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Clojure from the ground up: functions We left off last chapter with a question: what are verbs, anyway? When you evaluate (type :mary-poppins) , what really happens? user=> ( type :mary-poppins ) clojure.lang.Keyword To understand how type works, we’ll need several new ideas. First, we’ll expand on the notion of symbol... |
A woman takes advantage of new government regulations to sell peanut-filled cones in Havana last month. Picture: AFP IN a 1998 episode of The Simpsons, Fidel Castro calls his advisers into his office and tells them: "Comrades. Our nation is completely bankrupt. We have no choice but to abandon communism." Castro's advi... |
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: The government shutdown that went into effect on Tuesday, October 1, has closed down most of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The shutdown takes effect as the fall color season begins and on the opening day of Michigan's bow hunting season. While county road accesses w... |
FROM playing in goal in a 25-a-side kickabout on the scalding tarmac of Baghdad to pulling the strings against Chelsea’s millions, Yaser Kasim’s route to cult hero status at Swindon Town is the path less trodden. In fact, his particular walkway is barely touched. Very few of the hundreds of professionals in English foo... |
The Austin Police Department has arrested a suspect accused of "tickling" a nine-year-old's privates at Hop N Happy. The suspect has been identified as Neander William Silva, a Brazilian national citizen who does not reside in the United States and is visiting a cousin who lives in Hutto. Neander Willian Silva has been... |
Do you think they can do it? Can General Beck, Major Hannity, Captain Limbaugh, and Pfc. Boortz and their legions of radio underlings rouse their drooling listeners and get them to lurch and stumble to their county courthouses and federal buildings for another round of last month's hysterical and hideously misleading t... |
(CNN) -- An attack by a suicide bomber at a military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday killed eight Americans believed to be CIA employees, a senior U.S. official told CNN. Also Wednesday, four Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist were killed when a roadside bomb hit their armored vehicle in southern Afgh... |
IBM's YouTube channel is not, uh, typically the most engaging. Let's just say that at certain points in the last few weeks it has uploaded PowerPoint presentations. But a weird, weird batch of videos posted today are changing that. It's a grouping of ads of science fact vs. science fiction when it comes to artificial i... |
Senior Pilot, Captain Han Hee-seong, 58, has been flying for 33 years, and despite near-death experiences, constant jet lag and rogue combat planes, he still loves what he does. After a shining career at Korean Air (where he was nominated as a top pilot), Han now resides in Shanghai and flies Boeing 777s to Europe and ... |
The transport, which left the Moscow suburbs on Aug. 12, was organized by the Russian government without the Russian Red Cross and so far no agreement has been reached with Ukraine or the International Committee of the Red Cross that would allow it to enter Ukraine legally and be delivered to civilians in separatist co... |
Veteran left-handed reliever Sean Burnett will opt out of his minor league contract with the Dodgers and sign a new minor league pact with the Braves, reports Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet (Twitter link). Burnett, 33, is seeking a return to a big league mound for the first time since the 2014 campaign. Once an excel... |
NOT long after 10 a.m. on March 27, a restless audience waited for the Supreme Court to hear arguments in the second of two historic cases involving same-sex marriage. First, however, Justice Antonin Scalia attended to another matter. He announced that the court was throwing out an antitrust class action that subscribe... |
Ivanka Trump and her clothing brand are entangled in an intellectual property battle in which she wants no part. Fashion designer Edgardo Osorio, co-founder and creative director of fashion brand Aquazzura, has taken legal action against Trump for allegedly copying the design of his iconic “Wild Thing” sandal that cata... |
Coursera, the Silicon Valley-based provider of massive open online courses, announced on Thursday a series of deals with state universities that would place the young company squarely in the middle of the current upheaval in public higher education. The company, which has made its name by working outside higher educati... |
WATERLOO, Iowa -- Days after the release of a new audio message from the Taliban's leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour calling for insurgents "to fight until we bring an Islamic rule" to Afghanistan, Gov. Chris Christie says he would not bring home the nearly 10,000 U.S. troops stationed there, as is currently planne... |
