Tag: Calls

On Technical Debt, Margin Calls, and Ponzi Schemes

Ward Cunningham coined the term “technical debt” to describe a particular category of project issues. Those issues required refactoring to make it easier to work with the codebase but did not affect the final product delivered to the customer. That was thirty years ago. It was...

United Nations Calls for Reduction in Meat Consumption to Combat Climate Change

At the heart of the roadmap is a call for Western nations, including the United States, to make substantial reductions in their meat consumption. The goal is to combat greenhouse gas emissions, given the significant environmental impact of meat production. Jeremy Coller, chair and founder of the ...

Trump Calls For Civil War…Again. And Apparently, That’s Just Fine.

In 1972, Ed Muskie’s campaign was destroyed when he briefly cried in public. Someone had said something nasty about his wife. Plus, he had just seen Beaches for the first time. Three tears in a snowy parking lot in Manchester, and Muskie, then the front-runner, was toast. Soggy toast...

Trump Calls For Civil War…Again. And Apparently, That’s Just Fine.

In 1972, Ed Muskie’s campaign was destroyed when he briefly cried in public. Someone had said something nasty about his wife. Plus, he had just seen Beaches for the first time. Three tears in a snowy parking lot in Manchester, and Muskie, then the front-runner, was toast. Soggy toast...

Lengger calls for your attention

Lengger is a traditional Javanese dance from Banyumas, Central Java. It has gained a brisk yet brief popularity since the movie Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku was released in 2018. According to beliefs associated with Lengger, spirits are thought to possess the bodies of male dancers who ...