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An Age-By-Age Guide to Disciplining Your Kid

Most new parents begin their parenting journey with some idea of how they want to discipline their children. Surely you would never let your three-year-old throw a fit in Target. Your kid won’t talk back to you because, of course, you are going to raise your children to be respectful. An Age-By-Age Guide to Disciplining Your Kid

Ruby off the Rails: Code library yanked over license blunder, sparks chaos

On Wednesday, Bastien Nocera, the maintainer of a software library called shared-mime-info, informed Daniel Mendler, maintainer of a Ruby library called mimemagic, which incorporates Nocera's code, that he was shipping mimemagic under an incompatible software license. Ruby off the Rails: Code library yanked over license blunder, sparks chaos

How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects

How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects The Dictator A Product Manager that rejects any idea that did not come from them. The Sales Liaison A Product Manager who is only concerned with meeting the demands of the sales team, giving no thought to a holistic product vision. How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects

Procrastination Guide: Go From Procrastinate Hero To Procrastinate Zero

14 min read This guide will show you a reliable system for overcoming procrastination and achieving more. Note: This is a 3000+ word guide with theory, actionable advice, exercises, and videos. Sign up below to get a free PDF version so you can always refer to it. Procrastination Guide: Go From Procrastinate Hero To Procrastinate Zero

Een panel van pubers beoordeelt vegaburgers: ‘Kunnen we stoppen?’ - NRC

Je hoeft geen vegetariër te zijn om af en toe een vegaburger te eten. Felix de Boer (15), Liv ten Thije (15) en Noor van Weerdenburg (15, dochter van de redacteur) eten vlees als zij het voor het kiezen hebben en vegetarisch als hun ouders hun dat voorzetten. Ook prima. Een panel van pubers beoordeelt vegaburgers: ‘Kunnen we stoppen?’ - NRC

A dozen USB chargers in the lab: Apple is very good, but not quite the best

When you buy a USB charger, how do you know if you're getting a safe, high-quality charger for your money? You can't tell from the outside if a charger provides silky-smooth power or if it is a dangerous charger that emits noisy power that cause touchscreen malfunctions[1] and could self-destruct. A dozen USB chargers in the lab: Apple is very good, but not quite the best

New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations | Quanta Maga

By harnessing randomness, a new algorithm achieves a fundamentally novel — and faster — way of performing one of the most basic computations in math and computer science. Grade school math students are likely familiar with teachers admonishing them not to just guess the answer to a problem. New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations | Quanta Maga