Occasionally you’ll run into little gotchas when programming in any language.  This one is a frustrating one for many people, but luckily the solution is very simple and doesn’t require anybody else. [..]

Early tomorrow morning, NASA will be bombing the moon to generate a dust cloud for water analysis. I’m not sure who thought this was a great idea but regardless of how it began, for the first time in history we are about to unleash man-made destructive force on a body that is not our own.  Admittedly progress begins with steps like these, however painful they may be.  I want to get up early and witness it – yet part of me can’t bear to watch.
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