<p>Another quiet week. Artemis I is continuing to send back amazing pictures. LastPass had a bad week. And there&#39;s some cool CSS stuff.</p>
<h2>Link Blast</h2>
<h3>👨🏼‍💻 Software Development &amp; Design</h3>
<p><a href="https://web.dev/viewport-units/">The large, small, and dynamic viewport units</a> <em>(Bramus)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://jakelazaroff.com/words/tailwind-is-a-leaky-abstraction/">Tailwind is a Leaky Abstraction</a> <em>Jake Lazaroff</em></p>
<p><a href="https://css-tricks.com/digging-deeper-into-container-style-queries/">Digging Deeper Into Container Style Queries</a> <em>(Geoff Graham)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://css-tricks.com/css-only-infinite-and-circular-image-slider/">CSS Infinite and Circular Rotating Image Slider</a> <em>(Temani Afif)</em></p>
<h3>🖥 Technology &amp; the Internet</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/12/01/1140076375/major-password-manager-lastpass-suffered-a-breach-again">Major password manager LastPass suffered a breach — again</a> <em>(Ashley Ahn)</em></p>
<h3>🎮 Gaming</h3>
<p><a href="https://kotaku.com/halo-infinite-forge-classic-maps-blood-gulch-1849838429">24 Halo Infinite Forge Maps Inspired By The Classic Games</a> <em>(Claire Jackson)</em></p>
<h3>📈 Business &amp; Finance</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/11/25/1139180002/twitter-loses-50-top-advertisers-elon-musk">Twitter has lost 50 of its top 100 advertisers since Elon Musk took over, report says</a> <em>(Halisia Hubbard)</em></p>
<h3>🔬 Science</h3>
<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/orion-flies-far-beyond-the-moon-returns-an-instantly-iconic-photo/">Orion flies far beyond the Moon, returns an instantly iconic photo</a> <em>(Eric Berger)</em></p>
<h3>🎧 Podcasts</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/23/techdirt-podcast-episode-337-will-elon-kill-twitter/">Techdirt Podcast #337: Will Elon Kill Twitter</a></p>
<h3>🎵 A Song to Leave You With</h3>
<h4>Lucero - One Last F.U.</h4>
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Another quiet week. Artemis I is continuing to send back amazing pictures. LastPass had a bad week. And there&#39;s some cool CSS stuff.

Reading Log - December 2, 2022 (#8)

<p>It was a relatively light week with American Thanksgiving.</p>
<h2>Link Blast</h2>
<h3>👨🏼‍💻 Software Development &amp; Design</h3>
<p><a href="https://github.com/eslint/eslint/discussions/16557">Complete rewrite of ESLint</a> <em>(Nicholas Zakas)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://jrsinclair.com/articles/2022/whats-so-great-about-functional-programming-anyway/">What&#39;s So Great About Functional Programming?</a> <em>(James Sinclair)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://maxrozen.com/beginners-guide-to-react-testing">The Beginner&#39;s Guide to React Testing</a> <em>(Max Rozen)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.stefanjudis.com/today-i-learned/elements-can-be-visible-even-though-their-parent-has-set-visibility-hidden/">Elements can be visible even though their parent has set &quot;visibility: hidden”</a> <em>(Stefan Judis)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://steven-giesel.com/blogPost/480539f1-98ab-45bc-ba24-9ccec65b459a">&quot;Use always a StringBuilder&quot; - Internet myths</a> <em>(Steven Giesel)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://dev.to/bytehide/senior-c-developer-shows-how-to-master-your-c-level-1a0p">Senior C# Developer Shows 5 Tips To Master Your C# Level</a> <em>(Stefan Djokic)</em></p>
<h3>🖥 Technology &amp; the Internet</h3>
<p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2022/11/24/brazil-seizes-iphones-retail-stores-charger-requirement/">Brazilian regulator seizes iPhones from retail stores as Apple fails to comply with charger requirement</a> <em>(Filipe Espósito)</em></p>
<h3>🔬 Science</h3>
<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/nasas-new-rocket-blows-the-doors-off-its-mobile-launch-tower/">NASA&#39;s new rocket blows the doors off its mobile launch tower</a> <em>(Eric Berger)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/25/universal-flu-vaccine-may-be-available-within-two-years-says-scientist">Universal flu vaccine may be available within two years, says scientist</a> <em>(Guardian)</em></p>
<h3>🎒 Everything Else</h3>
<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/23/why-writing-by-hand-is-still-the-best-way-to-retain-information/">Why writing by hand is still the best way to retain information</a> <em>(Corissa E Haury)</em></p>
<h3>🎵 A Song to Leave You With</h3>
<h4>Billy the Kid - This Sure as Hell Ain&#39;t My Life</h4>
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It was a relatively light week with American Thanksgiving.

