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This is a web page. There's not much here. Just words. And you're reading them. We've become obsessed with fancy designs, responsive layouts, and scripts that do magical things. But the most powerful tool on the web is still words. I wrote these words, and you're reading them: that's magical. Words

Note: after writing this article, but before publication, the paper in question was retracted by the preprint server it is hosted on “due to ethical concerns”. Is Ivermectin for Covid-19 Based on Fraudulent Research? | by Gideon M-K; H

Welcome to SQLBolt, a series of interactive lessons and exercises designed to help you quickly learn SQL right in your browser. SQL, or Structured Query Language, is a language designed to allow both technical and non-technical users query, manipulate, and transform data from a relational database. SQLBolt - Learn SQL - Introduction to SQL

Bekijk de interactive over het werk en leven van M.C. Escher en maak je eigen Escher in de Metamorfose-machine. The metamorphosis of Escher

Burnout: Study finds 83% of software developers feel burnout from work.  COVID-19 impact:  81% of software developers reported an increase in burnout as a result of the pandemic, with increased workload cited as the main reason. 83% of Developers Suffer From Burnout, Haystack Analytics Study Finds

Imagine you’ve just accepted a role with an up-and-coming tech company. The Ultimate Guide to Onboarding New Developers: Industry Best Practices

Conventional wisdom has it that the lower a central bank sets interest rates, the faster the economy grows. But the longer rates stay ultra-low, it’s not the economy that grows — it’s inequality. There are signs of worsening inequality across the U.S. economy. Opinion | Only the Rich Could Love This Economic Recovery - The New York Ti

Google’s claim to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” has earned it an aura of objectivity. Its dominance in search, and the disappearance of most competitors, make its lists of links appear still more canonical. A New Tool Shows How Google Results Vary Around the World | WIRED

Python is about to take over the first position in the TIOBE index. The gap between the current number one, programming language C, and Python is only 0.7% now. Next month, the TIOBE index is celebrating its 20-year anniversary. index | TIOBE - The Software Quality Company

Interruptions are one of the biggest sources of inefficiency for programmers. Now, to be fair, they’re probably a big source of inefficiency for everyone, but relatively speaking, they’re worse for programmers. To understand what I mean, let’s take someone whose job is in sales. Programmers, Teach Non-Geeks The True Cost of Interruptions - DaedTech

Historically, when working with frontend Javascript, it has not been possible to write or edit files on a user's computer. The justification around this was that it was more secure to prevent direct access to a user's file from the internet. The New Javascript API to Access a User's Local Files

MECHANICVILLE - A hydroelectric plant with a historic claim to fame was nearly dismantled. Now it's been nominated for national engineering landmark status. Mechanicville hydro plant gets new life

High-quality audio splitting based on the world's #1 AI-powered technology. By uploading an audio file, you agree to our Terms of Service. LALAL.AI: 100% AI-Powered Vocal and Instrumental Tracks Removal

The aim of this article is to explain to non-technical individuals that PHP isn’t as bad as many make it out to be. Try to answer some of the more common assertions about PHP. PHP has a terrible reputation because it used to be horrible. To skim, just scroll for the TL;DR in bold. PHP isn't that like really bad? - Parthenon

Google Meta Tags — Preview, Edit and Generate https://metatags.io/ With Meta Tags you can edit and experiment with your content then preview how your webpage will look on Google, Facebook, Twitter and more! Facebook metatags. Web Designer & Developer Toolkit by Addy Codes – Curated tools & resources

Dubai: Kuwait recorded the highest temperature in the world for this year, registering 53.2°C, according to America's El Dorado Weather, which collects temperature data from countries’ meteorological stations. The Kuwaiti city of Nawasib recorded 53. Kuwait registers highest temperature on earth for 2021 | Kuwait – Gulf News

I knew the end of Agile was coming when we started using hockey sticks. Every morning, at precisely eight o'clock, the team of developers and architects would stand around a room paneled in white boards and would begin passing around a toy hockey stick. The End of Agile

The most famous subatomic particle has revealed nothing we didn’t expect – so far. Now physicists want to build a “Higgs factory” to better interrogate it for signs of new physics FOR half a century, finding the Higgs boson was top of particle physicists’ to-do lists. Can a new collider reveal the last secrets of the Higgs boson? | New Scient

Astronomers estimate this icy body has a diameter of 62 miles to 124 miles (100 to 200 km), making it about 10 times wider than a typical comet. This estimate is quite rough, however, as the comet remains far away from Earth and its size was calculated based on how much sunlight it reflects. Newly found mega comet may be the largest seen in recorded history | Space

Adam:Hello and welcome to CoRecursive. I’m Adam Gordon Bell. Each episode of CoRecursive, someone shares the fascinating story behind some piece of software being built. The Untold Story of SQLite With Richard Hipp - CoRecursive Podcast

Picnic makes grocery delivery effortless for the customer, and even makes the whole process seem effortless. However, behind the scenes we have built up a system of both hardware and software solutions to make this possible. The Milkman Van of the 21st Century | by Joris Wolters | Jun, 2021 | Picnic

Continuous learning is at the heart of every tech company. At Picnic we recently launched our Tech Academy. Through this Tech Academy, our ever-growing tech team gets the opportunity to learn from experts. Accelerating Developer Growth with the Picnic Tech Academy | by Phil Werli

There are certain rules that even the most extreme objects in the universe must obey. A central law for black holes predicts that the area of their event horizons — the boundary beyond which nothing can ever escape — should never shrink. Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the fir

A simple API that provides geographic data for any location in the world, with support for GeoJSON, TopoJSON and SVG. Use REST GIS to search for a place and instantly get its geometry collection. Home | RESTGIS

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