How computing's first 'killer app' changed everything (tl;dr it's VisiCalc) - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47802280

While the OpenJDK version of Java doesn't even have a Windows installer, Python not only has an installer, it also has a version in the Microsoft Store. It's like they WANT users.

Who put Python in the Windows 10 May 2019 update? | Steve/Microsoft Dev Blog - (There is a Python 3.7 you can install NOW in the Microsoft Store) https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-in-the-windows-10-may-2019-update/

What’s new in JavaScript ES2019 - Niall Mahere/Clubhouse.io: New flat() method for arrays, trimStart() and trimEnd() for strings are all extremely useful https://clubhouse.io/developer-how-to/whats-new-in-javascript-es2019

Fedora Silverblue is immutable, container-based and all that Fedora users are talking about https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/

OpenJDK not offering installers for Windows users is a very bad thing. I can do the manual install, but I can't think of another programming language that makes you do this.

I spent considerable time futzing with OpenJDK 12 in Windows, going back to Oracle's JDK 8, and trying to get JavaFX 12 to work. I messed with Netbeans 8.2, then 11, then back to 8.2. That the JDK "story" after Version 8 is so shaky, it's a problem.

Excellent introduction to Git https://areknawo.com/git-basics-the-only-introduction-you-will-ever-need/

The beauty of calculus - @stevenstrogatz https://frankeprogram.yale.edu/event/steven-strogatz-lecture-april-26-2019

This New York Times Gen X package is massive https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/14/style/generation-xers.html

Creating a free VPN via Google Cloud — Sei's Notes https://blog.sei.sh/creating-a-free-vpn-using-google-cloud

Behind Twitter’s plan to get people to stop yelling at each other - Nicole Nguyen/BuzzFeed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/behind-twitters-plan-to-get-people-to-stop-yelling-at-each

Human composting. Yes, human composting is a thing, it turns out. - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-human-composting-washington-green-burial-inslee-20190513-story.html

Substack is a "simple" way to start a paid email newsletter https://substack.com/

One man’s quest to rid Wikipedia of exactly one grammatical mistake - Andrew McMillen/Backchannel https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad

Amazon offers employees and 3 months’ pay to start their own delivery businesses – Sarah Perez/TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/13/amazon-offers-employees-10k-and-3-months-pay-to-start-their-own-delivery-businesses/

Uber's losses reach double digits in IPO debut debacle/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-13/uber-shares-decline-for-second-day-in-u-s-pre-market-trading

Uber stock is taking a beating https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/uber/real-time

How decades-old hippie soap brand Dr. Bronner's became a touchstone of wellness culture - Kieran Dahl/Vox https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/8/18535403/dr-bronners-soap-label-castile

Math teachers should be more like football coaches - The New York Times @BloomtasticMath https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/opinion/sunday/math-teaching-football.html

In #Vim 8.1, you can bring up your OS's terminal in a split window with the commands :terminal and :term

While Vim 8.1 is considered "a minor release," adding a terminal that you can use for debugging, compiling, doing commits in git,or whatever else you want, is a major feature https://www.vim.org/vim-8.1-released.php

Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs - Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-automation-exclusive-idUSKCN1SJ0X1

Was Shakespeare a woman? - Elizabeth Winkler/The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/who-is-shakespeare-emilia-bassano/588076/

How to use advanced rsync for large Linux backups | Alan Formy-Duval/Opensource.com (Note: this is an EXCELLENT article) https://opensource.com/article/19/5/advanced-rsync

I made my first three abbreviations (using ab) in Vim to kick out boilerplate text. I had been using macros, but @CarlaSchroder's #LinuxCookbook showed me how abbreviations do this better.

Microsoft is putting a ton of work into making Windows 10 more attractive to developers. The new terminal and vast improvements in WSL 2 only continue that trend. They are aiming to convert Mac and Linux developers, and I can see that happening.

A look at Fedora 30's new features | Anderson Silva/Opensource.com https://opensource.com/article/19/5/fedora-30-features

Social media and boredom: How technology is changing our emotions - Sean Illing/Vox https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/2/18510958/social-media-addiction-boredom-loneliness-society-technology-smart-phones

Career spotlight: Misha Euceph, KPCC – Nicholas Quah/Hot Pod News https://hotpodnews.com/career-spotlight-misha-euceph-kpcc/

How to make a podcast - Misha Euceph https://www.howtomakeapodcast.org/

I compare the huge public clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure) with Digital Ocean and two shared-hosting providers (HostGator and NearlyFreeSpeech.net) for the small user http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/web_hosting/2019_0506_hosting_with_google_nfsn_digital_ocean_or_hostgator

Free Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 for developers https://developers.redhat.com/products/rhel/download

Notable in the new RHEL 8.0: Fractional scaling in GNOME 2.28, dnf is now yum, app streams (like Fedora Modular) and no Perl, Python or Ruby in the default https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html-single/8.0_release_notes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 has been released https://www.redhat.com/en/enterprise-linux-8

This article on the problems at the Apple Stores is interesting. My recent iMac purchase experience bears this out. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-07/apple-store-locations-reviews-show-customer-service-in-decline

My current existential crisis: Stick with Windows 10, or go back to Linux (and yes, I know nobody wants to hear about it)

The 'future book' is here, but it's not what we expected | Craig Mod/WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/future-book-is-here-but-not-what-we-expected/

Microsoft's new Terminal is open source https://github.com/Microsoft/Terminal

Windows gets a new terminal – Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/06/windows-gets-a-new-terminal/

Microsoft launches Visual Studio Online, an online code editor – Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/06/microsoft-launches-visual-studio-online-an-online-code-editor/

Goodbye AWS: Rolling your own servers with Kubernetes, Part 1 - Ev Kontsevoy/Gravitational https://gravitational.com/blog/aws_vs_colocation/

Why you should start binge-reading right now - Ben Dolnick/The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/opinion/sunday/why-you-should-start-binge-reading-right-now.html

Why Go? – Key advantages you may have overlooked - YourBasic Go https://yourbasic.org/golang/advantages-over-java-python/

Local newspapers are failing to make the digital transition larger players did — and are in danger of vanishing - Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/graphics/local-newspapers-stark-divide/

Dooce.com’s Heather Armstrong was the “queen of the mommy bloggers.” Then her life fell apart. - Chavie Lieber/Vox https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/4/25/18512620/dooce-heather-armstrong-depression-valedictorian-of-being-dead