July 01 2015, 02:50

Does anyone know if there is software that:

1) for Windows can determine which programs/processes interfere with the unlocking of an external USB drive? Windows can only report that they exist.

2) An IDE for working with a remote Java code repository, allowing for local editing but compiling on a server. I mean something like Eclipse/Idea, but consisting of two parts – a server part and a client part. The client part is where the programmer works with the code, and the server part handles compilation and assembly. For now, as a temporary replacement, I am considering using Remote Desktop and installing Idea on the remote server.

June 25 2015, 04:00

Very interesting about Perec’s novel “Life: A User’s Manual”. 1467 characters, 99 chapters, organized according to a specific pattern, each chapter contains a mathematically precise array of references and constraints.

This is the same author who wrote the book “La Disparition” (The Disappearance) without using the most common letter in words (I analyzed it on my blog in 2011: http://rauf.livejournal.com/436401.html).

https://library.d3.ru/effekt-pereka-767360/

June 24 2015, 02:00

In conclusion

https://www.facebook.com/raufaliev/posts/10153296106802368

Friends, reporting 🙂 Yesterday we did a few games on Greenfoot. It’s a very cool framework and very simple to learn.

The first game was about a keyboard-controlled crocodile that got moody when it ate a person, and the second one was a two-person tic-tac-toe that places circles of different colors in the cells you click on with the mouse (the computer doesn’t make moves)

Liza wrote the first one by herself under my supervision, the second one I explained and wrote under her supervision)

Thank you, Ivan Popelyshev

I will also install NetBeans and JBuilder, and try later to do a project with her involving battleships – it’s not hard.

June 23 2015, 14:53

What interesting (!) task can be devised for a child (daughter) aged 13.83 years in Java? Especially if she has just started learning it (literally the first few days, but there is progress).

Update: found: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153297265352368&set=a.487761057367.270246.573817367&type=1&permPage=1

In Delphi, there’s a whole bunch of tasks right away – from calculators to Tetris (yes, with my help, but it’s interesting anyway).

And Java out-of-the-box is console-based. Using Swing, old applets, web servlets, and the like seems a bit premature – instead of solving the problem, a lot would have to be explained about the wrapping. Any ideas? Dmitry Voloshin Vitaly Chibrikov

Yesterday we made a program to guess a selected number. But it’s not very fun. In my childhood, I wrote various simple games/programs on Turbo Pascal on DOS, with graphic or pseudographic interface… But with Java, I can’t seem to devise any fun…

June 20 2015, 13:19

If I accidentally enable scroll lock with an external keyboard on my Lenovo ThinkPad, it becomes impossible to work at home in Excel because the cursor behavior changes. And turning it off is almost impossible. I found a solution – the on-screen keyboard from Windows accessibility features. Lenovo came up with a cool idea by placing the Fn button where the usual Ctrl used to be, removing the scroll and introducing a touchpad whose entire surface is sensitive. I’ve been unable to get used to the touchpad for two years.