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I've recently started using shiv to package apps for internal deployment. Relies on the proper version of Python being installed on the server.

Briefcase is another option. It bundles everything, including Python. I've just started playing with it.

https://shiv.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://beeware.org/project/projects/tools/briefcase/

Welcome to the newest "pre-existing condition" in American health care.

Nice, I guess. I gave VueScan my money about six months ago. Works flawlessly with my ScanSnap S510Ms.

I've found that it is typical for people who run these small types of businesses also live in the neighborhood, or close by.

Another improvement is that people who both live and work in the community have time for more community engagement, but it their children's schools, local government, or local volunteer efforts.

Local businesses improve the community.

If you're having fun now, wait until you get to PCI for payments.

All of the Hard Core History podcasts are incredibly informative and in-depth. Definite recommend.

I think we’ve been hoodwinked, deceived, and hornswoggled.

Although I have no interest in running Linux on an ARM iMac today, I'll likely be interested in running Linux on an ARM iMac in 5 or 6 years when the OS deprecates the hardware support. Currently running Ubuntu on several iMacs as 'extra' computers.

Hard to believe my first Don Lancaster book was the RTL (Resister Transistor Logic) 1975 reprint. Much of what I know about hardware logic originates in these books.

The (web) world used to be synchronous. Traditional Apache spawns a number of threads and then keeps each thread around for x number or requests, after which the thread is killed and a new one spawned. Incredibly useful feature when you're on limited hardware and want to ensure you don't memory leak yourself out of existence. Modern Apache has newer options (and of course nginx has traditionally been entirely async on multiple threads).

TTL logic

No single driver can make that time, but a two person team can make coast to coast in 3days in decent weather. The issue with all these autonomous vehicles is that this country regularly has some nasty weather.

Inside Macintosh is a beautifully written piece of work (contrary to some other statements in the thread). No mention of Inside Macintosh should exclude the amazing Caroline Rose: http://www.storiesofapple.net/interview-with-caroline-rose.h...

Mercurial is wonderfully simple, particularly for smaller teams. Also, not being able to throw away branches ensures the project maintains a history of some wrong paths that were pursued.

In Pascal, the braces are simply larger: BEGIN END;

Switched from Slack to Twist six months ago and have not looked back. Slack is great if you need your focus to be online and immediate response. However, as a developer, I found Slack to be nothing but constant interruptions and needing to dig back through long threads wondering if I missed something important. Life is much saner (and productive) after switching to Twist.

Long-time Linode user here. Stuff happens. Agree Linode responded appropriately. I use their automated daily backup service but also maintain off-server redundant copies of critical data.

Learn from the experience, review your backup and management policies, restore from last available backups.

My daily workhorse editor since 1992. Thanks, Rich, for 27 great years.

I'd add "When Harlie was One" by David Gerrold to that list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_HARLIE_Was_One

And case law.

I use nonsense terms which are easily readable. Mother's maiden name: Lady of Amberly, first maid of countess Blue, inheritor of the golden bull.

Not sure planting a "highly invasive tree" is the solution: http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/paulownia-princess-tree-on...

Close to 30% of the documented Pylint warnings are for test code. I find Pylint incredibly helpful, but there are two things I rarely do with Pylint:

1: Run it on my test code. 2: Run it untuned for a specific project.

The heritage of "lint" tools is to be overly picky.

Aside from the plastics vs. paper issue, how do you pack these things into a shipping container or trailer? Can you imagine the logistics of every order Amazon packs being a (nearly) unique size?

SNOBOL: Was the first language that opened my eyes that there was more to computing then numbers. Up to that point, college was all FORTRAN, Cobol, and a bit of CDC 6600 assembly.

And that was pretty serious research at the time. The Gravity Research foundation was founded by Roger Babson (who also founded Babson College). At the time, the nature of gravity was not well understood. If it was a "wave" then it could be blocked, i.e Anti Gravity!

The New Boston historical society has a nice link, as does Wikipedia (which mentions Edison suggesting the idea to Babson):

http://www.newbostonhistoricalsociety.com/gravity.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Research_Foundation

An annual essay contest lives on. Several Nobel lauriets have won that prize including well recognized names like Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.

And TOML does not have the security code execution vulnerability that is in YAML.

PwSafe (Mac and IOS only)

https://pwsafe.info/

This. Thousands of modules required when spinning up applications. Worries about the security, side effects, bugs, maintainability of them all.

Also find the async/concurrency syntax in Python in cleaner — granted, a personal preference.

The Bear Brook Podcast from NH Public Radio covers an early case solved via family tree forensics. An excellent listen. https://www.bearbrookpodcast.com