Source: This Word Does Not Exist
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Machine learning algorithms are capable of inventing new words and creating alternative meanings for existing words.
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Source: What if? driven development
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“What if” driven development is an approach to programming problems that starts with a simple solution and gradually builds up to handle more complex cases. Applying the five whys technique can help to identify the root cause of issues.
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Source: cedar-policy
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Cedar is an open-source policy language and evaluation engine that allows developers to create and enforce easy-to-understand policies for their applications. It supports authorization models like role-based and attribute-based access control and has been verified formally using automated reasoning and differential random testing.
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Source: Taxonomy of procrastination
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The little accountant, named Jim, puts a “tax” on activities if the reward is too low compared to the effort. There are four taxums: 1) doing the thing is too unpleasant compared to not doing the thing, 2) you don’t really believe that doing the thing will work, 3) even if you successfully did the thing, you don’t really think it will matter, and 4) the timeline is too long.
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