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OpenNext on Cloudflare is the only way I've successfully gotten NextJS to work in a Cloudflare Worker. https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare

Airlines need to qualify aircraft for passenger-carrying transoceanic operations. Northwest Airlines would often use their new wide body aircraft for domestic operations to meet th…

I was a participant in a trial of the TIL therapy at NIH in 2012 for stage 4 melanoma. I chose to participate in this trial because it was retraining my own immune system to fight …

"There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." -- Phil Karlton

Interesting. I had zero issues using my Amex in France and Switzerland this past summer. In fact, there was only one restaurant that I visited that wouldn't take it. I must have be…

Yes, such treatments have been in trial for a couple decades at NIH, showing complete response in a segment of the patients for certain cancers. The therapies harness each individu…

At the time NT came out, it wasn't 100% POSIX compliant, but close enough for government work. One stipulation in NT's subsystem at the time was that fork() needed to be followed b…

In elementary school in Wisconsin in the 70s, we lost our milk cartons in favor of the bagged milk. Although it may have been sold as eco-friendly, the real driving reason was cost…

The protocol in linked study appears to be similar to the melanoma therapy I underwent at NIH, except for the CAR-T part. The study I was part of was published in a few papers, inc…

From my personal experience with advanced melanoma under a trial at NIH almost 12 years ago, Dr. Steven Rosenberg and his research team: 1. Surgically resected a tumor and removed …

Note: I have TSA Precheck and CLEAR. I'm not sure how someone could get through with the incorrect identity unless their eye scan results in the record of someone with the same nam…

Here's a link to it: https://www.khoury.northeastern.edu/about/dean-elizabeth-myn... .

My son just graduated from Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Sciences. At his Khoury College graduation celebration a week ago, this is the first time that the f…

Correct. The bike path was designated and two-way. I was certain the driver saw me when he looked to the right and we made eye contact, but apparently he was looking in my directio…

As a cyclist (on a designated bike path), I was hit by a small SUV in case #2. The driver looked to the right and I thought our eyes connected, but he proceeded from the stop sign …

No paywall version: http://archive.today/2021.12.29-072341/https://www.nytimes.c... The article describes the use (and subsequent abuse) of the Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS…

I'm sorry you're going through this. It's very difficult to be a caregiver and, without a doubt, the additional burdens that places on your life make finding the life/work balance …

Actually, the ][+ was still 40-column, uppercase. I remember wiring a pin off my keyboard controller card to the paddle button input and add a replacement character ROM to get lowe…

You can actually see the date palm that was studied at the Arava Institute located in Kibbutz Ketura in Southern Israel, just north of Eilat. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ju…

Illegal and unethical: yes, in this use case. But, let's give Kevin serious kudos on his clever approach to solving this problem. This is the true hacker spirit that reaches across…

Optical mice existed prior to Microsoft's IntelliMouse. In 1989, I owned an optical mouse (Logitech S9?). The biggest issue was that that mouse required a special gridded mouse pad…

This is Marketing 101 on how to make your customers and potential customers feel that you're ahead of the curve when you're really behind and you need to buy some time. Also, haven…

Earlier this week, I tried out Strava's mobile implementation, which did not work well for me at all. I'll definitely be sticking to their web version, which they've had for years.…

I miss a real ESC key. I can’t tell if I’ve pressed it or not, which is problematic when using vi and touch typing. Haptic feedback would be a nice add-on to make it a little more …

I lost my wife just over five years ago after nearly 21 years of marriage. The grief process is complicated. Without a doubt, focusing on the here-and-now and being grateful for th…