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Dates back to 1985, in case anyone is wondering.


Daleks with a strobe light on top.


Unrelated to the article, always enjoyed Lem's realistic portrayal of the feature.

Also, rare example of sci-fi comedy. There's German made show, based on the Ijon Tichy series [1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9D_PlfpBH4


Article praising nuclear power, referencing pro-nuclear think tanks and not referecing Fukushima even once. Yeah, nah.


This is just a toy but might seem like a great idea for someone less experienced and could normalize bad practices.

Specifically stating to not use in production will not stop people from doing just that!

Requirement files aren't magic, neither are virtual envs. Every slightly professional IDE supports that. No need to create anti-patterns.


This. The Node.js community is a good example of where this has happened - lots of bad practices with fancy logos making it into the top 50 most depended upon packages (e.g. left-pad).

The top-level comment is just being critical. It's not inappropriate. People just don't like having their feelings hurt.


What's left pad's fancy logo? Also how is left pad a bad practice?


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