It’s a question that has haunted the minds of philosophers, scientists, and conspiracy theorists for ages: are we truly native to Planet Earth, or could we be the extraterrestrial visitors we’ve been searching the stars for all along? While it may sound like an outlandish theory from the depths of science fiction, there are some astonishing pieces of evidence that suggest the possibility of humans being the real aliens. Buckle up and prepare to have your worldview shattered as we dive deep into this mind-bending hypothesis.
Remember the 1990s when Microsoft was the big bad wolf of the tech world? Their iron-fisted control over the PC ecosystem led to a massive antitrust case and made Bill Gates public enemy #1 for a while.
Well, it looks like Apple didn’t learn from Microsoft’s mistakes because it’s now following the same playbook with the iPhone. And surprise, surprise—the antitrust cops are knocking on Cupertino’s door.
Glorious leader Tim Cook
JavaScript has been around for over 25 years, yet it’s more popular and dominant than ever. Some love to hate it, others grudgingly put up with it, but let’s cut through the bullshit – JavaScript has firmly cemented itself as the one true king of programming languages. And its reign looks set to continue for a long time yet.
First, there’s the ubiquity. JavaScript is fucking EVERYWHERE. It runs in every browser on every device. It’s the default language of the web. And with Node.js, it’s busted out of the browser to conquer the server side, too. You can’t swing a cat without hitting some JavaScript. It’s like the Starbucks of programming – inescapable but also weirdly comforting in its consistency.
I’m always looking for fun little coding challenges that are not full projects, and I thought I would do a fun little licence key generator using Typescript.
Step 1: Setting Up the Project
First, create a new directory for your project and navigate into it using your terminal. Then, initialise a new TypeScript project by running the following command:
npm init -y npm install --save-dev typescript Step 2: Configuring TypeScript
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room—or, should I say, the AI in the code editor.
Recently, NVIDIA’s big cheese, Jensen Huang, made waves with his take on the future of coding at the World Government Summit in Dubai. His hot take? In the face of AI’s rise, maybe kids shouldn’t learn to code. Instead, they should focus on fields where humans still have the upper hand, like biology or even farming.
WordPress, a flexible content management system, allows various customisations to enhance user experience and streamline site management. One common requirement is to provide users with an easy and intuitive way to log out. This guide explores a best practice approach to adding a logout link directly within a WordPress menu, utilizing hooks and filters for a clean and efficient implementation.
Opting for a menu item logout link over a separate logout page or relying on plugins offers several advantages:
The wait is finally over. Google has debuted Gemini Ultra 1.0, its GPT-4 competing model powering Gemini (formerly Bard), and it’s time to dig in and see if it lives up to the promise of being on the same level as GPT-4 or falls short.
I have been anticipating Gemini Ultra since it was announced in December 2023. I’ve grown frustrated with the lack of stability and constant issues with GPT-4. I use ChatGPT and the GPT-4 API. I also use Microsoft Copilot Pro (my AI subscriptions are starting to add up now).
In the vast, evolving landscape of JavaScript, there’s a feature that stands out for its versatility and power yet remains underappreciated by many developers: JavaScript proxies. Like the chameleons of the coding world, proxies offer the ability to intercept and customize fundamental operations on objects and arrays. Today, we’re diving deep into how proxies can transform your approach to JavaScript programming, with practical examples that illuminate their potential.
What Are JavaScript Proxies? Introduced in ECMAScript 2015 (ES6), proxies are a metaprogramming feature allowing developers to create a proxy for another object. This proxy can intercept and redefine fundamental operations such as property lookup, assignment, and function invocation. Imagine having a personal assistant who can filter your calls, handle requests on your behalf, and notify you only when necessary; that’s what proxies do for your objects and arrays in JavaScript.
In this guide, we’ll set up a new Linux server running Ubuntu, configured with Nginx, PHP, and MySQL. This stack often called the LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP), is a popular choice for deploying dynamic websites and applications.
Initial Server Setup 1. Access Your Server First, access your server via SSH. Replace your_server_ip with your server’s IP address.
ssh root@your\_server\_ip 2. Create a New User For security reasons, it’s best not to use the root account for all tasks. Create a new user:
Like many, my wife and I fell for the Koh Cleaner advertisements on Facebook. While their surface cleaner works, you’ve probably heard (or maybe not) that Koh is mostly water. In fact, the active ingredient, potassium hydroxide (KOH), comprises about 0.5% of the total solution, with the rest being purified (distilled) water.
Below is a safe and accurate way to make a roughly 0.5% KOH solution at home for a fraction of the cost, what’s often referred to as a homemade Koh cleaner.