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Only to “validate” the yeast, e.g. to test a new batch or if it has been unused for a long period of time. In actual bread dough, yeast finds all it needs to activate in the flour …

It is the most popular compiled strongly typed language, so they went for both market share and ease of implementing refactoring (vs a dynamic language, like Python)

In the US, your local National Resources Conservation Service office also provides this service. Costs $7 - $10. Source: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb11…

Not sure I agree there. The language progresses with features that OP himself says he likes, and he also says that they DO maintain backwards compatibility, what more to ask for? T…

> Only serious offers will be considered, and money won't influence maintainer-ship decisions

The idea of panels can be realized today on Linux using a tiling window manager, and is superior in my opinion because it allows you to slice your screen as you see fit, has worksp…

For your web apps / services / APIs, check Dropwizard, it is not what I would call "bleeding edge", but it provides a reasonable base and has always allowed me to easily work with …

I don’t think it is ok to try and make service boundaries transparent and swappable. A service speaking to another service has to know the cost and overhead of the call it is makin…

I am wondering if there is a backup solution that works that way but without requiring a manual time consuming invocation. Using something like inotify to record changed files and …

I find it best to be asked that kind of homework after I have done my first interview. It usually means we both got a chance to pass and that the effort I will put will be seriousl…

robots.txt is a "sign" that you leave at the door for well-behaving robots, but it doesn't actually make any practical difference when a robot isn't implemented to honor it

I think if you look at the numbers, they are pretty fine. The full HD (1080p) version is considered the low-res and according to Anandtech it lasts 15 hours of normal use, while th…

I think it's because our ancestors didn't have easy access to food in the way we do now. Our bodies are wired to consume and store energy which are necessary for survival in times …

If you have come to this post expecting to read something related to modern Java for the web, and have come back unsatisfied, then here is something to make up for that: yeoman's j…

It's not a software -- it's a pub/sub service they are offering for free.

I'm surprised no one mentioned the departure of permgen space and the dreaded PermSize and MaxPermSize JVM arguments. While it was actually replaced with a new "metadata" space, th…

According to this[1], musca development halted since 2009. 1. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Musca

I cannot confirm this from all locations. google.ps sometimes resolve to a legitimate Google and other times to the Moroccan server. Does anyone have an idea how could that be poss…

I see many comments disagreeing with the article about criticizing Ted in public, and I also disagree with that. However, the article makes a fine point which is to make the team m…

The RabbitMQ management plugin does provide an excellent command line interface. You download it along with its docs right from the management UI (/cli). Btw, I'm using RabbitMQ, a…