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2 hours agoAnalysis estherschindler
A Cat Lover's Guide to Understanding JSON Databases
Learn about JSON databases and learn the benefits of human-readable, lightweight, and flexible data storage with examples from a pet cat's viewpoint.
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4 hours agoAnalysis estherschindler
Lost and found: Codebreakers decipher 50+ letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
The cache of letters sheds new light on Mary Stuart's years of captivity in England.
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3 days agoAnalysis estherschindler
13 exhibitions worth travelling for in 2023
Here’s where to get your art fix this year.
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4 days agoAnalysis estherschindler
No charges to be filed against Coloma teacher who gave John Green book to students
The Berrien County Prosecutor's Office will not pursue charges against the Coloma teacher who gave her students copies of "Looking for Alaska" because the prosecutor cannot prove the teacher committed a crime.
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7 days agoAnalysis estherschindler
Optimizing Redis’ Default Compiler Flags
Redis and Intel teamed up to find out whether applying more aggressive optimization options would improve overall Redis baseline performance. Our conclusion: Yes! By changing the compiler behavior, we measured a 5.13% boost overall and more in some cases.
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9 days agoAnalysis estherschindler
The Marketing Buzzwords That Developers Hate
Developers know that vendors must tout their products, but they are less understanding when the marketing language is an immediate turnoff.
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10 days agoAnalysis estherschindler
You’re Wrong About White Chocolate
Whether it’s “real” chocolate doesn’t matter (and for the record, it is). For chocolatiers, butchers, and creative home chefs, white chocolate is whatever you want it to be.
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10 days agoReview estherschindler
The Verge’s favorite desktop accessories
No desk should be lonely — here are some of the devices that crowd our workspaces.
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10 days agoAnalysis estherschindler
Can Interactive Mapping Tools Guide Shellfish Restoration?
Researchers in North Carolina have developed software that can determine the best place to rebuild oyster habitats, in an effort to rejuvenate the marine population.
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10 days agoAnalysis estherschindler
The retiring type
The London Underground runs partly on the success of its signature font, which has long lent it clarity and identity. Catherine Nixey tells the curious story of its author
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11 days agoCurrent Event estherschindler
You can now sponsor refugees yourself. Here’s how.
Biden’s new Welcome Corps program offers an amazing opportunity to do good.
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13 days agoAnalysis estherschindler
Turbocharge Cloud Spanner with Redis Enterprise Active-Active for Global Real-Time Applications
Redis Enterprise’s Active-Active Geo-Distribution and Google Cloud Spanner’s replication work together to provide a unified real-time data layer for geo-distributed applications. Here’s how they connect and the benefits the tech provides.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis estherschindler
Microsoft's changes to Xbox console leave Republicans outraged
Microsoft has changed some settings on game consoles to make them more eco-friendly. Some Republicans say this means the "woke brigade" is after your Xbox.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis estherschindler
This lunar year will be the Year of the Rabbit or the Year of the Cat, depending on where you live
On Jan. 22, 2023, more than a billion people globally will welcome the Year of the Rabbit – or the Year of Cat, depending on which cultural traditions they follow – as the start of the Lunar New Year.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis estherschindler
Open source maintainers: What they need and how to support them
To best support the open source ecosystem, we must first understand the role of maintainers, their motivations, and their needs.
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2 weeks agoReview estherschindler
Best scanner apps for mobile in 2023
A smartphone photo is adequate for casual archiving purposes. But if you want to save more than a few pieces of paper, consider a modest investment in a scanning app for your smartphone. The best mobile app we've tested can significantly improve your results and speed up the process.
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3 weeks agoAnalysis estherschindler
Inside Elon’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter
Three months, thousands of layoffs, one ego
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3 weeks agoAnalysis estherschindler
eBikes Face Safety Hurdles
From dodgy batteries to scary stories in the media, the bicycle industry faces technical and regulatory challenges.
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3 weeks agoAnalysis estherschindler
Microsoft Returns To The Altair
The Altair 8800 arguably launched Microsoft. Now [Dave Glover] from Microsoft offers an emulated and potentially cloud-based Altair emulation with CP/M and Microsoft Basic. One thing that makes it a bit odd compared to other Altair clones we’ve seen is that the emulator runs in a Docker environment and is fully cloud-enabled. You can interact with it via a PCB front panel, or a terminal running in a web browser.
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3 weeks agoAnalysis estherschindler
Will Floating Point 8 Solve AI/ML Overhead?
Less precision equals lower power, but standards are required to make this work.
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3 weeks agoReview estherschindler
Best video editing apps in 2023
Before you share that video you took of your friends, family or pet, spruce it up using a mobile video editing app. We tested 5 video editing apps and found the best one to help you transform videos right on your smartphone.
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1 month agoHow-to estherschindler
9 Ways to Future Proof Your Software Developer Career
Learn nine ways to boost your career, add in-demand skills to your resume, and convince your boss that you’re someone worth keeping around.