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Every year, work claims the lives of almost three million people worldwide, with nearly 800,000 deaths attributed to working long hours. These findings come from the study “A Call for Healthier and Safer Work Environments” conducted by the International Labor Organization (ILO). The majority of deaths, totaling 2.6 million, are caused by diseases related to […]
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The author discusses a mysterious SQL query that has been causing confusion among users. The query, which involves summing values from different tables, produces unexpected results that deviate from the SQL standard. The author delves into the SQL standard to understand why this behavior occurs and analyzes various SQL implementations to see which ones adhere […]
PlanetScale has announced support for foreign key constraints, a feature that was missing from their product since its launch. The company faced numerous technical challenges in incorporating foreign key support into their system, including limitations in MySQL and the need to integrate it with PlanetScale’s Online DDL and branching features. They had to overcome these […]
In the 1st century BCE, the Mediterranean Sea was plagued by pirates, particularly in the rough region of Cilicia Trachea. One of the victims of these bandits was Julius Caesar, a 25-year-old Roman nobleman. However, instead of cowering in fear like a typical captive, Caesar took charge and demanded a higher ransom from the pirates. […]
The U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) guideline for developers of U.S. government websites may further accelerate the decline of Mozilla’s Firefox browser. The documentation for developers states that they officially support any browser above 2% usage as observed by analytics.usa.gov. Currently, Firefox only has a 2.2% usage, which is steadily declining over the years. The […]
Beeper Mini is an Android app that prioritizes privacy and security. Transparent and open source, it encrypts all communication and ensures that messages cannot be seen by Beeper or Apple. The app connects directly to Apple servers, eliminating the need for a Mac server relay. Beeper Mini does not require an Apple ID and does […]
In this study, the researchers analyze the impact of toxic speech on the behavior of editors on Wikipedia. They analyze 57 million comments made on user talk pages of editors across six language editions of Wikipedia to understand the potential effects of toxicity on editor activity. The results show that toxic comments consistently lead to […]
YouTuber pilot Trevor Daniel Jacob has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for deliberately destroying the wreckage of an airplane that he crashed in Santa Barbara County to gain online views. Jacob, an experienced pilot and skydiver, had secured a sponsorship deal to promote a company’s wallet in a YouTube video. In November […]
After a failed attempt to bring ultrafast internet speeds to Louisville, Alphabet’s Google Fiber is leaving behind a mess. The company had adopted a cost-effective method known as nanotrenching, which involved burying fiber optic cables just two inches underground. However, this technique caused problems, damaging roads, resulting in fiber lines being exposed and cables being […]
Maelstrom is a tool that allows users to learn about distributed systems by writing their own implementations. It utilizes the Jepsen testing library to test toy versions of these systems, providing standardized tests for various types of distributed systems. One unique feature of Maelstrom is that users can write their servers in any programming language. […]