Blogs
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.
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.
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)
What is Name Mangling
July 12, 2021
Today I want to explore what name mangling is in C++ and what does extern "C"
means.
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.