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Government

Trump wants to join a trade agreement that no longer exists

Responding to concerns from the agricultural community, Trump today noted that he had instructed U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer and National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow to explore the US rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, “…on our terms of course”. The news either portrays the information in a positive manner, or skeptically,  noting the many […]

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JavaScript Technology

Solving the Node Buffer Constructor Deprecation problem

  With the EOL (end of life) of Node 4.0 and the introduction of Node 10 coming in April, it’s time to look at that perennial Node problem: what to do about the Buffer constructors.

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People Political

From the tragedy of a mass shooting to a new hope for the future

“Shooting reported at school” You read the words in Twitter and feel your shoulders drop, your head lower, and you don’t want to hear any more, but you want to hear everything. The scenarios run through your head. “A teacher accidentally shot themselves in the foot.” “One kid was showing another a gun he found […]

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The Democratic Difference

We Kick Out Trump and Greitens. Then What?

The St. Louis PD headline reads Missouri Republicans debate whether Greitens should stay or go. The debate is centered around revelations of the Greitens’ affair, and especially whether he photographed a bound, blindfolded woman and threatened blackmail. Of course, discussions about kicking out a Republican in charge are not new this year. They happen all […]

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Technology

The CPU Bug: when being clever bites us in the butt

Update: Ars Technica has produced the best write up on what’s happening with Meltdown and Spectre. Earlier: Two days ago, the tech world ran into a wall. Probably the best summation of the event is the following tweet: https://twitter.com/EmilyGorcenski/status/948969633683558401 Yes, this is about the CPU bug. The CPU bug. The bug that demonstrates that sometimes […]