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Entitled guy keeps using incorrect email address to book hotels, the real guy gets even by costing him $300 in cancellation fees: ‘The flood of incorrect emails seems to have stopped since’

Before we delve into the details, it’s worth clarifying that this entitled guy was informed well in advance that he was using the wrong email address before things really got out of hand. He was given ample opportunity to apologize and correct his ways, but instead, he ignored the real person’s attempts to sort out […]

Bullet strikes body of a Southwest Airlines airplane at a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of the evening flight

DALLAS, Texas — A bullet struck the body of a Southwest Airlines airplane preparing for departure from a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of the Friday evening flight, the airline said. No injuries were reported and law enforcement was contacted after the bullet struck the right side of the aircraft just under the flight deck. […]

India vs Pakistan Tussle Leads To Cancellation Of Champions Trophy Launch, Potential ‘Alternate’ Venue Cancelled | Cricket News

The ICC continued discussions on the Champions Trophy schedule with the participating nations amid speculation that the entire tournament could be moved out of Pakistan following India’s refusal to travel to the country, a source said on Tuesday. A chatter emerged that South Africa could be a viable alternative to organise next year’s […]

Synchronous functions can support cancellation too

Cancellation is a Swift concurrency feature, but this doesn’t mean it’s only available in async functions. Synchronous functions can also support cancellation, and by doing so they’ll become better concurrency citizens when called from async code. Supporting cancellation makes sense for functions that can block for significant amounts of time (say, more than a few […]

Cancellation can come in many forms

In Swift’s concurrency model, cancellation is cooperative. To be a good concurrency citizen, code must periodically check if the current task has been cancelled, and react accordingly. You can check for cancellation by calling Task.isCancelled or with try Task.checkCancellation() — the latter will exit by throwing a CancellationError if the task has been cancelled. By […]