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Anyone who goes through more than a couple of gallons of drinking water a day will probably be happiest with an under-sink filtration system like the Aquasana AQ-5200. If you prefer (or need) filtered water, this provides a continuous supply of it on demand from a separate tap. We recommend the Aquasana AQ-5200 because its certifications are among the best of any system we’ve found.
via Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World
The Best Under-Sink Water Filter
Laravel Money is a composer package by Ricardo Gobbo de Souza for working with and formatting money in Laravel projects.
Laravel money uses the moneyphp/money PHP package under the hood and gives you a bunch of helpers:
use Cknow\Money\Money; echo Money::USD(500); // $5.00 This package includes a ton of advanced features for doing money operations, comparisons, aggregations, formatting, and parsing:
// Basic operations Money::USD(500)->add(Money::USD(500)); // $10.00 Money::USD(500)->subtract(Money::USD(400)); // $1.00 // Aggregation Money::min(Money::USD(100), Money::USD(200), Money::USD(300)); // Money::USD(100) // Formatters Money::USD(500)->format(); // $5.00 // Parsers Money::parse('$1.00'); // Money::USD(100) You can also create a custom formatter for your specific use-case:
Money::USD(500)->formatByFormatter(new MyFormatter()); Be sure to check out the advanced usage and included helper functions in the project’s README file. Also, check out the Money PHP documentation for complete details of what this package is capable of doing.
You can learn more about this package and check out the source code on GitHub at cknow/laravel-money.
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Westworld’s last season ended with the power dynamics between the titular park’s human guests and cybernetic hosts shifting in a radical way as the inorganic beings moved forward on their path to wrestling freedom from their creators. But for the show’s next season, the cast is getting larger in order to tell even more stories about new characters.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Master of None’s Lena Waithe is set to join Westworld’s third season in a role that, like Aaron Paul’s, is being kept secret ahead of the show’s 2020 premiere. It’s anyone’s guess whether Waithe will be portraying a human, a host, or, perhaps both.
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The wait is almost over for Game of Thrones fans. Come April 14, the eighth and final season of the show will finally be released and our two-year wait will finally be rewarded… probably with all the characters except Bran Stark dying because <spoilers>. There’s no doubt that it’s going to be dark, bloody, and even more incestuous than ever before. Oddly enough, Game of Thrones memes is the complete opposite of the show.
Outside the show exists a fandom of darkly humorous geeks (us). They have created their own funny fanfiction in the form of cropped photos and the impact font to make us all preoccupied while waiting for each season of the show.
Of course, Game of Thrones is not without its innate funny moments, especially when certain characters are on-screen:
There’s also that one time The Hound laid his life down the line for some chickens:
And of course, Ser Bronn of the Blackwater, Saver of Tyrion, The Blower of the Wildfire, Walking joke encyclopedia:
Still, you’d be surprised at the creativity of some people in their Game of Thrones memes. Some of them are downright witty and most remind us why we all love the show. So, without further ado, here are some funny Game of Thrones memes– sorry, the funniest Game of Thrones memes this side of Westeros.
That last part? Half-a-joke at this point… that’s a definite maybe. Oh, here are some honorable mentions if videos are more your speed:
Here’s a good old classic from Bad Lip Reading:
Last but not least, though you probably already saw this one if you’re a fan of Family Guy, pretty much sums up the whole fandom:
Anyway, those are the best Game of Thrones memes. More will surely come (along with more character deaths) once Game of Thrones Season 8 gets released on April 14 on HBO.
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via Forever Geek
50 Game of Thrones Memes That Will Crack You Up
angel’o’sphere shares a report: The annual Stack Overflow survey is one of the most comprehensive snapshots of how programmers work, with this year’s poll being taken by almost 90,000 developers across the globe. This year’s survey details which languages developers enjoy using, which are associated with the best paid jobs, which are most commonly used, as well as developers’ preferred frameworks, databases, and integrated development environments. Python’s versatility continues to fuel its rise through Stack Overflow’s rankings for the "most popular" languages, which lists the languages most widely used by developers. This year’s survey finds Python to be the fastest-growing major programming language, with Python edging out Android and enterprise workhorse Java to become the fourth most commonly used language. […] More importantly for developers, this popularity overlaps with demand for the language, with Julia Silge, data scientist at Stack Overflow, saying that jobs data gathered by Stack Overflow also shows Python to be one of the most in-demand languages sought by employers. […] Rust may not have as many users as Python or JavaScript but it has earned a lot of affection from those who use it. For the fourth year running, the language tops Stack Overflow’s list of "most-loved" languages, which means the proportion of Rust developers who want to continue working with it is larger than that of any other language.[…] Go stands out as a language that is well paid, while also being sought after and where developers report high levels of job satisfaction. Full report here.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
via Slashdot
The Most Loved and Most Disliked Programming Languages Revealed in Stack Overflow Survey
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This handy wall chart includes silhouettes of a variety of swords, so you can finally tell the difference between a dadao, a cutlass, and a dao at a glance. Available in various sizes, and also an inverted white-on-black version from Etsy seller Zapista.