Reading Log - November 25, 2022 (#7)

<p>Almost a week ago, NASA finally launched the <em>Artemis I</em> mission. This is the first launch of the Space Launch System (SLS). It launched an unmanned Orion capsule around the moon. While I&#39;m excited about the prospect of us going back to the moon, I have mixed feelings on the current program.</p>
<h2>The Excitement</h2>
<p>I&#39;m not going to lie, I love the thought of humans touching down on the lunar soil once again. I wasn&#39;t alive at the time of Apollo, but I&#39;ve watched plenty of documentaries about the early days of human space exploration. I remember watching shuttle launches as a kid in awe of them. I was excited to watch the final launches and the completion of the International Space Station. I was excited to see SpaceX launch their first Falcon 9 rockets and eventually launch men up to the space station again from U.S. soil.</p>
<p>The pictures the Orion capsule is sending back from its mission are absolutely breathtaking.</p>
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<h2>The “Hmmmm...”</h2>
<p>Launching into space is expensive, there are no ifs ands or buts about it. SpaceX has been able to bring the cost of launches to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) down with its reusability, but it&#39;s still super expensive. The Falcon 9 doesn&#39;t have the lift capacity to launch outside of LOE though. The Falcon Heavy has more, but still not the level the SLS has. And later SLS models will have even more lift than the Block 1 model being used for the first 3 Artemis missions.</p>
<p>The SLS has a nickname of the <em>Senate Launch System</em>. It&#39;s got the nickname because it seems more like a jobs program than a launch system. The SLS rocket is going to cost well over $2.1 billion dollars per launch. In other words, really expensive. For reference in today&#39;s dollars, the Apollo Saturn V launches cost around $1.25b per launch, and the Space Shuttle clocked in around $1.5b per launch. It&#39;s hard to wrap your head around some of those numbers, but they&#39;re huge.</p>
<p>The Falcon Heavy by comparison costs anywhere from $100-150 million per launch. Quite the difference.</p>
<p>I&#39;m not a rocket scientist by any means, but I have to wonder if there isn&#39;t a cheaper way to bridge the gap between the Falcon Heavy and the SLS to allow for man to walk on the moon and to potentially build a permanent base on it.</p>
<p>SpaceX&#39;s <em>Starship</em> is also around the corner promising another heavy lift rocket.</p>
<h2>Making Sure Science isn&#39;t Missed</h2>
<p>I&#39;m someone who wants to keep the science part of space exploration at the forefront. I&#39;d be concerned if we relied on SpaceX for all of our human exploration.</p>
<p>SpaceX is a business out to make money. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. If they can help NASA by ferrying astronauts back and forth to the space station, launching satellites, or even getting astronauts to the moon, and make money by doing it, that&#39;s great. Good for them. I&#39;m not knocking the profit motive at all. My concern is that profit, resource extraction and everything else will take center stage and the science will be put on the back burner.</p>
<p>I firmly believe that both science and the business of space can successfully coexist. It&#39;s not an either-or proposition. I think that&#39;s the one thing Artemis and the SLS have going for them. It&#39;s NASA&#39;s rocket and NASA determines what it&#39;s used for.</p>
<p>I just hope we have the drive as a country to ensure that the the science of space exploration continues to be alive and well.</p>


