A few days ago, I explained to a colleague why certain communications protocols have a “tell me twice” policy – i.e. to allow for any command to have any effect, the same command – or a command to the same effect – has to be received twice (from the same master). In human parlance, this [...]

Any problem is an invitation to find a solution. Any solution – at least in my line of work – is an amalgam of concrete implementations of abstract concepts. Each of those implementations may or may not meet the requirements just like any of those concepts may or may not be the right one for [...]

Many people inflate their resumes when they apply for a job. When I’m on the hiring side of the equasion, I tend to frown upon such practices: though I usually don’t care much about references, I do check the outliers. But what I check more is expertise – and that’s something I can’t stand inflation [...]

Clarification
as clarity of summer –
yet not unlike spring.