In 2008 Vincent Laforet released a promo for the Canon 5D Mark 2's videofeatures titled " Reverie " 1 .The 1080p full framesensor was unbelievable in the age of 480p MiniDV cameras with tiny sensors,a
The Strange Afterlife of George Carlin Nearly 14 years after his death, his provocative humor has been embraced by people across the political spectrum. What happens when comedy outlasts the era it wa
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Less than three months after its initial launch, it finally happened: the James Webb Space Telescope revealed its first telescope alignment evaluation image . For the first time, humanity’s latest, gr
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ETA, 2022-05-19: I’m happy this blog post has gathered a fair bit of interest. However, this post is as much effort as I’m prepared to put into the topic. I think it would be a good idea to write an e
This is my personal story of starting the SRE organization at Uber. If you want advice rather than reminiscence, take a look at Trunk and Branches Model and Productivity in the age of hypergrowth . Af
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If you want to become a better photographer, learn more, get and stay inspired, meet others who share your passion, and make new friends, well, nothing beats a camera club (also known as a photography
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The moment that broke Cassie Alexander came nine months into the pandemic . As an intensive-care-unit nurse of 14 years, Alexander had seen plenty of “ Hellraiser stuff,” she told me. But when COVID-1
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