Artemis I

<p>The Twitter drama is never ending. Microsoft has also released .NET 7 and C# 11!</p>
<h2>In-Depth</h2>
<p>&lt;InDepthNotes
    source=&quot;Sean Hollister&quot;
    title=&quot;Mario flipped off Twitter for nearly two hours with the blessing of Musk&#39;s &#39;verification&#39;&quot;
    url=&quot;<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/9/23450289/twitter-impersonators-official-mario-musk-jesus-valve">https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/9/23450289/twitter-impersonators-official-mario-musk-jesus-valve</a>&quot;</p>
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</blockquote>
<pre><code>All this Twitter drama is like a train wreck in slow motion. I just can&#39;t look away. So many of the mistakes Elon as made since he took over were predicted by just about everyone. This feels so much like them shooting themselves in the foot. It&#39;s definitely only solidified my decision to leave Twitter. I&#39;m keeping my Twitter account active to keep my username. I&#39;m also not going to say that I&#39;ll never go back, but it would have to change ownership and have a competent CEO for me re-consider.
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<h2>Link Blast</h2>
<h3 className="text">👨🏼‍💻 Software Development</h3>

<p><a href="https://newdevsguide.com/2022/11/06/exception-anti-patterns-in-csharp/">Top 10 Dotnet Exception Anti-Patterns in C#</a> <em>(Matt Eland)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2022/11/03/multiple-assertions-per-test-are-fine/">Stop requiring only one assertion per unit test: Multiple assertions are fine</a> <em>(Mark Seeman)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-7/">.NET 7 Is Available Today</a> <em>(.NET Blog)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/welcome-to-csharp-11/">Welcome to C# 11</a> <em>(Mads Torgersen)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/browsers-json-formdata/">Browsers, JSON, and FormData</a> <em>(Jim Nielsen)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/introducing-visual-studio-rollback/">Introducing Visual Studio Rollback!</a> <em>(Sayyeda Mussa)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://blog.okyrylchuk.dev/twelve-csharp-11-features">Twelve C# 11 Features</a> <em>(Oleg Kyrylchuk)</em></p>
<h3 className="text">🖥 Technology and the Internet</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/11/23451931/elon-musk-twitter-bankrupt-verification-ftc">Elon Musk learns the hard way that being a Twitter troll is way more fun than being a mod</a> <em>(Elizabeth Lopatto)</em></p>
<h3 className="text">📈 Business and Finance</h3>

<p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/08/binance-signs-letter-of-intent-to-acquire-ftx/">Crypto giant Binance agrees to buy rival FTX amid &#39;liquidity crunch&#39;</a> <em>(Manish Singh)</em></p>
<p><em>and then...</em></p>
<p><a href="https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/ftx-explainer">The Sam Bankman-Fried empire crumbled. What happened? (part one)</a> <em>(Molly White)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/ftx-analysis">The Sam Bankman-Fried empire crumbled. What happened? (part two)</a> <em>(Molly White)</em></p>
<p><em>and then...</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/ftx-says-will-file-us-bankruptcy-latest-blow-crypto-2022-11-11/">FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy protection, CEO Bankman-Fried resigns</a> <em>(Reuters)</em></p>
<h3 className="text">🔬 Science</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-63513330">Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial</a> <em>(James Gallagher)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/nasas-artemis-i-rocket-just-endured-hours-of-hurricane-like-wind-gusts/">NASA leaves its Artemis I rocket exposed to winds above design limits</a> <em>(Eric Berger)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/debris-space-shuttle-challenger-atlantic-1.6648027">Debris from destroyed Space Shuttle Challenger found on ocean floor 36 years on</a> <em>(AP)</em></p>
<h3 className="text">🎧 Podcasts</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2022/11/09/is-pay-transparency-good">The Economist - Money Talks: Is pay transparency good?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/in-the-1890s-the-best-selling-car-was-electric/">Freakonomics #498: In the 1890s, the Best-Selling Car Was...Electric</a></p>
<h3 className="text">🎒 Everything Else</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.musicradar.com/news/how-aphex-twin-made-saw-85-92">How Aphex Twin made Selected Ambient Works 85-92</a> <em>(Dan Carr)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.swyx.io/no-smarter">The World Is Run By People No Smarter Than You</a> <em>(swyx)</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/veterans-day-us-military-iraq/672081/">My Decision to Serve</a> <em>(David French)</em></p>
<h3 className="text">🎵 A Song to Leave You With</h3>

