Wednesday Quote: Beware of Bugs

I’ve decided to start including mid-week quotes to find excuses to write just a little more during the week. Sometimes I’ll just write the quote, and other times I’ll add little observations. I had to start with a classic:
“Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.”
~ Donald [...]

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MacGyver’s MapReduce in Python! Part 2: Local Security

Scope of the Article
Intermediate. This is a security discussion, but Python will be used. A basic overview of cryptographic hash functions will also be given.
Note that the lowest version of Python is 2.3 (and I have no power to change this), so I may be restricted from performing currently optimal solutions. Feel free to make [...]

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MacGyver’s MapReduce in Python! Part 1: Theory

Scope of This Article
Beginner / Intermediate. Assumes some knowledge of basic computer science. If you’re looking for some serious meat and potatoes, come back next week. If you’re looking for an article that isn’t about MapReduce because you’re sick of hearing about it, come back next month.
Introductory B.S.
TCNJ has about 20 Linux and 30 Unix [...]

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