Using Microservices to Encode and Publish Videos at The New York Times – The New York Times

Using Microservices to Encode and Publish Videos at The New York Times Video publishing at The Times is growingFor the past 10 years, the video publishing lifecycle at The New York Times has relied on vendors and in-house hardware solutions. With our growing investment in video journalism over the past couple of years, we’ve found…

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Inside Donald Trump’s Last Stand: An Anxious Nominee Seeks Assurance – The New York Times

Politics Inside Donald Trump’s Last Stand: An Anxious Nominee Seeks Assurance close story-meta-footer close story-meta Photo Donald J. Trump on Thursday in Selma, N.C. In Florida, he told a reporter, “I’m on message. I’m not playing around.” Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times Donald J. Trump is not sleeping much these days. Aboard his gold-plated…

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Doctor Strange epitomizes the girlfriend problem in Hollywood superhero films | Film | The Guardian

Romance is part of the essential fabric of the comic book movie. Where would Christopher Reeve’s Superman have been without Margot Kidder’s vivacious Lois Lane in the Richard Donner and Richard Lester films – the flawed, human counterweight to the tedious perfection of everyone’s favorite big blue alien boy scout? Would the early Sam Raimi…

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