35 years ago today, Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, was assassinated in a French-backed coup. He aspired to an egalitarian, feminist society, and an economy built on self-sufficiency, ecological regeneration, and independence from Western powers.
Recently I decided I should share my experiences with Rust as I've found it to be a remarkable language with a remarkable community and ecosystem. So here goes nothing!
#DEVCommunity
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Apparently Studio Ghibli developed My Neighbour Totoro in parallel with Grave of the Fireflies. Imagine being on the Fireflies team and having to spend every work day staring directly into hell while your colleagues got to animate a cat bus.
Massively under-appreciated point:
Shifting from gas boilers to electric heat pumps would cut heating gas demand by two-fifths, even when running on 100% gas power, because burning fossil fuels is wasteful and heat pumps are magic*
Allow me to explain…
In 1951, Adelbert Ames created the mind-boggling ‘Ames Window’. It’s so effective that even when you know how it works you can’t break the illusion [video from The Curiosity Show: https://t.co/DF82ASFj1a]
If you have the means please help him reach his target. Mine really took me a long. I have managed to complete a Google scholarship, secured an internship and won a hackathon with it. @backabuddy#laptop#crowdfund#Entrepreneurship#studying
Communicating hundreds of thousands of miles during the 1969 Moon landing was difficult. On the Apollo spacecraft, the "premodulation processor" was very important, combining voice, data, and TV signals. I got my hands on a premodulation processor, so let's look inside. 🧵