There was a recent book[1] by Cat Jarman called The River Kings that discusses the Vikings’ expansive trade with the east. It was decent and was quite popular after publication.
As an American living in the UK, it's interesting to see the disparity in almost all aspects of the treatment of lead. In the US, for example, there is an abundance of research and activism coupled with laws and a huge abatement/remediation industry. In the UK, however, where there is a large stock of old housing that very likely contains lead paint, pipes, and other products, there is nothing comparable.
Are children in the UK silently suffering from lead poisoning, or "losing IQ points"? I have lead paint in my house and If I took my children to get tested at the GP, I would expect a strange look in response.
Compare this to asbestos, where a survey is always recommended when purchasing an older property in the UK. While I think a lead survey would be suggested in the US if purchasing a pre-1978 property (and is required in some areas when renting to a family with children), I would guess only a handful are done here every year.
1password has changed recently. Are security experts recommending their newer cloud subscription service or the older version that stored the vault on Dropbox or another storage service (or both)?
The author may be referring to libraries themselves having dependencies. These attitudes are changing. For example, last week the Django community published a draft proposal that declares that "Django can have dependencies". The "Background" section is a good read and helps explain the origins of these attitudes: https://github.com/django/deps/blob/master/draft/0007-depend....
I moved to the UK a few years ago and I couldn't agree more that the IRS rules and regulations unfairly penalize "average" US citizens that live and operate abroad.
FBAR, FATCA and if you start a business, form 5471 and friends. I got some quotes from a few accountants and I will likely have to pay thousands of dollars for assistance just to fill out informational forms and pay (maybe) a few hundred dollars in US taxes.
[1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53242328