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but Meta's versions are significantly different than the old, boring thing that you and I have access to. At my company, we are slowly rewriting our python services in golang because off the shelf golang incurs significantly less costs than off the shelf python on a per request basis.

Many of the 2021 IPOs - HOOD, COIN, etc.

I will definitely agree that adding more protein would improve health outcomes for indians - all I really wanted to point out is that a reduced intake of protein does not lead to a drastic decrease in lifespan (other effects dominate that). So there isn't an inherent feeling of anxiety in people who are used to that diet to consume protein at all costs and thus start to consider snakes as an acceptable form of food.

It's probably not correct to attribute all differences in life expectancy between India and USA to diet alone - factors like air quality are so much worse in India and play a significant role in reducing life expectancy as well. What makes more sense is to compare the life expectancy of Americans who tend to follow an Indian diet vs. those who don't. Asian Indian Americans have a life expectancy of 86-89 years [1], higher than of the US as a whole and even other asian sub groups. So the relative lack of importance attributed to protein is perhaps not as big a deal as people make it out to be.

1: https://read.dukeupress.edu/demography/article/58/5/1631/178...

I don't know if the diet is healthy or not - I am just stating that the culture itself does not place an emphasis on protein to the extent that snakes or insects become a viable source of food, but still results in healthy lifespans of 90-100 years (anecdotal of course) which is a desirable outcome for me personally. You could say that adding snake meat to my diet will increase my lifespan by 20 years and that would still seem like an outrageous choice for me to make.

Every passing day, I am more happy I am born as an Indian because I know it is possible to live a healthy life without having to resort to the consumption of protein at any cost.

I believe Heap uses Citus for distributed Postgres[1] - wonder if this issue could have been caught at the Citus level? Changing metadata about shard information can be a powerful foot gun, so the more defenses, the better.

1: https://www.citusdata.com/customers/heap

I reflected on my Vim journey after Bram passed away. It has been my only constant professional companion in the past 10 years - from university projects to FAANGs to everything-on-fire startups. All professional work I have done - the ones I am proud of, the ones that I am ashamed of, the ones that got me promotions and the ones that resulted in $M SEVs - was done on Vim. Oses/DBs/PLs/companies/co-workers come and go, but Vim has been forever.

Thanks Bram.

Is the idea here for SQLite to move from DB level locks to page locks and finally to row level locks?

Judith the Iconoclast

File a claim, there is absolutely no downside to doing so.

The pension fund probably owns shares in the bank, which are now worthless.

First time seeing Glicol - really cool!

I love your blog and thorough retrospectives on all your projects - thanks a ton for the great content!

Frozen vegetables + protein (tofu) + sauce to stir fry (e.g tomatillo). I change the sauce up for variety.

This (no phones, no notifications) has singlehandedly been the most effective step I have taken for better concentration.

This made me recall Nick Lane's thoughts on anti-oxidants and how they interfere with stress signals sent by cell (which is not an obviously good thing): https://nautil.us/issue/36/aging/yes-life-in-the-fast-lane-k...

Can someone summarize what allowed nginx to surmount the C10K problem? Was it some clever trick or just good software design?

I read this article, but I found no content discussing the title itself (that in Japan, digicams are the new film) - maybe I am missing something?

I think the Marie Kondo fad is overblown and might be a result of 1) excessive need for direction/hand-holding in all aspects of life and 2) the west's weird obsession with anything Japanese. That being said, Marie Kondo herself does not espouse minimalism. Personally speaking, having fewer things has contributed to better mental health, although it obviously is not true for all people.

I can see the claims now - "Google is holding my account ransom for $XX/hr of customer support!"

This seems like this would win The Ig Noble Prize

Why is it that race horses have such unusual names?

Reddit?

Non paywall link from another website: https://www.financemagnates.com/institutional-forex/regulati...

gotcha, thanks

Can you describe what I should be seeing here?

This is really cool! Very small suggestion, I'd put Minimum required shares ahead of Shares so that it follows the m-of-n order.

This is a very interesting overview, thanks for sharing

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification