While working on a small CLI for encrypting and decrypting files, I found myself unstatisfied with the practice of writing, and testing, and reasoning about a CLI in Go. The flag package was not pleasant to work with. Testing was hard and inelegant, and the whole concept of a CLI is leaky. So I pulled…
Technically, Python doesn’t require a specific main entry point like some other programming languages like C or Java. When you run a Python script, the interpreter simply executes the code line by line from the beginning of the file. While it’s not strictly required to have a main entry point like in languages such as…
While immersed in Jordan Rakei’s marvellous fifth album The Loop, this scribe experienced déjà vu. Hmmm. When was the last time I was completely floored by an entire album’s worth of jaw-dropping vocal performances? Talk about wow factor. Aha, got it! Daniel Merriweather’s extraordinary, Mark Ronson-produced Love And War album (2009). The penny dropped as…
Kreml-Kritiker Wladimir Kara-Mursa sitzt in Sibirien in einer Einzelzelle. Seine Gesundheit soll angeschlagen sein. Nun schaltet sich Großbritannien ein. Seitdem Wladimir Kara-Mursa Ende Januar in eine Strafkolonie in Sibirien verlegt wurde, haben sich seine Haftbedingungen dramatisch verschlechtert. Nicht nur halten die Behörden ihn in Isolationshaft; seit Jahresbeginn muss er sogar deren schärfste Form erdulden, im…
LOS ANGELES — Amir Coffey has started twice in place of injured Clippers star Kawhi Leonard in their first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks and with each pass and basket made, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue has seen a change in his confidence level. “He’s always been able to attack in transition. He can make…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Wednesday is International Workers’ Day and the community gathered in Albuquerque to honor immigrant workers. El Centro, a local immigrant’s rights and worker justice organization, held the event which highlighted the economic contributions of immigrant workers. Airbnb opens replica ‘Up’ house for stays in Abiquiu Event organizers say they honored Albuquerque and Bernalillo…
Image Credits: WowNow Entertainment Helmed by Evan Tramel, Zoo Wars is a 2010 animated sci-fi comedy film that follows the story of Nuke, a young, ordinary elephant who dreams of becoming a superhero one day. The film is about his everyday life as he tries to help the animals living in Zoo Verse. Here’s how…
Surparea unei porţiuni de autostradă în sudul Chinei a făcut 36 de morţi, potrivit unui nou bilanţ comunicat joi de presa de stat, notează AFP. Agenţia de presă Xinhua a informat joi la orele 05.30 (miercuri, 21.20 GMT) că „36 de persoane şi-au pierdut viaţa, iar 30 de persoane au fost rănite”, precizând că vieţile…