<h4>Margot and the Nuclear So &amp; So&#39;s - Broadripple is Burning</h4>
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<p><em>Edited 11/11/22: Typo &amp; Removed Empty Gaming Section</em></p>


The Twitter drama is never ending. Microsoft has also released .NET 7 and C# 11!

Reading Log - November 11, 2022 (#5)

<p>Was a little busy last week so this week is a little longer.</p>
<h2>👨🏼‍💻Software Development</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.joshwcomeau.com/react/why-react-re-renders">Why React Re-Renders</a> - <em>joshwcomeau.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://blog.tomayac.com/2022/08/30/things-not-available-when-someone-blocks-all-cookies/">Things Not Available When Someone Blocks All Cookies</a> - <em>tomayac.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://mfcallahan.blog/2022/08/26/the-microsoft-edge-dev-tools-extension-for-vs-code-is-so-awesome-that-im-ditching-chrome-for-web-development/">The Microsoft Edge Dev Tools extension for VS Code is so awesome that I&#39;m ditching Chrome for web development</a> - <em>mfcallahan.blog</em></p>
<p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance_improvements_in_net_7/">Performance Improvements in .NET 7</a> - <em>devblogs.microsoft.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://webkit.org/blog/13140/webkit-on-github/">WebKit on GitHub</a> - <em>webkit.org</em></p>
<p><a href="https://blog.appsignal.com/2022/08/31/4-ways-to-minimize-your-dependencies-in-nodejs.html">4 Ways to Minimize Your Dependencies in Node.js</a> - <em>blog.appsignal.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://beesbuzz.biz/code/439-Falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-email">Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Email</a> - <em>beesbuzz.biz</em></p>
<h2>🖥 Technology</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/23312359/apple-iphone-lightning-cable-anniversary-10-years">Apple&#39;s Lightning cable turns 10, but its time is over</a> - <em>theverge.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2022/08/31/france-uses-ai-to-find-swimming-pools-for-tax-purposes/">France Uses AI To Find Swimming Pools For Tax Purposes</a> - <em>techdirt.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://stratechery.com/2022/rights-laws-and-google/">Rights, Laws, and Google</a> - <em>stratechery.com</em></p>
<h2>🎮 Gaming</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/1/23332738/halo-infinite-season-3-delay-forge-launch-november">Halo Infinite’s co-op and Forge modes delayed to November</a> - <em>theverge.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.destructoid.com/halo-infinite-forge-beta-split-screen-campaign-co-op-november-update">Halo Infinite will get Forge beta in November, but scraps split-screen campaign co-op</a> - <em>destructoid.com</em></p>
<h2>🔬 Science</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2022/08/24/the-space-launch-system-is-yesterdays-rocket">The Space Launch System is Yesterday’s Rocket</a> - 💰- <em>economist.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/nasa-will-pay-boeing-more-than-twice-as-much-as-spacex-for-crew-seats/">NASA will pay Boeing more than twice as much as SpaceX for crew seats</a> - <em>arstechnica.com</em></p>
<h2>🎒 Miscellaneous</h2>
<p><a href="https://neal.fun/design-the-next-iphone/">Design the Next iPhone</a> - <em>neal.fun</em></p>
<p><a href="https://brainbaking.com/post/2022/04/cool-things-people-do-with-their-blogs/">Cool Things People Do With Their Blogs</a> - <em>brainbaking.com</em></p>
<h2>🎵 A Song to Leave You With</h2>
<h3>The Wonder Years - I Just Want to Sell Out My Funeral</h3>
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Reading List for August 20 - September 2

