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That book has been on my list since I heard him on this podcast: https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/chinas-quest-to-engineer-th...

If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's white, good night.

I read so many docs when I was trying to implement OAuth and got more and more confused. This video was a huge help though for explaining all of the concepts: https://www.youtube.c…

We use poetry just for development, but run Docker containers in prod. When the image gets built we just create a requirements.txt (poetry export --format requirements.txt --output…

This is a great article on this, with a bunch of thought experiments on what makes you, you: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/12/what-makes-you-you.html

Oh, this segues nicely from my DST, my favorite bikeshedding topic into my second favorite one! Base 12 is better than decimal in every way. It divides cleanly by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, an…

Yup, I'm a big believer in applying the rule of three ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(computer_progra... ) for moving code into a library as well. I find if I create…

They bring it so you can enter your PIN, most places don't use signatures.

Me too! I spent Christmas there many years ago, and every person I talked to asked: 1. Are you going back home for Christmas? 2. No? Oh are you going to get a Christmas cake from K…

I wish more companies had this, it's really useful. I looked into applying at Gitlab, but was able to easily find out their location adjustment and avoided wasting my time or their…

Just wanted to thank you for this. When I was a lost and confused junior, I had no one more experienced around to ask for advice. I stumbled across this and it answered so many que…

There's also three Strawberry, Californias! Found that out the hard way when I went to meet a fried at the general store in Strawberry, and wound up a few hours away from him.

Magnetic tape is still used in recording, but for the distortion it adds rather than concern about quantization. In fact, the audio is simply routed through the tape machine, then …

I love these kind of issues, here are two classics: - Open Office won't print on Tuesdays: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161... - Can't send email more t…

From what I understand, shipping containers are sent out from Asia stuffed with goods, but there isn't nearly as much going in the other direction. The containers need to go back w…

You "make" a loop but "take" a bight, as unhelpful as that may be. A loop is a step in making a knot, where as a bight is just a handful of rope somewhere in the middle of it. You …

I think you may be looking for a "bend" rather than a "splice". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bend_knots

Named after a region where the company's founder adventured down to in a Econoline van and made a first ascent up Cerro Fitzroy, which is part of the mountain range shown in the co…

So even passengers wouldn't be allowed to use their phones?

BCIT (near Vancouver, Canada)

I went to a school that is pretty much as you described. A 2 year intensive program designed to make you productive right out of the gate. We still took math, operating systems, co…

I love this description! Your father in law sounds like a character from a Steinbeck novel.

I lived in Japan when I was 19, and I never once was asked for ID when buying alcohol, neither at a store nor a bar. It seemed to be largely the honor system, since you could buy a…

The loudness buttons were more to equalize than to affect the dynamic range. At lower volumes, we perceive mid-range frequencies to be more prominent than at higher volumes. The lo…

Greyhond therapy is a thing in Canada as well, although I've never heard that exact phrase before. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/homeless-sas...