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Quick programming notes: NormConf is a real, free conference and it is happening on December 15 . See you there! Second, I recently had the distinct privilege of being interviewed by Peter Wang about
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Enlarge / Now we'll never know how Dolores Abernathy's story ends. YouTube/HBO HBO surprised its subscribers and the TV industry on Friday by announcing that it has canceled the big-budget science-fic
01 Nov 2022 It’s been (almost) two years since I started my first steps in the Rust world. I thought it couldbe interesting to reflect on some impressions and lessons learned during this journey. Belo
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Published in ThinkGrowth.org · 6 min read · Aug 23, 2017 -- Last week I got a call from Patrick an ex-student I hadn’t heard from for 8 years. He was now the CEO of a company and wanted to talk about
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