Hurray! Another bilious bug defeated!

Hurray! Another bilious bug defeated!

Last time, we left our intrepid heroes—our desperate digital desperadoes—trapped—at the mercy of the extremely rare and apparently invisible 2,147,483,646! The villainous variable had been masquerading as 2147483, by all accounts a hardworking and kindhearted value, who wishes to say that she is in no way affiliated with that more nefarious number. 2147483646, at last …

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Ep 182: Cuddling Cretaceous dinosaurs

Ep 182: Cuddling Cretaceous dinosaurs

Cuddling Cretaceous dinosaurs Today we chat about the Cretaceous period, when some of the most well-known dinosaurs appear. In this period, birds became much more like modern birds. Flowering plants spread across the land, along with new insects like ants and bees. The mammals began to diversify. Then, a rock hit the earth, and it …

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Perceptions part I.

Perceptions part I.

It was somewhere between first and fifth grade, closer to the former than the latter. Hanging around in the classroom, I was half listening to a couple of the teachers talking. One of them complimented the other on the decorations. “thankyou,” she replied, “I like to have something with color… you know, something cheerful for …

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Going on a bug hunt

Going on a bug hunt

Here’s some disturbing output. “ Exception in thread “Thread-0” java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 2147483 646 at Figure.nextTurn(Figure.java:799) at Realm.cycle(Realm.java:83) at CyclerThread.run(CyclerThread.java:41) “

Ep 181: What did Jurassic dinosaurs taste like?

Ep 181: What did Jurassic dinosaurs taste like?

What did Jurassic dinosaurs taste like? Today we cover the Jurassic period, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, growing large and being in charge. One group began, during this period, to evolve toward becoming birds, and we talk a little bit about some early mammals.

Their nurture has become their nature

Their nurture has become their nature

In posts on this topic, I keep saying I’m about to get to the interesting part… posts, with optimistic titles like “Trembling on the verge.” Followed immediately thereafter by posts like, “How long has that been wrong?” Bugs and issues keep dancing out from between my lines of code, and they all demand their share …

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