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Open Source Munitions
opensource

Open Source Munitions

Let's start with a short Q&A that might surprise you! Q1: You write a nifty program and share it with someone on the Internet. Is it possible for the government to

  • Ben Hilburn
    Ben Hilburn
4 min read
software

On the Recent GPL Enforceability News

Over the last week I've received daily links from colleagues excited about the recent GPL news, so I figured I would share my thoughts here. Of course, before we continue, I'm obliged to

  • Ben Hilburn
    Ben Hilburn
5 min read
foss

Winning the Open Source Battle

Last month, the Chief Information Officer and Chief Acquisition Officer of the United States released Memo M-16-21, titled "Federal Source Code Policy: Achieving Efficiency, Transparency, and Innovation through Reusable and Open Source

  • Ben Hilburn
    Ben Hilburn
2 min read
linux

powerlevel9k - Improved Git Repo Information!

Update: This post is out-of-date. Please head over to the newest post for Powerlevel9k, here. Original post: In the post where I first announced the powerlevel9k Oh-My-Zsh theme, I lamented the fact that

  • Ben Hilburn
    Ben Hilburn
1 min read
latex

LaTeX Needs To Be Reborn

Introduction I have been a LaTeX fan and evangelist for years. I've used it for slides (Beamer class, of course), reports, academic papers, resumes, random documents, and my graduate thesis. I've always encouraged

  • Ben Hilburn
    Ben Hilburn
16 min read
software

Forward Steps for GNU Radio

Introduction I just returned from the third annual GNU Radio Conference, which was, as always, a really great experience. The project has grown considerably in the last 5-6 years, and more and more

  • Ben Hilburn
    Ben Hilburn
13 min read
linux

Stop Being Scared of Vim

Introduction Vim's reputation is that it is extremely powerful once you learn it, but the learning curve is so steep, it's essentially a discontinuity. This is obviously hyperbole, but I would say it's

  • Ben Hilburn
    Ben Hilburn
15 min read
linux

The HokieTux Oh-My-Zsh Theme

[N.B. The hokietux theme has since been renamed to hackersaurus and lives in its own Github repo, which you can find here] I'm a huge fan of the ZSH shell, and have

  • Ben Hilburn
    Ben Hilburn
1 min read
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