Month: August 2024

Dev Diary #2: Run Away from Nesting Functions in Your Code

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Picture the scene: You have a critical bugfix to make in your payments system, and the stakeholder is nervously watching on from the corner of the room asking helpful things like “How close are we to the fix?”. You start by looking at some code in get-payment-methods.ts, the top-level entry-point of an API route. // get-payment-methods.ts const … Read more

The Meme Coin That Became a REAL Religion!

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Pastor Kelby created a meme coin on Pumpdotfun which has since registered a church and developed its own religious theories and philosophies. Twice a day Kelby heads a sermon on Twitter where he spreads lessons from books that have personally helped him achieve happiness.

Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed, astronauts staying on ISS until February

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Boeing’s Starliner mission is coming back to Earth — empty. After months of data analysis and internal deliberation, NASA leadership announced today that Starliner will be coming back to Earth in September, without a crew. Meanwhile, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will remain on-board the International Space Station until February, when they will return … Read more

NASA will bring the Starliner astronauts home next year on SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission

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Image: NASA NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced today that US astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore will return next February with the SpaceX Crew-9 mission after spending more than 80 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS). According to NASA Commercial Crew Program manager Steve Stich, “As we got more and more data over the … Read more

Educational Byte: GBYTE Total Supply vs Other Coins

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In general, ‘supply’ indicates the quantity or amount of something available for use. In finances (including cryptocurrencies), it refers to the total amount of a particular asset, like a coin, that is available or will ever be available in the market. Commonly, fiat currencies have unlimited supplies, while cryptocurrencies often come with limited supplies. That’s … Read more

Pokémon’s first 22 seasons are getting their own FAST channel

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Image: Pokémon A new all-Pokémon FAST channel is bringing the first 22 seasons of the original Pokémon anime, courtesy of Canadian distributor WildBrain. The channel will kick off its availability in the US, with Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand to follow, according to WildBrain’s announcement this week. Melissa Pearce, senior director of media … Read more

Do you know where your children are? Maybe on X

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A surprising number of “iPad kids” — aka Generation Alpha’s 7- to 9-year-old demographic — are using X, according to new data from parental control software maker Qustodio. The firm found that over 30% of this group of children have an X account. Qustodio theorizes that X may be gaining the attention of this young … Read more

Google just made a $250M deal with California to support journalism — here’s what it means

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This week, Google joined a $250 million deal with the state of California to support California newsrooms. While the deal offers a much-needed cash infusion for an industry that’s seen crippling layoffs this year, the deal’s been criticized by some as a half-measure — and a cop-out. By agreeing to this deal, Google averts bills … Read more