PHP INTL In-Depth: Convert Numbers to Roman Numerals
PHP's INTL (internationalization or i8n) library comes with a number formatter class meant to format integers & floats into human-readable numbers, currencies, and accounting ... also a numbering system built into it capable of a few different features. One of those features is Roman numerals.
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Eight-layer Bars, A Christmas Favorite
Seven or eight-layer bars are a favorite around the holidays. My family has always made them for Christmas, but you can make them any time of the year. Reguardless of how many layers they have, they are a delicious treat.
More ⋮December 11, 2022
PHP 8.2's Subtle New Features
PHP version 8.2 was released on December 8, 2022 ... you've already heard about the major new features ... What about the more subtle features that aren't reported on. They need some love too.
More ⋮November 30, 2022
Deactivating Troublesome Devices in Linux
In most cases you can just disable a driver and that works. ... Disabling a driver will disable multiple devices. So how do you only disabled one specific device without affecting others?
More ⋮October 27, 2022
AVIF Preview Image Example
An example of how an AVIF image can display a lower quality preview while the larger image is loading. Similar to JPEG's progressive rendering, it makes large AVIF images more pleasant and usable.
More ⋮October 19, 2022
RTX 4090s Can Crack Your Password! What does it mean for you?
A security researcher benchmarked Nvidia's new RTX 4090 and found it ran brute-force hashing algorithms twice as fast as previous cards. 8 of them could spit out every combination of 8 characters, hashed, in less than an hour. Should you be worried?
More ⋮October 15, 2022
PHP's Fickle Handling of Daylight Saving Time
PHP has a problem crossing DST barriers. This is both a feature and a bug. A feature in that some developers expect to do strict time & date mathematics. It’s a bug in that most people will expect crossing a DST barrier should alter the time accordingly.
More ⋮October 13, 2022
Welcome To My New Website
I created this new site using the Jigsaw static site generator after trying many I came to an interesting conclusion. They are largely not ready for the prime-time. Many are in alpha states and may remain there indefinitely. Others ceased development years ago and are unlikely to work with the latest software libraries.
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