This seems very clever. I’ve enjoyed abusing SQL, too. And note that abuse is the developer’s term for how what he’s doing in sqlite-schema-diagram.sql. I’m not trying to be insulting. I actually do like it.
I’m looking at this on my phone, and not in a position to try it at the moment. But it seems very clever. I’ve enjoyed abusing SQL, too. If nothing else, it’s an engaging exercise. (Note that abuse is the author’s term for how he’s using SQL. I’m not trying to be insulting.) (Or abusive.)
Tests are valuable, but of course they’re never perfect. Certain kinds of programs require them more than others. And no development approach, method, or tool is the best in all cases.
The program with the most tests that I’m aware of is SQLite. I have a feeling Hipp and his team know their code extremely well and that they do a lot of thinking before they change anything. Then they run their massive test suite, which they built because they’re good enough to know that they’re not good enough to think everything through without making errors.
Tests have saved me from a few blunders over the years.
I had a very good user experience ordering from Dreamsofa.com. They answered questions quickly, sent swatches, then sent more swatches when I needed more information, and their shipping tracking and notifications were helpful and accurate. The two guys from the shipping company they worked with were very nice. And I’m very happy with the sofa.
bruce343434 isn’t saying he’s worried the silverfish will sneak into his bed and bite him in his sleep. He’s saying it would be horrifying to live with insects as stealthy and difficult to eradicate as silverfish, but which were also bloodsuckers, like bedbugs. In short, he’s saying bedbugs are horrifying.
It may happen for email and SQLite. Or at least a mail server that uses SQLite. In this July 2021 conversation Richard Hipp, the creator of SQLite, said he’s going to write his own email server:
I’m going to write my own mail server. I was making notes on that even as we were setting up this call. That’s a big problem, and that’s at least as difficult if not more difficult than writing a database engine, but I don’t want to be beholden to Gmail. I don’t want them controlling my destiny. I don’t want them controlling the record of all of my conversations. I want to control that myself, and so I’m going to go through a lot of pain and a lot of work and a lot of effort to come up with some solution that I can control myself. I can go out and lease a virtual machine out there in the cloud and run it myself and not depend on a third party to control my email.
I expect the foundation will be SQLite, just as it is for his source code control system Fossil.
Q: If you magically had enough extra time to do one additional thing at work that you’re not doing now, what would it be?
A: Oh, I’ve got a long list. But my #1 thing right now I think would be a new version control system which the working name is Fit, it’s a combination of Fossil with Git. Uses the Fossil user interface but it uses the low-level file format of Git. So that then you can work with Fossil’s interface but push and pull to legacy Git users. And I think that would be huge.
Now cork is experiencing a revival as more industries look for sustainable alternatives to plastic and other materials derived from fossil fuels.
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The cork oak’s thick bark adapted to defend the tree from fire, making it a powerful insulating material that’s been used to shield fuel tanks on NASA spacecraft and electric car batteries.
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Several studies found that cork is carbon negative, meaning it can store more carbon than what is required to produce it.
Carbon negative seems like a misnomer, since all of the carbon that a tree absorbs literally becomes a part of its mass. Since mass is conserved (mass can't come from nowhere, and it can't be destroyed), how is it possible for the trees to store more carbon than what is required to produce them?
When I saw the headline I assumed it referred to the gut microbiome. But the subhead says New analysis reveals how skin microbiome could be associated with wrinkles and skin health.
Interesting. I know we have a microbiome on the surface, but I never thought about it and what it does outside of acute skin conditions.
