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WhatsApp recently launched hosted API [1] for faster and easier integration for small business [1] https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/01/whatsapp-brings-its-busine...

> the driver really is to blame though Yes, I know I'm responsible. I do not want/need car/manufacturer to be responsible, I just want technology to help where it could. > Manufact…

I think what they are implying is that car with so many safety features should be able to handle this situation. Volvo has lot of "collision avoidance" safety features, so one woul…

I believe it's reference to new Disney movie Encanto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvWRMAU6V-c

> Polish allies did nothing until France was invaded. On the contrary [0] - "Germany had started low-intensity undeclared war on Czechoslovakia on 17 September 1938. In reaction, t…

I think you are overestimating Putin's abilities. I'm not sure it was such a smart move with the war in the Ukraine. Ukraine used to be divided in perception of Russia and it never…

Chart on the bottom here [0] seems to confirm parents assertion - cases for under 18s spiked after school reopening, but are now decreasing. Though atm schools are closed for two w…

Your total compensation at FAANG is base salary + bonus (usually % of your base multiplied by your perf and company perf) + stock. When you get promotion your base salary will incr…

Oxford A/Z vaccine was developed at Oxford university and AZ joined later to manufacture it (after UK gov intervened, Oxford team was originally in talks with US Merck). This artic…

It's pretty good, obviously not as good as high end speakers, but for the price (I got mine for £200) it's really good value and effortless to use. Main feature is it can adjust to…

This and more stories about origin of coffee was recently discussed in In our Time [1] podcast from BBC. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000c4x1

They definitely have enough capital for nuclear. Their neighbours, Slovakia and Czechia, both have quite significant nuclear installations. Czechia generates 34% [1] of electricity…

How do you get errors to other services in Segment? Did you write some custom code to catch errors and then send them as segment's track calls? We use Sentry with Segment, but on c…

I felt similar and the price increase was last drop. I use it mostly to store originals of pictures and video however that also means that they are little bit forgotten. Whole fami…

Seems like - https://functional.works-hub.com/jobs/?tags=ocaml

If interviewer has any clue, then they will know that and will account for that in their judgment. Almost everyone is nervous and will not perform at their best.

My process is pretty much same as above, with the difference that I let them choose whatever framework/language they feel most comfortable with (with obvious caveat that I might no…

Yes, we do [1] We use GET for queries and POST for mutations. Though we are not caching our GETs atm. [1] https://functional.works-hub.com

Clubhouse [1] It has flexibility of Trello and features of Jira. We have been using for a year and we really enjoy it. [1] https://clubhouse.io

Not everyone is great at interviews. One of the best engineers I worked with was very bad at interviewing (even I wasn't initially sure whether we should hire him). The problem is …

Being 5 miles from Windsor castle and also from Eton college might have something to do with it. Heathrow is only 15 miles away on motorway. Bray has about 300 millionaires and Win…