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firestore is really awesome TBH, queries are fast, composite indexes are very usefull, free tier is very generous, the documentation is very comprehensive and the platform is very …

Most Uber drivers have been more pleasant than most cab drivers I've ever used. ALL Uber vehicles have been more clean/pleasant than any cabs I've been in.

I like that article primarily for the chain of insightful comments at the end. I think my conclusion after reading it the first time was that it takes every bit as much time to rea…

I have nothing against C++ but the inherent complexity is ridiculous. The vast majority of C++ code I've worked with simply stays far away from these intricacies. Which leads me to…

Insurance companies obviously end up being the front line of insurance fraud and should definitely turn over those cases to the proper authorities. But this shit? "Erie had even pa…

Can someone explain why the permissions changed? The new version (in Chrome) wants permission to "read my browsing history", and other people are saying that it needs permission to…

That is really impressive, good job

I see nobody's mentioned that Kotlin can compile to WebAssembly (in addition to Java bytecode, native binaries and JS). Kotlin is a beautiful language and hopefully WebAssembly wil…

Right crosswind: the rudder, during the take off run, tends to veer the plane to the right, so left rudder inputs must be applied by the pilot. At rotation, if that input is not re…

I thought Destin was actually manipulating the algorithm.

I love that we have what is essentially part of an intro-level physics course as part of a software review. This sounds like a totally different paradigm of programming, which I gu…

Love this story. What an innovative idea to create a game using American birds, their habitats and the sources of their feeding . With over 700 species in the US, the possibilities…

First off, making $110k a year does not make you rich. Secondly, the article does not address the rich that live in California but make their money outside of California. Many trul…

well Warren now knows first hand what conservatives have been saying for years - FB has no problem censoring those that they disagree with -welcome to the Club

This is annoying. Maybe npm can consider adding a confirmation prompt to publish if a new package is about to be created. Not sure if it'd prevented such ignorance though.

"The detailed USB4 specification will be published in the middle of 2019 and half-assed, cheap hardware that only implements a subset of the total features list in order to cut cor…

Did the Author ever determine if the source images came from Drone-based WAMI or Satellite-based WAMI as originally reported? The original article in the intercept noted that the G…

Did someone use Fiferox on macOS?

Last years there are many fuckups with pro models.

A very informative & useful post. Thanks.

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