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> They never went back to pre-supply shock prices. What do you mean? 2011: 2 TB HDD for $79.99 ($0.0000400 / MB). 2012: 2 TB HDD for $157.27 ($0.0000786 / MB). 2014: 4 TB HDD for $…

Don't forget the classic film On the Waterfront . Considered one of the greatest movies ever made and adapted from "Crime on the Waterfront," a 24-article series by the New York Su…

Interesting post on a library I've used a lot. > Requests has always had modules intended for its use and only its use. At some point, we tried to document them for ourselves and t…

A couple years ago I worked on an internal tool for the regulatory division of an agriculture company that involved mapping endangered species boundaries. The Environmental Protect…

Create React App is in a strange, pseudo-death state. - It is not listed as an option for starting a new project in the React docs[0]. - The last release was April 12, 2022. - The …

I think you're right that static typing reduces bugs, but I am not convinced the reduction is significant or meaningful. If static typing has a significant effect, then why is the …

If "type bugs are an obvious thing and happen all the time" and "static Typing reduces type related bugs" then it should be easy to demonstrate this empirically. However, "a review…

> In the 1970s/80s, an hour of minimum wage could afford you about 7 big macs. Now, it will not even buy you one. The cost of a Big Mac in 1986 was $1.6 according to the Economist'…

I worked in a government office where only unionized IT workers were allowed to move computer equipment. My boss gave me his old monitor after upgrading and I had to wait until aft…

This was before my time, but I believe the WS-* series of specifications is an example. > Like with the original J2EE spec, which sought to complicate the basic mechanics of connec…

That's surprising! Wasn't it Philip Wadler who said "The essence of XML is this: the problem it solves is not hard, and it does not solve the problem well." http://harmful.cat-v.or…

> but now we've got JSON Schema, Swagger/OpenAPI, Zod, etc etc. You don't have to use any of those.

I don't think that's a fair characterization of the "Start a New React Project" page [0]. Next.js is the first option listed and is described as a way to "create React apps of any …

Has GPS ever experienced a major outage in its ~30 years of operation?

Two interesting statistics that may be relevant: Homeless per 10k rate [0] Japan: 0.3 USA: 17.6 Rate of intentional homicide victims per 100,000 inhabitants [1] Japan: 0.3 USA: 6.3…

To anyone interested in this topic, I highly recommend "Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union" by Vladislav M. Zubok. This comment reminded me of one of my notes: Near the end of …

Weird, if true. Diablo Immortal is rated M (17+) [0], the gambling age in the Netherlands is 18 [1]. 0 - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blizzard.d... 1 - https:/…

Disappointed to hear this. My first job out of university (and the job I still work today!) came through StackOverflow Jobs. I've only received ~three approaches through StackOverf…

> "Alcohol has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen (carcinogenic to humans) for decades by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. It's right up there with tobacco and…

Exactly. I think it is reasonable to ask candidates to demonstrate basic programming competency, but "gotcha" questions are terrible. Consider the interview question: "Write a func…