It's easy to think of being serious and having fun as opposite sides of a spectrum. The problem is that 'being serious' has many unrelated meanings, for example: Serious as in somber or solemn. "This
During my tenure as the food and dining critic for the Tampa Bay Times, the local restaurant landscape has evolved tremendously. Over the past five and a half years, we’ve witnessed a pandemic-fueled
ST. PETERSBURG — When she yanked open the metal front door on 14th Ave S., the smell hit her — potent like sewage and blanket-heavy. It was abrasive, a moldy brillo pad scrubbing at her lungs. She too
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I wrote a blog post a couple of weeks ago entitled Is pg_dump a Backup Tool?. In that post, I argued in the affirmative, but also said that it's probably shouldn't be your primary backup mechanism. Fo
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon is the company’s premier business-class thin and light laptop, and has made an appearance at times on our list of best business laptops. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 was
When Elizabeth Fox moved from Athabasca to the central Alberta hamlet of Elnora in 2013, finding a family doctor close to home was a breeze. “I was pregnant,” she says, “so they’ll all take you.” But
Care Doesn’t Scale I met a social worker whose job was to look after four orphaned children. She’d alternate with her coworkers spending 24 hours at a time living with the kids, effectively acting as
Jean-François Cudennec University of Derby, College of Science and Engineering, Derby, United Kingdom. Email: jf.cudennec (at) live (dot) fr Download PDF A thick layer of time In the realm of Nintendo
This article will explain how the blog is organized at a technical level, and show how I implemented various IndieWeb features. Table of Contents: Motivation Earlier this year I migrated this blog off
Starlink Mini somewhere in Denmark using the included pole mount instead of the kickstand. Space internet is the reason I’ve been able to work from some very remote locations over the last two years,
Given that events play such a central role in event-driven architecture, there’s an astonishing lack of agreement on what should be contained in an event. This may be rooted in the fact that, dependin
People interested in how we can make good software. In more than one sense of the phrase “good software”. That means not just software engineers. A bit of context: Today I gave the second of two talks
Tooth for a tooth A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones It turns out you may not have needed those implants after all. Brett Kelman and Anna Werner, KFF Health NEw
The first Geekbench 6 benchmark results for the M4 Pro chip surfaced today. Impressively, the results that are available so far show that the highest-end M4 Pro chip is faster than the highest-end M2
As you drive through the gently rolling hills of Keswick near Charlottesville, you feel transported. Horse farms and vineyards, orchards and charming historic homes dot the landscape. Driving up to Ca
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Introducing Pixel Buds Pro 2, the newest earbuds from Google Pixel. For the first time, Pixel Buds Pro 2 are equipped with our all-new custom-designed Tensor A1 chip to power industry-leading audio pe
Starting in November, Amtrak fans can enjoy a trip that has not been possible in 45 years: a one-seat ride between Chicago and Miami. Dubbed “The Floridian” in honor of a long-defunct run between thos
A year ago, I talked about JPEG XL at ImageCon 2019. It’s time for an update. JPEG XL is a next-generation image codec currently being standardized by the JPEG Committee. Based on Google’s PIK codec a
This website you see right now, as well as the CMS powering it, is all thanks to Vim. Not because I wrote it in Vim (which I did, in Neovim) but because coming into contact with Vim as a freshman like
The Canon EOS R5 Mark II has been a highly anticipated update, and if you’re considering upgrading, there are a few things you should know. The original R5 set a high standard for image quality, but t
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Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge When the Mac Mini was first introduced in early 2005, it was pitched as a compact, “stripped down” desktop — and the most affordable Mac in Apple’s lineup. Steve Jobs
Remember when being a “Senior Software Engineer” actually meant something? I do, and I can’t help but feel nostalgic for that clarity. In recent years, our industry has witnessed rampant title inflati
Hello. I once met Katharine Graham at an intimate dinner party with five or six other people in her Georgetown mansion. It was early 1992 and the presidential primary season was just beginning. On the
October 2024 I'm usually reluctant to make predictions about technology, but I feel fairly confident about this one: in a couple decades there won't be many people who can write. One of the strangest
Google’s Magic Editor added several questionable items to this scene. Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge There’s no putting the genie back in the bottle when it comes to generative AI forever shaking ou
The key to achieving world-class expertise in any skill, is to a large extent, a matter of practicing the correct way, for a total of around 10,000 hours — Malcolm Gladwell in Outliers I'm certainly n
Fighting back against urgent and convenient work It’s too easy to spend the whole day working but never do the work that really matters. You can sit down at your computer at 9 AM and get into emails,
11 min read·5 days ago -- Half of Americans try to lose weight every year. Unfortunately, most fail. Even worse, most of those who do lose weight soon regain it: within 5 years 80% of the weight lost
The Japanese word ikigai, which has recently gained attention worldwide and enjoys widespread use, refers to a passion that gives value and joy to life. The author who prompted its craze speaks about
Ikigai (生き甲斐) is a Japanese word that can be read literally as a “life’s worth” but can be more appropriately translated as the “purpose of one’s life.” The term seems to have been popularized in Japa
Ever wondered which is the most demanded programming language in 2024? Although there are more than 200+ programming languages, only few of them are used in the real world industry. Knowing this infor
Key Takeaways diff3 detects differences between three text files to help identify edits, file versions, and merge changes. Diffs are displayed in hunks with line numbers and file indicators to easily
Ever wanted to just sketch an interface, press a button, and get a working website? Well, now you can at makereal.tldraw.com. And here’s the story. Try it out …but first, maybe you should try it yours
Published inNetflix TechBlog · 12 min read· Oct 14, 2024 -- By: Hechao Li and Marcelo Mayworm With special thanks to our stunning colleagues Amer Ather, Itay Dafna, Luca Pozzi, Matheus Leão, and Ye Ji
Both uBlock Origin and its smaller sibling, uBlock Origin Lite, are experiencing problems thanks to browser vendors that really ought to know better. Developer Raymond Hill, or gorhill on GitHub, is o
19 min read· Jan 13, 2024 The following discusses the themes and philosophies of Hayao Miyazaki’s recent film, “The Boy and the Heron.” As such, it will contain spoilers. It will also discuss themes o
NEW YORK – In January 2023, I interviewed the Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf, hoping the conversation would flesh out the review I was writing of his recent book, The Crisis of Democratic Capit
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