Tag: Dominates

Why Scala Dominates Data Engineering

Ever found yourself browsing through a Data Engineering job posting and wondered, “Why on earth do they want me to know Scala?” Or perhaps you’ve mused, “What on earth is Scala, anyway?” Allow me to explain… Birth of Scala Scala is a high-level, statical...

Ask Ethan: Why doesn’t radiation dominate the Universe?

Today, our Universe is filled with stars and galaxies, and is not only expanding, but the Universe’s expansion is accelerating. If we were to break up the Universe into the different types of energy that compose it, we’d find that it was dominated by dark energy, which makes up 68% of th...

Why English Dominates the World — it has nothing to do with ‘white privilege’.

A friend of mine said this recently while in Indonesia. I quietly pointed out that there are well over 40 predominantly white countries where English is not the official language (Europe excluding the UK for starters) — clearly, there’s more to it than just race. The reason why Eng...