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SpaceShipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight - KernGoldenEmpirekerngoldenempire.com
SpaceShipTwo, the experimental rocket plane designed to someday take tourists into space, has crashed in eastern Kern County, the CEO of the Mojave Air and Space Port has confirmed. -
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Crash-Only Thinkingribbonfarm.com
A few weeks ago, I learned about something called crash-only software (ht, Robert Greco). This is software that has no normal “start” or “stop” mechanisms. It can only be stopped by crashing it. Often this means unplugging the computer physically. It -
Evolution in Action: Lizard Moving From Eggs to Live Birthnews.nationalgeographic.com
A skink species lays eggs on the coast but births babies in the mountains, giving a rare glimpse at how placentas evolved, scientists say. -
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Khrushchev Visits IBM: A Strange Tale of Silicon Valley Historyfastcompany.com
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How Long Does An ID Need To Be? — Eager Blogeager.io
When working with distributed systems, sequential IDs are not always an option. GUIDs are commonly used, but they’re unnecessarily long. How long do randomly generated IDs really need to be? - instapanel.com
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Why talent agents for engineers don't existblog.alinelerner.com
People often ask me if I'm a talent agent for engineers, in the same way that actors have talent agents in Hollywood. In a lot of ways, the way I work is closer to a talent agent than a traditional... - technotes.iangreenleaf.com
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How Entanglement-Generating Satellites Will Make the Quantum Internet Global | MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com
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Friends Don't Let Friends Clap on One and Three: a Backbeat Clapping …slideshare.net
Read the full study here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kek6eniwd42d95z/Ethan%20Hein%20Psychology%20of%20Music%20Research%20Project.pdf - arxiv.org
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C++ and Zombies: a moving question - Meeting C++meetingcpp.com
This has been on my things to think about since C++Now. At C++Now, I realized, that we've might got zombies in the C++ standard...
