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Posts by: David Dernoncourt

  1. R: working around “error in La.svd Lapack routine ‘dgesdd’” February 3, 2012

    Posted in programming, R (R-project).

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  2. How to safely erase (wipe out) files or folders on Linux February 1, 2012

    Posted in Linux, privacy.

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  3. Facebook’s latest poop January 30, 2012

    Posted in social network stuff.

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  4. Enriching Notepad++’s lang.xml to add better MySQL support January 29, 2012

    Posted in MySQL, programming, Uncategorized, web development.

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  5. A few neat BibTeX tricks January 28, 2012

    Posted in LaTeX.

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  6. Some must-have Firefox hidden settings January 24, 2012

    Posted in Firefox.

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  7. How I used Scroogle to “fix” a computer January 23, 2012

    Posted in funnies, privacy.

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  8. Looking for calligraphic letters in LaTeX? January 22, 2012

    Posted in LaTeX.

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  9. Oops, the FBI stole my files! January 20, 2012

    Posted in digital rights and DRMs, site news, Totally pointless, web filtering.

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  10. Réponse au jeu concours PC INpact / Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime January 19, 2012

    Posted in Uncategorized.

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  11. Another, simpler method to bypass the Wikipedia blackout January 18, 2012

    Posted in digital rights and DRMs, Internet.

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  12. PhotoBucket edits the pictures you upload… poorly January 12, 2012

    Posted in Internet, Totally pointless.

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  13. Comparing 2 lists in R January 10, 2012

    Posted in R (R-project).

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  14. A bad idea in R: using variables named like existing functions January 5, 2012

    Posted in programming, R (R-project).

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  15. Did you know OpenStreetMap? January 2, 2012

    Posted in open source.

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  16. Installing Freenet on Ubuntu server (command line) December 25, 2011

    Posted in cryptography, privacy, servers.

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  17. Installing and controlling a Tor relay on Linux via command line only December 24, 2011

    Posted in cryptography, privacy, servers.

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  18. Lists of Tor nodes December 23, 2011

    Posted in privacy, security, web development.

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  19. Thanks for the RSS time machine, PubMed December 21, 2011

    Posted in funnies, health & medicine.

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  20. Web design failure December 18, 2011

    Posted in Totally pointless.

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  21. R: detecting on which machine R is running December 17, 2011

    Posted in R (R-project).

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  22. Pioneer One – S1E06 – War of the World December 16, 2011

    Posted in Pioneer One.

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  23. MySQL stored procedures: #1172 – Result consisted of more than one row December 11, 2011

    Posted in MySQL, web development.

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  24. Pioneer One – S1E05 – Sea Change December 10, 2011

    Posted in Pioneer One.

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  25. Extracting a Vorbis audio track to an Ogg audio file December 3, 2011

    Posted in multimedia.

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