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Features: Supports multiple kernels simultaneously | Comes in GNOME, KDE Plasma, and XFCEDo you want to set up a Linux desktop to work and look exactly the way you want it to? If that's you, then Arch Linux deserves your attention. With Arch, everything is under your control. That's both the good news and the bad news. While Arch's slogan is "Keep it simple," simple is in the eye of the user. As someone whose first "desktop" was the Bourne shell, it's not that hard. But, for those who didn't grow up with a command-line,…

Blockchain technology is spreading like fire across industries and businesses. It is currently used in digital voting, medical recordkeeping, decentralized finance, gaming, capital markets, supply chain management, etc. More and more businesses and individual users want to take advantage of blockchain to increase transparency, security, and communication. To leverage blockchain development in innovative use cases, organizations need to comprehend the programming languages best suited for their upcoming projects. Here…

Every project has its specifications and demands. And when you’re building an application, it’s most important to choose the right technology to code it. In this article, we’ll look at Python vs. Node.js to learn about their benefits, downsides, and use cases so you can make an educated decision about which one is best suited to your project. Why Your Tech Stack Choice Matters You can ask your peers for advice about what technology to choose, Google the answer, or ask developers which technology they prefer. Each source…

Top-down introduction to Asynchronous Programming in C# Ships at sea as seen from a ferry from Redwood City to San Francisco, July 2018 In this blog post I’ll give a top-down introduction of asynchronous programming in C#. This post may be useful for anyone new to C# and for students who have learnt about threads and concurrency. I believe that a top-down approach will be ideal as it’ll first show you what async programming is so that you can be interested in the how and why of it. The code used in this blog is…

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Scientists studying the mechanisms behind deafness have pinpointed a single gene they describe as a type of master switch for cell differentiation, opening up exciting new possibilities around restoration of hearing. The discovery is claimed to "overcome a major hurdle" in the field, and lays the basis for therapies that tackle a common cause of irreversible hearing loss.The study focuses on ear hair cells, which are sensory cells that line the inner ear and are fundamental to our sense of hearing. The death of these…