Imagine you’re building a house, and you notice that a wall is not quite in the right spot, so you need to move it over a few inches. Sounds like a small change (just a few inches), but it’s easy to imagine that the construction might affect other parts of the house, or that you might see issues later because of the wall being moved over.
Not a perfect analogy, but a software change can sometimes seem small (just a few inches), but actually require a lot of complication
Software is generally built up in layers from reusable pieces. If there’s an assumption or a change in a lower layer or in one of those reusable pieces, things that might seem unrelated can break if they share one of those pieces
Condolences about your father, dealing with inheritance, estates, and selling a farm must not be easy
I’ve always had a good experience at my local RangeUSA. Looks like they have a location around Minneapolis, which isn’t quite south MN but might be an option
Brilliant has a bunch of math courses, up into calculus and other high-level math. It also has some gamification with points and daily streaks for completing lessons
Minute Cryptic has a daily cryptic crossword clue which is pretty fun. And they post video explanations for each solution, which is helpful for learning how cryptic crosswords work
I’m reading a book “Because Internet” that talks about exactly this - how online writing evolves and can develop subtle meaning. It’s pretty interesting
Imagine you’re building a house, and you notice that a wall is not quite in the right spot, so you need to move it over a few inches. Sounds like a small change (just a few inches), but it’s easy to imagine that the construction might affect other parts of the house, or that you might see issues later because of the wall being moved over.
Not a perfect analogy, but a software change can sometimes seem small (just a few inches), but actually require a lot of complication
Software is generally built up in layers from reusable pieces. If there’s an assumption or a change in a lower layer or in one of those reusable pieces, things that might seem unrelated can break if they share one of those pieces
Condolences about your father, dealing with inheritance, estates, and selling a farm must not be easy
I’ve always had a good experience at my local RangeUSA. Looks like they have a location around Minneapolis, which isn’t quite south MN but might be an option
Up and down
“Are you up for that?” “Yeah, I’m down”
Anton Petrov
Posts science videos every day, generally covering news or more recent discoveries
It’s easy to predict water flow when there's no water left. Thanks AI!
Marines were deployed to LA
Reminds me of The Never Song by WKUK
The article says it will stream on Prime Video
Not just a story, it’s a graphic novel
I’m not sure ICE needs a reason for more firepower, they’ve hardly been a model of restraint so far
You’re right, these Republicans are out of control
Brilliant has a bunch of math courses, up into calculus and other high-level math. It also has some gamification with points and daily streaks for completing lessons
Totally different from Zero motorcycles
Minute Cryptic has a daily cryptic crossword clue which is pretty fun. And they post video explanations for each solution, which is helpful for learning how cryptic crosswords work
The country is Colombia, not Columbia
I’m reading a book “Because Internet” that talks about exactly this - how online writing evolves and can develop subtle meaning. It’s pretty interesting
I recently discovered Ben Eater, his videos about how computer hardware works are really interesting