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Nov 3, 2021

Sic Infra — A Project Summary Blog

Introduction For our final project to complete the foundations year curriculum at Holberton School we were given a tight schedule and loose regulation. We were told to go out into the world with our recently acquired tools and build something, almost anything. …

Unity

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Sic Infra — A Project Summary Blog
Sic Infra — A Project Summary Blog
Unity

7 min read


Oct 9, 2021

STEM Spotlight: low-level languages, blockchain and algorithms for dummies

What the hell is an algorithm? This article will focus on explaining the concepts behind low-level programming and algorithms, more specifically what their implementation looks like in real world professional use cases. The target audience for this article is novice, it is intended to give a newcomer a general understanding behind the key concepts that make…

Blockchain

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STEM Spotlight: low-level languages, blockchain and algorithms for dummies
STEM Spotlight: low-level languages, blockchain and algorithms for dummies
Blockchain

7 min read


Sep 15, 2021

What happens when you type holbertonschool.com in your browser and press Enter?

The internet has become an extension of our brain’s capacity, an artificial digital prosthetic that expands our biological capability to transcend our natural limitations. We rely heavily on the internet in order to quickly and easily access all the information we could possibly need, but rarely do we ask ourselves…

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What happens when you type holbertonschool.com in your browser and press Enter?
What happens when you type holbertonschool.com in your browser and press Enter?

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Jul 1, 2021

Recursion explained

Our main function isn’t happy until our y value equals 0. To evaluate this condition it runs through a series of if statements that, if triggered, will modify the value of y, adding or subtracting accordingly. Our function is called over and over again until it is satisfied. Eventually our function calls itself again a last time, having reached the final value of x = 0 and y = 0, it can finally rest.

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Recursion explained
Recursion explained

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May 25, 2021

Everything is an Object!

Assuming you’re already somewhat familiar with the Python programming language I’m sure you’ve heard it referred to as “object-oriented”, today we will be taking a deep dive into what exactly that means. To simplify let’s break it down into a series of topics: what even is an “object”? What are…

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Everything is an Object!
Everything is an Object!

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May 3, 2021

Static vs Dynamic libraries in C!

What are they? Programmers are lazy. They go through great lengths to automate and streamline the tedious everyday tasks that, when repeated over and over again, take up an increasing amount of time and keystrokes. One of the things programmers use the most are functions. C has a handy little trick up it’s…

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Static vs Dynamic libraries in C!
Static vs Dynamic libraries in C!

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Apr 15, 2021

What goes on under the hood when you type ‘ls -l *.c’ in the shell?

The short answer to “what happens if you type ‘ls -l *.c’ in a shell?” is it prints out a list in long format of every file that ends in a .c extension. But we’re not here for the short answer, let’s get the -l answer. …

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What goes on under the hood when you type ‘ls -l *.c’ in the shell?
What goes on under the hood when you type ‘ls -l *.c’ in the shell?

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Mar 1, 2021

C Static Libraries: how do they work?

Introduction A static library, also known as a statically-linked list, is simply a common space used to store object files. Once created they allow the user to be able to link programs with each other without requiring recompilation. They also allow 3rd party linking without having to give out the library…

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C Static Libraries: how do they work?
C Static Libraries: how do they work?

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Feb 3, 2021

What happens when you type gcc main.c?

What happens when you type gcc main.c? GCC, short for GNU compiler collection, is a compilation program that takes your high-level (human language) code and translates it into low-level machine code (binary). It consists primarily of 4 individual modules: Preprocessor — removes any comments and translates macros (if any) into code Compiler — translates the code into…

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What happens when you type gcc main.c?
What happens when you type gcc main.c?

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Nov 21, 2020

What happens when you type ‘ls -l’?

So you’ve hacked your way around a terminal, neat. You’re probably familiar with basic commands like mkdir, cd, rm, and ls, but have you ever wondered what exactly makes them work the way they do? If the answer is yes you’ve come to the right blog! …

Unix

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What happens when you type ‘ls -l’?
What happens when you type ‘ls -l’?
Unix

4 min read

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