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A stitch in time saves nine!

Posted 09-07-2013 at 08:00 AM by TheIndependentAquarius
Updated 09-07-2013 at 08:02 AM by TheIndependentAquarius

I always tend to learn my lessons the hard way!

:sigh:

Latest lesson learnt:
A stitch in time saves nine.

Background story:
A year back a part of my grinding tooth broke off! I took it
lightly and kept on ignoring it for many months. Slowly the part of
the tooth, now exposed, developed cavity! I didn't feel any pain
(probably because the cavity was in its early stage) and therefore
kept on ignoring it thinking...

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A long break after a long time

Posted 05-31-2013 at 06:05 AM by TheIndependentAquarius
Updated 05-31-2013 at 07:22 AM by TheIndependentAquarius

Am very happy and relaxed currently since I'll be on a
leave for four months tomorrow onwards. My office is
quite far away from my house hence I have always been
physically and mentally stressed by traveling that far!

Also, I am not a part of any big team in the office.
For past 3 years I have been working alone - talking to
myself and the walls!

Working alone always is NOT fun! Yes I know what I
am talking about.

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How to catch an elephant in Africa?

Posted 03-07-2013 at 06:27 AM by TheIndependentAquarius
Updated 03-08-2013 at 02:58 AM by TheIndependentAquarius

A technicians joke worth sharing...of course in my personal opinion

Quote:

How to catch an elephant in the Africa

MATHEMATICIANS hunt elephants by going to Africa, throwing out everything that is not an elephant, and catching one of whatever is left.

EXPERIENCED MATHEMATICIANS will attempt to prove the existence of at least one unique elephant before proceeding to step 1 as a subordinate exercise.

PROFESSORS OF MATHEMATICS will prove the existence of

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Why and how to use condition variables? - Pthreads

Posted 02-06-2013 at 01:40 AM by TheIndependentAquarius
Updated 02-06-2013 at 05:55 AM by TheIndependentAquarius

Q: What is a condition variable?
A: A condition variable is a variable of type `pthread_cond_t`. It is
used to suspend the thread execution until some condition is true.

Q: Is a condition variable dependent on a mutex lock to work properly? Why?
A: Explaining with an example:

Assumptions:
1. There is a variable `x` whose current value is 0.
2. There is a thread `threadA` whose task is to start some job once the
  variable `x` reaches the value 1000.
3. There