<p>Quite a lot this week.</p>
<h2>👨🏼‍💻Software Development</h2>
<p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-4-8-rc/">Announcing TypeScript 4.8 RC</a> - <em>devblogs.microsoft.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://jeremydmiller.com/2022/08/09/what-is-good-code/">What is Good Code</a> - <em>jeremydmiller.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://deno.com/blog/changes">Big Changes Ahead for Deno</a> - <em>deno.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://coderethinked.com/what-are-guard-clauses-in-net/">What are Guard Clauses in .NET</a> - <em>coderethinked.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://medium.com/young-coder/no-c-is-not-dying-but-no-language-lives-forever-3f841aeeaf55">No, C# Is Not Dying. But No Language Lives Forever</a> - <em>medium.com/young-coder</em></p>
<p><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-6-is-now-in-ubuntu-2204/">.NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04</a> - <em>devblogs.microsoft.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://daverupert.com/2022/08/github-copilot/">Thoughts on Copilot</a> - <em>daverupert.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://dateo-software.de/blog/best-practices-async-await/">10 Best Practices in Async-Await Code in C# in 2022</a> - <em>dateo-software.de</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.architect.io/blog/2022-08-16/react-environment-variables-developers-guide/">React environment variables: A developer&#39;s guide</a> - <em>architect.io</em></p>
<p><a href="https://daverupert.com/2022/08/web-is-a-harsh-manager/">The web is a harsh manager</a> - <em>daverupert.com</em></p>
<h2>🖥 Technology</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2022/08/17/will-deprinting-reduce-the-paper-industrys-carbon-footprint/">Will &quot;deprinting&quot; reduce the paper industry&#39;s carbon footprint?</a> - <em>marketplace.org</em></p>
<h2>🎮 Gaming</h2>
<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/08/nfl-blitz-arcade-games-will-relaunch-as-arcade1up-cabinet-exclusive/">NFL Blitz arcade games will relaunch as Arcade1Up cabinet exclusive</a> - <em>arstechnica.com</em></p>
<h2>📈 Business and Finance</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/16/23308514/american-airlines-boom-supersonic-jet-order">American Airlines places order for 20 supersonic jets from Boom Supersonic</a> - <em>theverge.com</em></p>
<h2>🔬 Science</h2>
<p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/nasa-declares-that-its-space-launch-system-rocket-is-now-ready-to-fly/">No, seriously, NASA&#39;s Space Launch System is ready to take flight</a> - <em>arstechnica.com</em></p>
<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2022/08/11/how-thinking-hard-makes-the-brain-tired">How thinking hard makes the brain tired</a> - 💰 - <em>economist.com</em></p>
<h2>🎧 Podcasts</h2>
<p><a href="https://shows.acast.com/the-new-bazaar/episodes/mma-and-the-business-of-america">The New Bazaar S1 E17 - MMA and the business of America</a></p>
<p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/star-trek-first-contact-a-meta-movie-about-star/id1562785021?i=1000543045178">Galaxy Brains S1 E33 - Star Trek: First Contact | A meta movie about Star Trek&#39;s creation with John Hodgman</a></p>
<h2>🎒 Miscellaneous</h2>
<p><a href="https://ofdollarsanddata.com/when-data-fails/">When Data Fails</a> - <em>ofdollarsanddata.com</em></p>
<h2>🎵 A Song to Leave You With</h2>
<h3>VNV Nation - Testament</h3>
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