A good interview. I take it personally, however, when Bryan says “it’s bad for me when we let in foreign economists.” 🙁 Do buy Bryan’s excellent graphic non-fiction on these questions.

There's a number of datatypes available in PostgreSQL. In this article, we're going to take a look at the array datatype. There are times when you might want to store multiple values in one database column instead of across multiple tables. PostgreSQL gives you this capability with the array datatype.

This tutorial introduces you to PostgreSQL character data types including char, varchar, and text, and give you tips to choose the suitable one for tables.

This tutorial shows you how to use the PostgreSQL CREATE TABLE statement to create new tables.

Is this a want or a need? Do you know anyone who has managed to gain control over things outside of their grasp? Honking at traffic serves no purpose other than to express a need to control the unc…

In 1900, the consensus was, Europe was top dog, Europe would rule the world forever. In 1920, Europe had destroyed itself, and the consensus was,

Enrique Tarrio is selling the merchandise because his organization is in financial disarray.

On location with the masters of the metaverse, the Internet Engineering Task Force.

PostgreSQL is one of the most famous open-source, freely available database management software systems out there. This tutorial will show you how to install the server and client PostgreSQL packages, as well as how to set up a PostgreSQL server on your system.

Fennel is a programming language that brings together the speed, simplicity, and reach of Lua with the flexibility of a lisp syntax and macro system. Full Lua compatibility: Easily call any Lua fun…

This collection highlights some of the many projects and initiatives across Microsoft Research that aim to advance the field of software development.

It’s also further evidence that extraterrestrials should've settled the entire Milky Way by now. So where are they?

Kernel development is not for people who lack persistence; changes can take a number of revisions and a lot of time to make it into a mainline release. Even so, the story of the Landlock security module, developed by Mickaël Salaün, seems like an extreme case; this code was merged for 5.13 after more than five years of development and 34 versions of the patch set. This sandboxing mechanism has evolved considerably since LWN covered version 3 of the patch set in 2016, so a look at what Landlock has become is warranted.

First published in FEE, in March 2015.

I'm sure you're aware that this past Monday was Flag Day. The City of Spokane made a special announcement to celebrate the holy day for vexillologists: Council passes resolution 6-0 adopting the new Spokane City Flag! Congratulations @spokaneflag pic.twitter.com/NjC5ZWltA3— Spokane City Council (@Spokane_Council) June 15, 2021 The Spokane Flag Commission was created in 2019. Commissioners received over 400 designs since then, and they landed on... this one. I think it's fine. It's certainly better than...

Increasingly applications rely on real-time data, often from multiple data stores in the cloud or on premise, and might even operate on that data before it ever reaches storage. That has created added pressures for data integration as the volume and velocity of data enterprises deal with has increased exponentially. Striim co-founders Ali Kutay, Steve…

Council passes resolution 6-0 adopting the new Spokane City Flag! Congratulations @spokaneflag pic.twitter.com/NjC5ZWltA3— Spokane City Council (@Spokane_Council) June 15, 2021

In programming, laziness can often be an asset. Computer programs can themselves be lazy, and sometimes that's a good thing.

I started baking bread a few years ago. The simplicity appealed to me. With just four ingredients — flour, salt, yeast, and water — I could make a hearty, delicious loaf of bread. I started, as one does with any new recipe, by hewing to the ingredients and directions as closely as possible. Over time, […]

Intel’s IPU improves data center efficiency and manageability and is the only one built in collaboration with hyperscale cloud partners.

Everything does not need to be smart

Why today’s A.I. is not “really” A.I., but it may not matter that much to you.

Explaining why the multi-layer Neapolitan ice cream exists, and why it’s never actually appeared on a space shuttle despite strong suggestions otherwise.

Almost every project comes in a little bit late and a little bit over budget. When things break, the breaks are rarely lucky ones. Part of the reason is that in proposing the project we made our be…

Posted on Wednesday 16 Jun 2021. 2,455 words, 14 links. By Matt Webb.

Long before Critical Race Theory or the 1619 Project, white America used the term 'Marxist,' 'Communist' and 'Un-American' to condemn Black movements.