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Affiliate links are an obvious conflict of interest for Consumer Reports. Affiliate links pay them a percentage of the sale, so their direct incentive is to recommend the higher-pr…

A static variable in C is mutable in the same sense that a local variable is, but since it's not visible outside the current compilation unit the optimizer is allowed to observe th…

Is your argument that it shouldn't be possible for a user to intercept t.co in this way? Seems like a perfectly valid use case (sidecar process to unwrap 9 layers of redirects from…

Your calculation is wrong. UK prices and German prices are quoted VAT-inclusive, so £999 already includes VAT @ 20% and the German figure includes 19% MwSt. £999 is all you'll pay.…

You can write from multiple processes and this is enabled by default (see PRAGMA locking_mode [1]). If you've got multiple writers you might have to occasionally handle SQLITE_BUSY…

So 3 months of gardening leave with benefits and a final Feb 1 RSU vest. That seems completely fair and reasonable if it's accurate.

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It barred IIED claims specifically because they were targeted at activities protected by the 1st amendment.

Some corporate IT security policies just don't make sense. Why is he allowed to install random software from homebrew but not signed apps from a developer who has a contractual rel…

A shocking thing for me is that if you're an American living abroad registered to vote in California you're allowed to vote by email (well technically fax, but there's a DoD email …

If you held the preferred shares while you were a resident of California, why shouldn't you be subject to California CGT when you realize the gain in proportion to the length of yo…

Looks pretty neat! Does it integrate with virtualenv/pip?