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Very few think the world is making progress. In this article, we look at the history of global living conditions and show that the world has made immense progress in important aspects. By: Max Roser Originally published on December 14, … Read more

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How short can a Git hash be abbreviated?  A full SHA-1 hash is 160 bits, 40 hex characters, which is a bit long to talk about and retype when you’re not just copy-pasting.  Therefore most people will use just the … Read more

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When logged into a web application, the session does not remain valid forever. Typically, the session expires after a fixed time after login, or after the user has been idle for some time. How long should these times be? Introduction … Read more

If you fire up dig and run a DNS query for google.com, you will get a response somewhat like the following: $ dig google.com ; > DiG 9.10.6 > google.com ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER The … Read more

Due diligence is ostensibly about an investor carefully checking out a potential investment in order to make sure everything is in order, but since investment theses already start with real-world data that leads to a thesis, the actual goal is … Read more

Less than an hour before the California financial regulator closed Silicon Valley Bank’s doors on Friday, short seller Dale Wettlaufer is walking me through their financials, and laying out some metrics he’s been closely eyeballing for months. “I’ve never seen … Read more