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AUGUST 27, 2023
In 2010, one morning, a client called. My task was to set up a new complex server within a tight two-day window. Given the constraints, I opted for my top choice at the time for such tasks: NetBSD and Xen. To my astonishment, over 10 years later, the server was still up and running perfectly
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MAY 2, 2024
Steve Baker, an engineer in the search quality group at Google, just did a nice post about synonyms on the Google blog. A lot of people seem to think that Google only does simple-minded matching of…
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Or: What happens when Newton's laws are violated Recently, I read a book called Newton and the Counterfeiter, subtitled The Unknown Detective Career of the World's Greatest Scientist. It focuses on an awesome phase of Isaac Newton's later career that, like his pursuits in alchemy, gets little mention in most accounts.
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FEBRUARY 29, 2024
This post is the latest in the “Secret History Series.” They’ll make much more sense if you read some of the earlier ones for context. See the Secret History video and slides as well as the bibliography for sources and supplemental reading. The Soviet Union’s detonation of an atomic weapon in 1949 and the start of…
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FEBRUARY 22, 2024
In 2010, Congress capped fees for debit card networks so merchants don't get gouged by Visa and Mastercard. But the Fed stuck in a loophole for Discover. And that is leading Capital One to buy it.
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
In this post I present a Git branching strategy for developing and releasing software as I’ve used it in many of my projects, and which has turned out to be very successful.
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AUGUST 18, 2023
With pot laws changing, we thought it'd be a good idea to send our weed-averse correspondent to see what life is really like in Amsterdam, the world's cannabis capital. He took a job at a marijuana coffee shop, inhaled the best stuff on earth, and saw the totally righteous future of legalized ganja
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