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26/45 is the best that I can do without cheating.

> But generally I agree with you that companies should prioritize problem solving skills over technical minutiae. Unless, the company's goal is to hire someone with technical minut…

The way I see it, an interview goes both ways. They try to assess your fit in the company, and you're also trying to assess if the company is something you want to spend your time …

This is such a recurring issue that I just stop using new-ish Google products for fear of the rug getting pulled under me. I used to use Google Home, now renamed Nest Home, and now…

Secure communication is unfortunately still difficult for non-tech people. Most of the "easy" ones are tied to a smartphone, like Signal. However if the goal is to prevent accident…

I admit I'm a bit confused about Microsoft's strategy here. So they're releasing two Xboxes at the same time: series X and series S, with the S positioned as the less powerful vers…

This is a difficult question to quantify for me. "Few people" could be interpreted differently, and it depends on where you are. E.g. around the circle of people I know, I might be…

I would also add that the replica set concept that is based on Raft [0] allows for built-in high availability, so the individual servers can be maintained while the whole set is ru…

It also helps that the creator of the default storage engine (WiredTiger) are Keith Bostic of BerkeleyDB fame [0] and Michael Cahill, whose PhD thesis on serializable snapshot isol…

I played it using a basic Soundblaster card in the 90s and it’s already amazing. Lately I used DosBox with the MT32 emulation and was blown away by how good it sounds. Here’s an in…

Oh there’s like 5 of us playing it on the same pc so there’s always ideas thrown around. If nothing works then start clicking on everything :) I don’t recall it to be as frustratin…