recentic librarian Earth’s magnetic field is constantly changing, and while large-scale changes, such as a complete reversal of the magnetic field, happen over several thousand years, smaller changes over shorter periods affect all forms of navigation. In aviation, Earth’s changing magnetic field affects … Read more
From: Robin SloanTo: the labSent: October 2021 Obsidian revetment slab fragment, 1st century A.D., Roman This is a note intended to lay out something that’s lately clicked for me. Here are three glimpses of the future of computing that all … Read more
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which measures changes in blood flow throughout the brain, has been used over the past couple of decades for a variety of applications, including “functional anatomy” — a way of determining which brain areas are … Read more
What was the best software (applications, services, frameworks, compilers, whatever) that you used during 2022? For me, the following tools made my Windows development environment substantially better: – Windows Terminal (https://github.com/microsoft/terminal) – Windows Sandbox – Visual Studio Code Remote extension … Read more
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In the wake of the pandemic, Silicon Valley is faring better than other nearby areas when it comes to office vacancies. But researchers say decisions on work culture at major tech companies could change the dynamic. That’s according to a … Read more
Many people have a strategy for dealing with online services: don’t put anything up that you would be ashamed of if it became public. They don’t trust those services to actually keep their information private. I agree, but I don’t … Read more
The end of the year is coming, and I have some funds left from my company learning budget. I wanted to give it back to some of the authors that still help me in my developer journey, by buying some … Read more
Pressn’t By Daniel Valenzuela (@Daniel) The gist You can only have a single post You can update your post People can follow other posts You can read your followed posts’ latest updates You can upvote posts You can find trending … Read more
PostgREST is a standalone web server that turns your PostgreSQL database directly into a RESTful API. The structural constraints and permissions in the database determine the API endpoints and operations. Motivation Using PostgREST is an alternative to manual CRUD programming. … Read more