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The war against PDFs is heating up

Posted by jcartw on Friday February 27, 2026 @06:58AM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/business/2026/02/24/the-war-against-pdfs-is-heating-up

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Re:The decline of single-earner housebuyers in America on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:05AM (#47060144)

A tale of opportunities and costs

The decline of single-earner housebuyers in America

Posted by jcartw on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:05AM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/02/12/the-decline-of-single-earner-housebuyers-in-america

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Handling the Dual-Write Problem in Distributed Systems

Posted by jcartw on Thursday February 05, 2026 @07:46AM
from the auth0.com dept.

https://auth0.com/blog/handling-the-dual-write-problem-in-distributed-systems/

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Great Western Railway (1835–1948)

Posted by jcartw on Saturday January 10, 2026 @08:10AM
from the web.archive.org dept.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160122155425/https://www.networkrail.co.uk/VirtualArchive/great-western/

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S&P500 Priced in Gold

Posted by jcartw on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @07:49PM
from the pricedingold.com dept.

https://pricedingold.com/sp-500/

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Value Investing Is Struggling to Remain Relevant (2020)

Posted by jcartw on Monday December 29, 2025 @10:37PM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2020/11/14/value-investing-is-struggling-to-remain-relevant

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Why investors are increasingly fatalistic

Posted by jcartw on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:47PM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/11/23/why-investors-are-increasingly-fatalistic

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Re:Why investors are increasingly fatalistic on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:47PM (#46041852)

Subtitle: Everyone knows share prices have a long way to fall. Even so, getting out now might be a mistake

McMaster Carr – The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard Of

Posted by jcartw on Sunday November 23, 2025 @09:57PM
from the bedelstein.com dept.

https://www.bedelstein.com/post/mcmaster-carr

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Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35T of wealth

Posted by jcartw on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @10:37AM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2025/10/15/gita-gopinath-on-the-crash-that-could-torch-35trn-of-wealth

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How Nubank Built its in-house log platform

Posted by jcartw on Thursday October 30, 2025 @06:03PM
from the building.nubank.com dept.

https://building.nubank.com/how-nubank-built-its-in-house-log-platform/

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What if the AI stockmarket blows up?

Posted by jcartw on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @07:47AM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/09/07/what-if-the-ai-stockmarket-blows-up

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Fabulous Fortunes, Fewer Failures, and Faster Fixes from Functional Fundamentals [video]

Posted by jcartw on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @04:40PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FskIb9SariI

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Game theory at work: When to talk and when to shut up (2024)

Posted by jcartw on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @09:10PM
from the swaits.com dept.

https://swaits.com/game-theory-at-work-and-when-to-shutup/

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Re:America's housing market is shuddering on Monday August 11, 2025 @05:11PM (#44869513)

Subtitle: For the country’s homeowners, the good times are coming to an end

America's housing market is shuddering

Posted by jcartw on Monday August 11, 2025 @05:11PM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/08/10/americas-housing-market-is-shuddering

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Re:You need to be able to run your system on Friday June 20, 2025 @12:43PM (#44329541)

This topic comes up often among teams with large systems. What are some good counterarguments?

You need to be able to run your system

Posted by jcartw on Friday June 20, 2025 @12:43PM
from the catern.com dept.

https://catern.com/run.html

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Why China is giving away its tech for free

Posted by jcartw on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @09:04AM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/business/2025/06/17/why-china-is-giving-away-its-tech-for-free

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What employees think of their companies' values

Posted by jcartw on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @09:26PM
from the economist.com dept.

https://www.economist.com/interactive/business/2025/06/16/corporate-culture

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Designing the Ledgers API with Optimistic Locking

Posted by jcartw on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:57PM
from the moderntreasury.com dept.

https://www.moderntreasury.com/journal/designing-ledgers-with-optimistic-locking

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US Employment for Prof., Scientific and Tech Svcs: Computer Sys. Design/Related

Posted by jcartw on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @09:36PM
from the fred.stlouisfed.org dept.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IPUMN54151W200000000

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Can IOPS Be Estimated from Fsync?

Posted by jcartw on Thursday May 29, 2025 @09:16PM
from the justincartwright.com dept.

https://justincartwright.com/2025/03/13/iops-and-fsync.html

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Consistent Hash Ring

Posted by jcartw on Thursday April 17, 2025 @08:54AM
from the gallery.selfboot.cn dept.

https://gallery.selfboot.cn/en/algorithms/hashring

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Re:Consistent Hash Ring on Thursday April 17, 2025 @08:54AM (#43716107)

Interactive Consistent HashRing Visualization

Transactional Outbox Pattern (2021)

Posted by jcartw on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @09:30PM
from the ioannisioannou.me dept.

https://ioannisioannou.me/transactional-outbox-pattern/

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The Raft Consensus Algorithm

Posted by jcartw on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @09:19PM
from the raft.github.io dept.

https://raft.github.io/

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My Favorite Technical Blogs

Posted by jcartw on Saturday April 12, 2025 @11:24PM
from the eatonphil.com dept.

https://eatonphil.com/blogs.html

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Re:Dice and Queues on Thursday April 10, 2025 @08:07AM (#43643004)

This is great! Another simulator that is interesting to explore M/M/1 queues is provided by Wolfram: https://demonstrations.wolfram.com/SimulatingTheMM1Queue/.