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An introduction to property-based testing using fast-check and JavaScript

At a very high level, it injects thousands of random values into tests—creating thousands of tests in the process. PBT ...

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

“Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996. Microsoft created its ...

Concrete with a human touch: Can we make infrastructure that repairs itself?

Concrete is the most widely used construction material, so developing ways to make it more durable can improve infrastructure ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1969, The Rolling Stones Recorded a Hit Song Written About Mick Jagger’s Secret Girlfriend—or Was It?

On this day, December 3, 1969, this iconic rock band took to Muscle Shoals Studio to record their No. 1 hit from their No. 1 ...
Archaeology

The World's Oldest Writing

SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ...