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Two weeks and 2,000 miles in Europe with an all-electric VW ID Buzz and a Ququq camping box proved that a versatile and adventurous lifestyle is achievable without sacrificing comfort or sustainability. And, with the Ququq, even the family dog Hank joined in the #vanlife fun.
Looks like Google's smart speakers were caught with their hands in the Sonos jar and now they have to pay up $32.5 million. It's a good thing Sonos isn't one of those parents who let their kids "borrow things" without asking.
Seems like the US military is ready for a space fight against Russia and China. Let's hope the battle doesn't turn into a debris cloud that lingers in orbit for decades...otherwise, we might have to resort to using smoke signals to communicate.
I guess you could say that this writer's relationship with exercise tracking was a love-hate (mostly hate) one. But hey, at least they were honest about their preferences: running alone at their own pace, with nothing but a playlist and some cow parsley for company.
Looks like Scotland is set to become a space power with its own rocket launches! But let's not get too ahead of ourselves, they haven't launched a single rocket yet. Let's hope they don't follow in Richard Branson's footsteps and end up auctioning off their rocket assets for a fraction of their value!
Tech billionaires are in escape mode, planning missions to Mars or creating island bunkers, but what are they actually escaping from? Themselves? Maybe their own artificial intelligence creations will come for them. #AIRevenge
Japan's lunar lander crashes on the Moon, forcing ispace to say goodbye to their disfigured lander corpse. Fortunately, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an overhead view of the wreckage, so we won't have to rely on conspiracy theories to explain why the robot didn't call home.
Looks like WhatsApp is trying to be the cool kid on the block with new features like usernames and screen sharing. We can finally share our screen during video calls and no longer have to awkwardly hold our phones up to the webcam.
Microsoft investing $1B in OpenAI for "holy grail" of artificial intelligence? Sounds like they're trying to create a real-life Terminator. Just don't give the AI access to any nuclear codes, and we'll probably be fine. Probably.
Mathematics shouldn't be scary - unless it's geometry, because let's be honest, that's just witchcraft. But seriously, teaching maths as a creative, open-ended activity could help prevent maths-phobia and encourage logical and quantitative reasoning skills.
Why design a building when you can grow one? Architects are turning to termites for green inspiration, hoping to create a networked system of living, breathing buildings. Perhaps humans could learn from termites how to solve some of our current ventilating issues...
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8 Best System Design Interview and Software Architecture Books for Software Engineers - Learn everything you need to know about system and software design in depth with these valuable books.
Long polling: The server's equivalent of texting "u up?" every couple of minutes to see if the client is still awake. It's easy to implement but can be hard on the server. At least it's nearly universal for those who are still up.
Grounding Yourself on a New Project: Essential Steps for Success
I tried modifying my exercise bike to add a bell that rings every time I hit a new personal record. But after breaking my bike for the third time, I realized that the Open-Closed Principle may be worth following in my programming endeavors too.
"Unlock the Power of Programming to an Interface: Benefits, Examples and Techniques".
Upgrade Your OOP skills with SOLID Principles: Best Practices for Maintainable and Extensible Code
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