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As developers, we make different types of mistakes at different points in our career. But theres time for musing later. Youre reading this article because you want to hear about a train crash, and Im the engineer. I was nervous to be working from somewhere other than my couch, in something other than my pajamas. It involved a lot of customizations to the WordPress registration and login flow. The previous developer was reputed to have achieved significant progress by simply editing the corewp-loginfiles....

In 2016, aProPublica investigationrevealed a recidivism assessment tool that used machine learning was biased against black defendants. And Googlerefrained from renewing its AI contractwith the Department of Defense after employees raised ethical concerns. Those are just a few of themany ethical controversies surrounding artificial intelligencealgorithms in the past few years. Theres a six-decade history behind the AI research. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. AI systems can invisibly threaten the autonomy of humans who interact with them by influencing their behavior....

When you run adigitalagency, your work doesnt just influence your ownresults. Whether itsweb designorGoogle Ads, staying on top of the latesttrendsis essential for helping myclientsachieve their goals. One of the most important areas that is gaining increasingattentionis ADA compliance for websites. By addressing the requirements of individuals with special access needs,digitalagenciescan help theirclientsachieve greatergrowth. [Read:Heres how to make your virtual meetings more efficient] 40% off TNW Conference! Though the act was initially designed to address physicallocations, we have shifted to an increasinglydigitalway oflife....

That parallel to Tesla is going to crop up on more than one occasion too, so take note. In many ways, the company positioned itself as the Tesla of commercial haulage vehicles. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Despite showing a fairly comprehensive product lineup on its website, the company is yet to actually produce anything. Can self-healing security software fight cybercrime? A recent BBC report said the company hasmore than $10 billion worth of pre-orderswaiting to be fulfilled....

Is your website doing its job? Are you getting more customers? If not, youve got a problem. Maybe its a traffic problem. Or a clarity problem. Maybe youve changed things up a bit and its time to give your website a refresh. If you dont relay this information, the user will simply leave. They are busy and want solutions to their problems. Note that the word aspiring appears twice in the text....

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. This list is not a complete one, but has resources weve personally found helpful. kindly let us know if you have a resource you think we and others need to see! ?pic.twitter.com/T7YPHDiRPM Chante said ABOLISH THE POLICE ? (@ChantayyJayy)June 1, 2020 This video was the motivation and inspiration we all needed. But some social media practices hurt more than they help. Lindsey:I dont post on Instagram often, but today I felt a pull to post....

Free is a hard genie to put back in the bottle. Suddenly software was everywhere, for cheap or free. If the ancient dream of turning lead to gold became reality, we wouldnt become infinitely richer. Gold instead would become so abundant itd be just another metal. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. How do you compete with free? Perhaps you could charge more. Thats how Sublime Text, Slack, Superhuman, Notion, Pinboard, and many other software businesses won....

Almost nine months ago, we publishedepisode oneof the first-ever TNW podcast, Forensic Finance. The second episode is finally here, this time on the topic of how banks detect money laundering. According to the IMF, money laundering makes up 2-5% of all gross domestic product. Doesnt sound like a lot? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. What does money laundering actually look like on the street? And are banks part of the problem, or the solution?...

?TNW Pride 2020!?? All throughout June well highlight articles that focus on representation for LGBTQPIA+ people in the STEM communities. Clickhereto check out all of our Pride 2020 coverage. Reports of Prides cancellation are greatly exaggerated. Youll just have to attend most of the events online. This is a bitter pill for the queer community. For many, Pride is the only place theyre allowed to be themselves. But Pride is more than a celebration of queer culture....

A colossal chess game of immense consequences is being fought in outer space, right now. Those launches are but the sixth and seventh in a series intended to rapidly make1,584 satellites available. The aim is to create a satellite connection called Starlink. Why such outsized ambitions? Musk would first target the3% or 4% of the US population living in remote areasoron island. The financial benefits of providing Internet access to such a tiny slice of the nation are not obvious....

British cancer doctor Prof Karol Sikora recently claimed that the current COVID-19 pandemic wouldburn itself out. Extend this to the worlds population and the virus eradicates itself. But the idea that letting the virus run wild would protect us is unlikely to be valid. The antibody results coming in suggest that only a small proportion of people have been infected by SARS-CoV-2. This means that we are far away from achieving herd immunity....

That kind of thinking can be detrimental to the developer-designer relationship. First of all, small teams might not have a dedicated designer. The other big reason for developers to learn design is so they can work more effectively with designers. Its important to understand and respect the principles behind why designers make the decisions they do. Both designers and developers tend to be perfectionists. But pushing out designs before theyreperfect(since they likely never will be) is important to the process....

Being an astronaut looks like an exciting and glamorous career. Living and working in microgravity can impact your whole body in different ways. On the other hand, the human body is capable of adapting its physiology to survive in diverse conditions. What is microgravity? Microgravity is the condition in which people or objects appear to be weightless. You may have heard that there is no gravity in space. This is not quite true....