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The Coming Need for Formal Specification

The Coming Need for Formal Specification

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🔥 Check out this insightful post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ Category: âś… Here’s what you’ll learn: In late 2022, I had a conversation with a senior engineer on the coming problem of “what to do when AI is writing most of the code”. His opinion, which I found striking at the time, was that engineers would transition from writing mostly “implementation” code, to mostly writing tests and specifications. I remember thinking at the time that this was prescient. With three years of hindsight, it seems like things are trending in a different direction. I thought that the reason that…
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Amadeus returns: Can Sky’s miniseries attract a new generation to Mozart? | classical music

Amadeus returns: Can Sky’s miniseries attract a new generation to Mozart? | classical music

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✨ Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ Category: Classical music,Culture,Music,Television,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Paul Bettany,Sky Atlantic,Television & radio đź’ˇ Key idea: FForty years ago, Amadeus won eight Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards – and introduced a new generation to eighteenth-century music. Millions bought the soundtrack to the film Mozart, and it remains one of the best-selling classical music albums of all time, with over 6.5 million copies sold worldwide, and achieving 13 gold discs.It even inspired a new hit when Falco mixed Europop with rap in Rock Me Amadeus – the first…
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People are already taking this new, unapproved drug to lose weight

People are already taking this new, unapproved drug to lose weight

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✨ Discover this awesome post from WIRED đź“– đź“‚ Category: Science,Science / Health,Triple G đź’ˇ Here’s what you’ll learn: Such endorsements abound online. Other Rita boosters also point to its purported ability to reduce cravings for drugs and alcohol. (Some clinical literature has suggested the potential of GLP-1 drugs in treating addiction, due to their ability to rewire dopamine signals in the brain.) Less desirable side effects, in trials and anecdotally, include low energy, dizziness, skin hypersensitivity (a form of extreme sensitivity to touch), and decreased libido.Eli Lilly, the drug's manufacturer, is currently completing phase III trials. If all goes…
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Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order * TorrentFreak

Google Removes Sci-Hub Domains from U.S. Search Results Due to Dated Court Order * TorrentFreak

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đź’Ą Read this must-read post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ Category: đź“Ś Here’s what you’ll learn: Home > Anti-Piracy > Site Blocking > Google has removed dozens of new Sci-Hub domain names from its search results in the United States. Unlike typical DMCA takedowns, the removals were triggered by a dated court order that was not enforced for several years. This appears to be one of the first times Google has deindexed an entire pirate site in the U.S. based on a 'site blocking' style injunction. In 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS), a leading source of academic publications in the…
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Into the Woods review – The Brothers Grimm exquisitely mashed up by Sondheim | stage

Into the Woods review – The Brothers Grimm exquisitely mashed up by Sondheim | stage

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ Category: Theatre,Musicals,Stephen Sondheim,Bridge theatre,Stage,Culture,Fairytales,Books,Tom Scutt âś… Here’s what you’ll learn: CDoes the always imaginative Brothers Grimm mash-up of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine disappoint, when his book is so clever and driven by the most wonderful (if difficult) music? Jordan Finn's production sparkles and sparkles with all the humor and pathos of these wayward fairytale characters having a misadventure in the woods, their rearranged stories wrapping around each other.The show starts with brisk efficiency, racing along with some early songs, but it packs in the emotion and…
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Baseus Inspire XH1 headphones review: Excellence at affordable prices

Baseus Inspire XH1 headphones review: Excellence at affordable prices

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🚀 Read this must-read post from WIRED đź“– đź“‚ Category: Gear,Gear / Products,Gear / Reviews,Gear / Products / Audio,Gear / Products / Headphones,Product Review đź’ˇ Here’s what you’ll learn: Transparency is very good, and I'm really annoyed that it doesn't work when I'm on a call. If so, these cans would be great for long calls and meetings. Microphones are remarkably adept at keeping background noise invisible to callers. When that noise was particularly loud, my voice faded somewhat, but only the high-pitched wail of a siren managed to break through. When my environment was quieter, the XH1 maintained my…
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Poor Johnny still won’t encrypt – by JP Aumasson

Poor Johnny still won’t encrypt – by JP Aumasson

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đź’Ą Check out this awesome post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ Category: âś… Here’s what you’ll learn: This title is an obvious nod toTo encrypt email in 1998 you’d run GnuPG from a terminal, importing the recipient’s public key into your local keyring then copying your email text into a file then encrypting the file for that public key: gpg -e -r alice file. Finally you’d copy the encrypted message into your email client and send it out.In 2025, it’s pretty much the same. In some respects, it’s worse:It feels like fewer people care about email encryption today than they…
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Flexible limbs, fantasy accents, and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100 | Dick Van Dyke

Flexible limbs, fantasy accents, and crackling sexual chemistry: Dick Van Dyke turns 100 | Dick Van Dyke

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đź’Ą Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ Category: Dick Van Dyke,Film,Culture,Mary Poppins,Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,Television,Julie Andrews âś… Main takeaway: AAll Hollywood stars grow old and die, except perhaps for one of them - Dick Van Dyke - who turns 100 today. The real world Peter Pan who used to stumble upon the ottoman on The Dick Van Dyke Show is still standing. The man who impersonated the wind-up toy in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang hasn't given up yet. He has outlived mentors, co-stars, romantic partners, and many studios. He has outlived the jokes about…
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The best merino wool t-shirts (2025), tried and tested

The best merino wool t-shirts (2025), tried and tested

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🔥 Explore this awesome post from WIRED đź“– đź“‚ Category: Gear,Gear / Products,Gear / Products / Outdoor,Buying Guide âś… Here’s what you’ll learn: We're talking $80 (or more) t-shirts here, so that's a valid question. I think merino shirts are worth the investment. They offer significant benefits over cotton and other natural fibers, as well as synthetic materials. Merino offers great temperature regulation, excellent moisture absorption, and is odorless, which means you can wear it more and not need as much of it. Three merino shirts in your wardrobe will last you as many days as 10 cotton shirts, so…
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20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ Category: đź’ˇ Here’s what you’ll learn: Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple Developer ID, and everything associated with it, and I have no recourse. Can you help? Email paris AT paris.id.au (and read on for the details). ❤️Here’s how Apple “Permanently” locked my Apple ID.I am writing this as a desperate measure. After nearly 30 years as a loyal customer, authoring technical books…
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