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In 2021, I received a cold email from an Apple director. They wanted to arrange a video call to learn more about developers’ opinions of the App Store. I was happy to oblige, but I think back now on their inability to understand all the frustrations I tried to express during the call about App […]
From public radio producer, Nate DiMeo, comes The Memory Palace, a finalist for the 2016 Peabody Award and one of iTunes Best Podcast of 2015. Short, surprising stories of the past, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes hysterical, often a little bit of both. “The most potent pieces of audio being produced today.” – The AvClub thememorypalace.us The […]
Keystone Features/Getty Images Keystone Features/Getty Images What is school for? Over a hundred years ago, a man named Harold Rugg published a series of textbooks that encouraged students to confront the thorniest parts of U.S. history: to identify problems, and try and solve them. And it was just as controversial as the fights we’re seeing […]
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Gradle toolchains are rarely a good idea 21 March 2024 The last post featured some Kotlin code inadvertently targeting a new Java API when the build JDK was bumped to 21. This can be solved with the -Xjdk-release Kotlin compiler flag, or by using Gradle toolchains to build with an old JDK. If you read […]
Facebook and Instagram Down Again Today: Netizens Report Outage on These Platforms Facebook and Instagram were down a few days ago as well. Facebook and Instagram Down News Today: Prominent Meta apps Facebook and Instagram witnessed a technical snag on Wednesday causing panic among the people who have been using the application for a long time. […]
Frenchman Henri Farman was already a celebrated cycling champion, race car driver and entrepreneur when he ordered a biplane from the world’s first airplane factory, Les Frères Voisin. Five months later, in January 1908, he won Ernest Archdeacon’s prize for the first officially observed heavier-than-air flight over a one-kilometer circular course. A week after making […]
Virtually every Old West aficionado is familiar with Buffalo Bill Cody’s popular Wild West shows, which traveled the United States and across the Atlantic Ocean in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During Cody’s 1890 and 1906 European tours throngs of Italians in arenas from Rome to Bologna thrilled at the showmanship of Buffalo […]
Brian Cox and Robin Ince search for the Higgs Boson with comedian Katy Brand, actor Ben Miller and physicists Tevong You and Clara Nellist. Show more Brian Cox and Robin Ince visit CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in Geneva in search of the Higgs Boson. Joining them on their particular quest is comedian Katy Brand, actor […]
In this week’s episode, we explore the journey of Alejandro Aspinwall, a Frontend Engineer at Amazon. You’ll hear how Alejandro began his career deeply immersed in the world of music and what led him to transition to the world of tech. He emphasizes the importance of adaptability in his career shift and provides insights into […]