topics discussed, somewhat in order: • 〈Unicode Rune ᚠ〉 [ http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_runic.html ] • 〈Golang: Rune〉 [ http://xahlee.info/golang/golang_rune.html ] • 〈Unicode Basics: Character Set, Encoding, UTF-8, Codepoint〉 [ http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_intro.html ] • Windows-1252 • 〈What Character Encoding Do Chinese Sites Use?〉 [ http://xahlee.info/w/what_encoding_do_chinese_websites_use.html ] • Encoding used for language source code. golang (utf8), python perl JavaScript (any) • java (utf16). • What does a string mean in programing languages? different language has greatly different approach to this issue. e.g. in golang and python2 string is sequence of bytes. In Java, JavaScript, a string is a sequence of 16 bits, based on utf16 encoding. • 〈LISP Logo〉 [ http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/lisp_logo.html ] • unix/linux spearding FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt • unix linux embrace and extend • philosophy of backward compatibility. python2, python3, JavaScript, unix/linux vs Apple vs Microsoft Windows • Extrawurst • 〈Golang: String, Byte Slice, Rune Slice〉 [ http://xahlee.info/golang/golang_char_sequence.html ] • what's the best syntax • project to rewrite all unix/linux man pages • tldp.org. the linux documentation project • 〈JS: Character, Code Unit, Codepoint〉 [ http://xahlee.info/js/js_string_byte_sequence.html ] • JavaScript "?".length === 2 is true ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDAX5K91XTo

topics talked: • 〈Microsoft Surface Pro 4, 2015〉 [ http://xahlee.info/kbd/surface_pro.html ] • 〈Emacs: Insert Date Time〉 [ http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/elisp_insert-date-time.html ] • 〈Elisp: Print Date Time〉 [ http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/elisp_datetime.html ] • 〈Elisp: Parse Date Time〉 [ http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/elisp_parse_time.html ] ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfnUiEftvwc

Topics covered: • 〈Richard Stallman on Steve Jobs's Death〉 [ http://xahlee.info/comp/Richard_Stallman_on_Steve_Jobs_death.html ] • 〈Death of Steve Jobs vs Dennis Ritchie, John McCarthy〉 [ http://xahlee.info/comp/Death_of_Dennis_Ritchie.html ] • lisp inventor John McCarthy died in 2011. • Goto Considered Harmful, Edsger W. Dijkstra, died in 2002. • Fractal inventor Benoit Mandelbrot died in 2010. • greed of hacker news, reddit, stackovelflow, github, slashdot • 〈Spy vs Spy: Tech Geekers vs Spammers〉 [ http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/writ/tech_geekers_vs_spammers.html ] • 〈Hacker News, Xahlee.org, and What is Politics?〉 [ http://xahlee.info/Netiquette_dir/hackernews_xahleeorg_politics.html ] • 〈My Personal Photos of Steve Jobs (1955 to 2011)〉 [ http://xahlee.info/w/steve_jobs_photos.html ] • 〈HTML Style 1999: Hacker News〉 [ http://xahlee.info/comp/html_style_1997_Hacker_News_Craigslist.html ] • OpenID, and using Google Login, and a short account of the history of web login • 〈SQRL〉 [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQRL ] ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfCbxrOIge8

topic talked: • modern lisp family. Common Lisp, Scheme, Elisp, Clojure. • 〈Proliferation of Computing Languages〉 [ http://xahlee.info/UnixResource_dir/writ/new_langs.html ] • how to organize files. Folder/dir tree? A survey since 1990. • The rise of macOS SpotLight tech. • what i think of US presidential candidates. Tulsi Gabbard, Andrew Young, etc. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAKJE9nUVu0