Most beginners in programming eventually end up with the same ingratiating message: „Programming is easy, everyone can do it”, with some threatening message that people doing the gatekeeping should stop doing that. I’m here to tell you that that is not true.…

The Swiss bank slashed its dividend and said its investment banking and risk chiefs would leave in the wake of crises at Archegos and Greensill that have struck the lender.

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@outcoldman @sublimehq Build 4100 has native Apple Silicon support 😁

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