Especially with C work, I explain that adding debugging statements may obfuscate the bug they’re trying to find because of the changed memory map, especially if the bug is arising from an over/underwrite

Take a look at Obsidian over at obsidian.md

Books: if I can buy a digital version and if it’s not priced over its paper counterpart, I buy. If it’s out of print and there isn’t a digital version from the publisher, I look for the digital version from anywhere. I did that once for a book series and when the publisher finally put out a digital version, I bought them.

It’s about access. The paywall has to be reasonable and the publishers should digitize “out-of-print” regardless of the cost to them. They can recoup the costs over time rather than counting “profits” in a quarterly window.

Blind readers should get the forever exemption. They should have braille/audio of any book, sold or not.

Left when Apollo wasn’t allowed to continue