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Fastest way to check for an empty hash in Perl?

August 25, 2012 – 6:46 pm

Recently motivated out of curiosity, I and a coworker were benchmarking different approaches to determining if a hash is empty in Perl. Expanding on this a little I present these curious results. In summary, it seems that there are roughly two code paths we’re hitting here. One for if (scalar %hash) and if (%hash), and [...]

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No obvious advantage to buying things from target.com versus other online retailers

May 20, 2012 – 11:33 am

I bought a window air conditioner from target.com, primarly because if I was told I could return it in a local store. Last Friday (May 11) it arrived, and it was the right tracking number, but it was actually a microwave oven. Was busy with the new house last weekend and with our cat’s health [...]

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Now with IPv6

March 4, 2012 – 3:32 pm

Moved my web stuff around, now this has IPv6.

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I’m still here

January 28, 2012 – 5:38 pm

I’ve become disillusioned with the constant churn of websites-controlled-by-other-entities which I’m somehow compelled to participate in. They’ve developed a very effective value proposition for introverts like me who are otherwise likely to lose contact with friends over time, but I really tire of it being a constant cycle of replacing one proprietary system with another. [...]

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My 3 most used pairs of headphones

September 15, 2011 – 8:06 pm

Sony MDR-V600 I bought back around 1999. I used these constantly until the hinge on the headband failed after 5 or 6 years. The earpads were significantly trashed at that point. Some unidentifiable earbuds that came with a cheap Sandisk MP3 player I bought on Woot. I’ve used them fairly regularly for the past 4 [...]

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