Python team at ActiveState was hard at work to deliver ...
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What makes a good enterprise cryptography toolkit
Not only does having the right API reduce learning time, it also relieves the development community of the need to have certain debates: design discussions ...
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Our favorite Komodo IDE add-ons
Komodo Extensions – Top Picks There are many great add-ons that have been written to extend Komodo, providing a slew of new features and functionality. ...
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