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Random long thoughts I had over the years...

Topics range from programming, math, to my views of school


Using Fedora GNOME VPN Feature

July 30, 2021

I recently decided it is about time to start using a VPN for personal use. Although there are many reasons for one to use a VPN such as masking your IP address and location, I only want to get a VPN to encrypt my traffic on Public Wifi. VPN can be great to bypass region locking, but I rarely ever have any issues with this. The VPN provider I chose is NordVPN for no particular reason other than there was a summer deal and is a strong choice for Linux users.

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Questions to Ask In An Interview

July 24, 2021

I have been pondering lately on how to respond when the interviewer asks if you have any questions for them. After much pondering, I have compiled a small list of questions to ask for my next interview.

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Possible Linker Options to Use to Replicate xlC bloadmap Option on ld

July 15, 2021

Edit: This has not been tested and is merely a suggestion to myself (i.e. I use my blog as my notes). Take my words as a grain of salt)

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What is Name Mangling

July 12, 2021

Today I want to explore what name mangling is in C++ and what does extern "C" means.

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C Programming - Variable Length Array (VLA)

June 29, 2021

I always thought it was not possible to create a “dynamic” array in C without the use of malloc till recently where I was introduced to variable length arrays (VLA). Although the use of “dynamic” is a poor choice, the ability to allocate an array at runtime based on a variable whose value is not known till runtime came as a shock to me.

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