As makers, we have a tendency to escalate our vision. Each project idea seems to get a little more complex, a little more grandiose in scale. Ben Uyeda of Homemade modern is no different. We’ve followed along for years as he and his friends have constructed various cleverly designed pieces of furniture and home based projects on homemade modern, but recently he’s published a massive project that dwarfs all the others in scale. This project is so massive, it got its very own channel to house it, the modern home project. Ben has set out to build and thoroughly document building a home from shipping containers in the desert of Joshua Tree.
Shipping container homes have been around for quite some time. What Ben is doing in terms of construction isn’t necessarily new. However, his thorough documentation seems to be where the value lies. Ben pointed out that he had considered a shipping container home for a long time but had never seemed to find a useful compendium of all he needed to know (remember, Ben has a background in doing architectural projects, before getting into making videos on youtube!). He set out to remedy this reference issue by creating his own version.
As you follow along you’ll learn everything you would need to know to build a container home in the same geographical area as him. It would, of course, be impossible to say that you would learn everything you’d need to know to build anywhere because regional building codes can be not only different, but even contradictory, but with that in mind, this is a very good start.
There are currently only 3 videos published on this project, but there are more on the way. Even though I never intend to build a shipping container home, I have found this to be thoroughly entertaining and educational. I’m looking forward to more on this series and have actually found a few bits of information that I think could assist me in upgrades I’d like to make to my workshop.
Ben will be speaking about this project at the upcoming Maker Faire Bay Area, so make sure to get tickets and come listen and ask questions!
via MAKE Magazine
Everything You Wanted To Know About Building A Shipping Container Home
Now that the basic styling for the "New Project" modal is complete, we can move on to its behavior. Luckily, because we have Vue backing us up each step of the way, this should be a cinch to complete.
Publish Date: April 9, 2019
Posted in Daily News, Other Gear & Gadgets by Hrachya H with No Comments
Tags: 3 in 1, Mini Cannon, Pyro Creations, taofledermaus, Trigger Cannon
I learned about this cool little Pyro Creations device from a TAOFLEDERMAUS video. This is a miniature cannon that fires muzzle loaded projectiles powered by breech loaded 209 shotgun primers. The reason it is called 3 in 1 is that it can be equipped with one of the three barrels of .17, .22 or .30 caliber.
In order to load the Trigger Cannon, you need to unscrew the barrel, pull the tail of the striker until the pinhole is exposed and place the safety/trigger pin into the hole, load the projectile of the proper caliber, load the shotgun primer and thread the loaded barrel back into the main body of the cannon. Now your artillery piece is ready to send some lead downrange. All you need is to pull the safety pin out.
Below you can find the mentioned TAOFLEDERMAUS video, where you can see how the Trigger Cannon works and learn about what the shells fired from this nano gun are capable of.
The elevation of the cannon can be fixed by tightening the two hex screws holding the cannon to the bed. There is also a hole drilled in the base of the bed that will allow you to attach the Trigger Cannon to a board via a wood screw.
Here is also a video found on Pyro Creations website.
Now, bear in mind that this cute little cannon is not a toy and you should apply the firearm safety rules to this micro artillery piece, too.
The Pyro Creations 3 in 1 Trigger Cannon comes with black or silver barrel color options and red, blue, black or gun metal colored beds. It is listed on the company’s website at an MSRP of $49.99. It comes standard with a .22 caliber barrel and a ramrod. The .17 and .30 caliber barrels are sold separately at a price of $14.95 each or $23.95 for the set of two barrels.
Images from www.pyrocreations.com
