Vanishing Culture: Punch Card Knitting

Vanishing Culture: Punch Card Knitting

The following guest post from digital humanities scholar Nichole Misako Nomura is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of preservation in our digital age. Read more essays online or download the full report now. Punch cards are a fascinating binary data storage format that aren’t just history—they’re still used by knitting machines today! Thanks to the…

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How to choose an Apple Watch

How to choose an Apple Watch

Editor’s note: Due to a patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo, new Apple Watch Series 9, 10, and Ultra 2 units sold in the US no longer have the blood oxygen feature. Older models are unaffected. You can tell if you have a unit with the blood oxygen feature disabled if the part number…

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What Is Cloud Computing? – SitePoint

What Is Cloud Computing? – SitePoint

Cloud computing has completely changed how individuals and businesses interact with technology. It helps users run complex workflows on the cloud without worrying about capacity, security concerns or management. For instance, if you’ve tried to self-host an application, you would’ve done the following: Built an on-premise server. Managed the server room by providing comprehensive cooling….

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Integrations: From Simple Data Transfer To Modern Composable Architectures — Smashing Magazine

Integrations: From Simple Data Transfer To Modern Composable Architectures — Smashing Magazine

In today’s web development landscape, the concept of a monolithic application has become increasingly rare. Modern applications are composed of multiple specialized services, each of which handles specific aspects of functionality. This shift didn’t happen overnight — it’s the result of decades of evolution in how we think about and implement data transfer between systems….

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