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The word multi-threaded here is an artifact of how download managers in the past worked. The idea is to download a large file in parts, in parallel, over multiple TCP streams at once. In certain circumstances this can speed up the download significantly. Let's start with a naive way of downloading a file in Go: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 // Error handling omitted for brevity.
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JSON Web Tokens are a popular way of managing authorization and authentication policies for web applications. Sending around a base64-encoded token that can be verified by every service using it, enables uncomplicated (and stateless) application design compared to other mechanisms....
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[AI summary] This article provides technical notes on handling chunked JSON responses in Go without waiting for the full data stream to arrive.
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[AI summary] This project involves replacing the electronics of a 747 fuel quantity indicator with a custom system using a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. The system uses a PID controller to manage the pointer and counter movement, with a focus on addressing issues like noise and derivative term sensitivity. The project successfully controls the indicator, though some challenges remain, such as a noisy potentiometer around 22,500 pounds.
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