Surprising shared word etymologies - Daniel de Haas
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Reverse engineering an Arctis Pro Wireless Headset
In which we go from "is it on or not?" to "can it play gifs?"
How Big is Tether?
I have been following Tether for about three and a half years and still I struggle to really grasp how large it is. It is so absurdly large that it has started warping my perception of other huge a…
Some people just won't get it - Blog by Amir Bolous
Not all advice is good advice. How do you determine what constitutes bad advice?
The value of code
Being a disciple to the Open Source movement I often have to explain why it is better to make code public than private. Apart from the usual arguments such as “access to better security”, “trust through transparency” or “the design is the intellectual property…
Mobile air conditioning sucks - Imre Jonk
Mobile A/C units may seem attractive, but they're incredibly inefficient. A bit of background and tips on staying cool.
Attempts at solving the online social media
After graduation, I’ve always been mindful of my social media consumption. I had permanently deleted Facebook and Instagram accounts. I’ve...
Treating employees like business partners - for fun and profit
Post-pandemic, there seems to an acceleration in the already growing trend of employers trying to squeeze every ounce of life and value from their employees with no regard to their health, happiness or sense of wellbeing.
Why I don't think where I work
Unlike in a normal job, the hours I sit at my desk don’t matter. All that counts is my output.
Why you need bundle size monitoring – Blog
June 11th, 2021
Why does storing a set take the same space as storing a list?
In a typical serialization library, encoding a collection gets carried out in the same way for lists (ordered) and sets (order-agnostic). Regardless of the collection type, the elements are simply written one after the other. This means that the encoded bytes …
How does a fighter jet lock onto and keep track of an enemy aircraft? Can an aircraft detect that it has been locked onto, or is it just a convenient plot device in movies?
The primary technology that a military aircraft uses to lock and track an enemy aircraft is its onboard radar. Aircraft radars typically have two modes: search and track. In search mode, the radar sweeps a radio beam across the sky in a zig-zag pattern. Whe…
How To Win At Risk By Using Systems Thinking
Systems Thinking gives you an advantage in almost every area of life - even the game of Risk.
How Fighter Jets Lock On (and How the Targets Know)
The primary technology that a military aircraft uses to lock and track an enemy aircraft is its onboard radar. Aircraft radars typically have two modes: search and track. In search mode, the radar sweeps a radio beam across the sky in a zig-zag pattern. Whe…
180e57971e7cabc0a15c76112f8d37a942bc8d61 - chromium/src - Git at Google
Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.
What you do when you are a “Developer Advocate” #career #job #programming #tech #work
Visual Studio Code (@vscode) has created a short video on TikTok with music original sound. | What you do when you are a “Developer Advocate” #career #job #programming #tech #work
.NET 5 Dependency Injection
Since the release of .NET Core (now.NET 5), more developers are making use of dependency injection by using the default Microsoft Dependency Injection contai...
Do You Need Redis? PostgreSQL Does Queuing, Locking, & Pub/Sub
It's a common architecture to have PostgreSQL and Redis serve as the backbone of your app, but PostgreSQL may be capable of everything you use Redis for.
Deploying a Static Web App via Azure DevOps Pipeline
This article will discuss about deploying Azure Static Web apps from Azure DevOps Pipeline. Azure Static Web Apps is a service that automatically builds and deploys full stack web apps to Azure from a code repository.
The Weekly Xamarin App
Weekly Xamarin App for iOS and Android
VS Code v1.57 (May 2021 Update) Adds Terminal Tabs, Integrates Edge Dev Tools -- Visual Studio Magazine
Visual Studio Code v1.57, the May update, includes a bunch of new features that were previewed earlier, including terminal tabs, Workspace Trust, remote repositories (RemoteHub) and more.