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from my link log —
Stop your (business rules) engines!
https://adhocteam.us/2017/10/10/stop-your-business-rules-engines/
saved 2021-02-22

Stop your (business rules) engines! | Ad Hoc
One of the many surprising artifacts of the initial failed HealthCare.gov launch was a “business rules engine.” This was a new concept for most of the team that helped rescue the site.

I'm watching Jungle Cruise (2021) #JungleCruise

Jungle Cruise
Dr. Lily Houghton enlists the aid of wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff to take her down the Amazon in his dilapidated boat. Together, they search for an…

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Pornhub's parent company, Aylo, will pay $120M to settle two 2021 class action lawsuits in California and Alabama alleging it profited from child abuse material (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/pornhubs-parent-com…

Pornhub's Parent Company to Pay $120 Million to Settle Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuits
The deal settles class action lawsuits claiming Mindgeek's sites hosted and profited from abuse videos of minors.

Queria que o IBGE atualizasse logo a coisinha dos nomes do censo de 2010 pro de 2021...
2010 foi hš muito tempo, os resultados com certeza jš são totalmente diferentes

Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2021) - Learn how my shiny new AudioMoth will help monitor these night-flying insect chompers! - https://www.earth.org.uk/bats-at-16WW-2.html

Bats Around our Home aka 16WW (2021)
Learn how my shiny new AudioMoth will help monitor these night-flying insect chompers!

I've been waiting for more powerful const generics in #RustLang for since 2020 (blog post at <https://christian.amsuess.com/blog/website/2020-09-24_rust_2021/>). Se…

(2021) Psychological complexities of visual restoration https://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/1/e237603 "The effects can be so severe that patients may revert to living in darkness in mimicry of their previous lifestyle, effectively obviating the sight-restoring surgery."

Der Verdacht drängt sich mal wieder auf, dass die vielfach beschworene Wirtschaftskompetenz der CDU eine Mischung aus naiver Marktgläubigkeit und Korruption ist.
https://www.t-online.de/finanzen/energie/id_10…

Gasmarkt "erinnert an 2021": Krieg und Dürre treiben Gaspreise auf neue Höhen
Krieg, Dürre und leere Speicher: Die Lage an den europäischen Gasmärkten spannt sich an. Die aktuelle Situation ähnelt der vor Beginn des russischen Angriffskriegs.

from my link log —
ECFiber: building a fibre-to-the-premises network in rural Vermont.
https://blog.apnic.net/2021/02/18/building-your-own-fibre-to-premises-network/
saved 2021-02-18

Building your own Fibre-to-Premises Network: The ECFiber Story | APNIC Blog
How to build and operate a FTTH network when existing infrastructure, topography, and low population all work against the need for fast Internet

from my link log —
The problem with function namespaces and Lisp macros.
https://ianthehenry.com/posts/janet-game/the-problem-with-macros/
saved 2021-10-13 …

Making a Game in Janet, Part 3: The problem with macros
So we’re supposed to be writing a game, right? But in order to make progress, we have to fix a bug. And in order to fix the bug, we have to write a test. And in order to write a test, we have to write a test framework. And in order to write a test framework, we have to understand a thing or two about macros. Okay. So, caveat: I am not a lisp person. I didn’t know very much about macros going into all of this – and I still don’t. But when I started writing Judge I knew, like, only the ab…