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The Shape of Rome – Ex Urbe
The new Mayor of the city of Rome, Ignazio Marino, just announced his intention to destroy one of the city’s central roads, the Via dei Fori Imperiali, and turn…
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8.16 | The Wandering Inn Post navigation ← Previous Posted on April 10, 2021 by This entry was posted in Writing by pirateaba . Bookmark the permalink . Blog at…
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Lego enthusiast explains why the black market for the toy bricks is so lucrative | CBC Radio
French police are building a case against an international gang of thieves who have been stealing Lego sets from toy stores across the country. That's no surprise for Chris Malloy, a Lego collector who runs the website Brothers Brick.
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The case for trailer parks
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As an Engineering Leader at Help Scout, Anjuan Simmons has carved out a robust side hustle as a public speaker and blogger. Here, he shares his playbook for engineers to get started with personal branding and stand out from the crowd.
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Hackers backdoor PHP source code after breaching internal git server
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In hindsight, it seems like mongoose was doing the sensible thing by simply ensuring that the document existed in the database.
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