Tag: COW

Copy-On-Write(COW)

A couple of years ago, during an interview, I was asked a question related to Copy-On-Write (COW). The interviewer asked: “Are collections value or reference types in Swift? What should happen when you’re creating and assigning an array to another variable?” I answered the se...

How a College Essay Entered the Almond Milk vs. Cow Milk Debate

Let’s get this out the way first: on a per-unit basis, almond milk production is less water-intensive than cow milk production. But, that’s not really what this article is about. Rather, I’d like to explore the problem of environmental fictions dressed up online as scientific fa...

Life as a Cash Cow, Why Plasma Companies are Vampires

Life is expensive. Starting a business is expensive. When you’re already in loads of debt, taking out a business loan doesn’t make sense. As I’ve been jumping through the hoops to start my own clinic, there have been many costs that I hadn’t predicted. To make ends meet wh...