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Compiling Mono 2.6 on Slicehost
122 years ago
It’s a pain in the ass. It takes ages. And did I mention it’s a pain in the ass? After reading the forums and stumbling upon xyzzyxyzzy’s awesome script, I decided to make it easier on all us Mono/.NET lovers.
I did it manually, but this should work – alas, you’ve been warned. Insert typical “Works on my machine” disclaimer here; if your cat dies from using this script, it’s not my fault. You need kernel version 2.6.24-23-xen (standard on Slicehost I think)
UPDATE: I’ll post the SVN version in a few. Seems there was a POSIX issue that wasn’t fixed on the tarball, forcing me to go the SVN way. New post in a few minutes, once I test it.
Optimization
03 years ago
I needed to optimize a function for my neural network. How hard could it be? It’s only one function, and it’s <5 lines at that…
After spawning a huge thread, I’m left to wonder: why didn’t I continue learning ML after my functional languages class? Blargh!
Benchmarks after the break… (more…)
Be kind to your eyes
03 years ago
by Boris
in Programming
Visual Studio + Consolas font = Happy Boris
Windows XP Registry Hacks
13 years ago
I finally graduate in about 2 months. However, much to my dismay, I have to finish my social volunteer work. No, I didn’t do anything weird – it’s just a graduation requisite. I’ve been working at my university’s computer division, so I’ve had to format anywhere between 4 and 15 laptops every day. Yes. Every. Single. Day.
Unfortunately, most of the laptops are Dell C610s – in other words, 1GHz, 256MB RAM and they’re running Windows XP. You can probably tell that it’s very fun to optimize each system. (I’m proud of myself, they run pretty nicely for the low specs they’re sporting…)
With this in mind, I decided to code a .NET 3.5 application (free, of course) that does the job for me and also manages to be fully extensible through the use of a text-based hack database.
If you’re interested in downloading it, give it a go here. Read more if you’re interested in some of the example hacks, as well as the database specification.
iBrainer
0Shameless plug:
iBrainer is now ready for public use. Feel free to give it a try, either on download.com or iBrainer.net
In a nutshell: fix your MP3 collection in a snap. No more Unknown Artist or fixing tags yourself.
I might be biased, but I use it all the time — and I’m loving it!