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I think one of the things going on has to do with a decade or so of 'reality' TV being a primary source of entertainment for many (most?) people. And in particular one aspect: the 'sob …

My pet theory is that Putin has received a diagnosis of some kind. One that has made him accelerate the actualisation of his dreams of Soviet reunification.

I got off Postman years ago and have been using Insomnia since then: https://github.com/Kong/insomnia …

A good rundown of the history of Sibelius, Avid and Dorico is included in this video: https://youtu.be/dKx1wnXClcI …

Totally agree. I'm ready for the tides of fashion to turn once more and skeuomorphism to be the way again.

Mini LED, but it's rather hamstrung by only being 2560×1440.

Does freight need to go that quickly? Quicker than a normal high speed train? Is there enough value in the freight going faster to fund the infrastructure?

I still don't understand why there is any interest in this concept, either for freight or passenger transport, over a regular train.

A mix. Typically I'll use one key per machine and add those keys in the places they need to be. This is good as you're reasonably well protected if that machine gets lost or stolen. The natu…

> You are slowly realizing it has literally been years, maybe decades, since you ate any meal made without corn. https://twitter.com/swiftonsecurity/status/107481004349579…

Someone at Dell's presumably going to get educated about the Streisand Effect quite soon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect …

Can you invert a binary tree on a whiteboard though?

You can use it to shoot yourself in the foot.

Not to be confused with MongoDB Atlas!

VR is a fun gimmick. Nice to visit, wouldn't want to live there.

Fantastic YTMND vibes.

No worse than "Hollywood Handshake"

If I'm cold at work I just zip one up inside my hoodie.

I find they don't keep their heat nearly as long as hot water bottles.

Yup. In fact just today my partner was struggling witha problem with 1Password that she uses at work, asking why it wasn't as simple as BitWarden.

I do this and I put the takeout zips into AWS as well. The odds of losing access to both at the same time are sufficiently low.

I am reading The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi. In it Joules are used as currency, and they can easily be traded between such energy storage devices, which can themselves be used to power machiner…

Enjoyed this, though as a typist in British English some American spellings really tripped me up

It's more nuanced than this. I have worked at large companies with terrible culture, and startups with great culture. Unfortunately it's very hard to get an accurate read on the important th…