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In our house, there’s a device in almost every room - and that’s without counting the ones that move around with us. They have various different form factors, and those shapes create expectations abou
Many years ago I pitched a magazine editor on a story about Bernie Sanders , then a congressman from Vermont, who’d agreed to something extraordinary – he agreed to let me, a reporter, stick next to h
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March 24, 2015 The best part of Lara’s job is getting to help people every day. The worst part is being a part of an industry that she describes as “a little snake pit of the patriarchy.” Lara is a senior engineering manager for the online marketplace Etsy, where she writes code and helps others…
In the lexicon of human migration there are still hierarchical words, created with the purpose of putting white people above everyone else. One of those remnants is the word “expat”. Posh white blokes
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This weekend, a man wearing a skull mask posted a video on YouTube outlining his plans to murder me. I know his real name. I documented it and sent it to law enforcement, praying something is finally
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Note: This article describes the situation in Swift 1.0. Please check out Strings in Swift 4 for an updated version. In this article, I want to take a closer look at how strings are handled in Swift.
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