Origami, the art of paper folding, only works when you fold in a specific order. Scientists at North Carolina State University have taken that concept one step further: with hands-free origami that folds itself. Researchers used polymer sheets that were cut into specific shapes, which would eventually fold into a cube ... |
Tony Abbott hoses down Kevin Rudd's suggestions he discussed NBN with Rupert Murdoch Updated The Federal Opposition has rubbished suggestions Tony Abbott discussed the National Broadband Network with media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has accused his political rival of conspiring with Mr Murdoch over... |
— Crumbs is shuttering all of its stores just a week after the struggling cupcake shop operator was delisted from the Nasdaq. The New York City-based company said all employees were notified of the closures Monday. A representative for Crumbs could not immediately say how many workers were affected or how many stores i... |
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna—When a team of scientists went up the enchanted Mt. Banahaw in 1998, they had been warned of mystical forest creatures. Though no one had ever seen them before, the locals believed in these “little people,” whether dwarves or fairies, whose creepy giggles resound once the sun sets. ADVERTISEMENT “Tru... |
The payment system is being increasingly taken over by cashless payment mechanism and contactless payments are soon becoming the new normal. In the United Kingdom, the spending limit on contactless payment has been increased to £30, up from £20, as reported by Wired UK. With the supermarket spending average around £25,... |
Hundreds of teens turned out for what’s been described as a flash mob incident last Monday. Twenty received citations for disorderly conduct for the disruption, which happened along 15th Street near City Hall. Several people were injured. Police Commissioner Richard Ross said “they were actually beaten, maced and claim... |
coolshots File this one under "Sad but true." The old American Dream of prancing down the wedding aisle and straight into your dream home has quickly become a thing of the past. In today's economy, renting is all the rage. In fact, apartment vacancy rates have fallen from 8 percent in 2009 to just 5.6 percent at the en... |
Some might find it unusual to see a Shui Xian tea listed in our collection of Taiwanese teas. Shui Xian Oolong Tea, otherwise known as Fairies’ Tears or Water Sprite tea, is a very famous oolong originating from the Wuyi Mountains in the northern part of Fujian Province in mainland China. Our local variation is made in... |
Dipa Karmakar, the first female Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, will be performing one of the sport's most dangerous and difficult moves in Brazil in August. Photo: Karan Deep Singh/The Wall Street Journal Dipa Karmakar is set to become India's first female gymnast to take part in the Olympic Games in Augus... |
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved capital investment subsidy to four industrial units located in North Eastern Region (NER), including under Central Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme (CCISS), 2007 of North East Industrial Investment and Promotion Policy (NEIIPP), 2007. The subsidy amountin... |
Share “The major advantage of these smart eyeglasses is that once a person puts them on, the objects in front of the person always show clear, no matter at what distance the object is,” Carlos Mastrangelo, the electrical and computer engineering professor who led the research with doctoral student Nazmul Hasan, told Sm... |
Palestinian Detainee Dies In Israeli Prison 10:35 PM Saturday February 23, 2013; Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Issa Qaraqe’, stated that a Palestinian detainee held under interrogation at an Israeli detention and interrogation facility, died Saturday after being tortured and subjected to harsh conditions. The deta... |
“A driving, wild and hilarious ramble of a book, what might have happened had Hunter S. Thompson embedded himself in a network studio.”—The Washington Post “Dostoyevsky by way of 30 Rockefeller Center . . . the best new book I’ve read this year or last.”—The Wall Street Journal “This book is absurd fiction. . . . Scath... |
I was having breakfast the other day with a friend who was giving dating advice to his son. For purposes of his anonymity, I am going to call just call him "Son." My friend said, "Son, you're 18 years old, so I am going to tell you how you date. Since you are 18 years old, you are allowed to date a woman half your age ... |
Gameplay and item/skill builds Now that the lengthy introductions are out of the way, on to item builds and gameplay. Gemini should generally be played as a solo hero. Starting item build: Standard regen and a Pretenders Crown that you can build later into a bracer. I have found that a hatchet is rather necessary to la... |
In a Quebec first, a team of physicians at the McGill University Health Centre has infused a woman with Type I diabetes with insulin-producing cells, avoiding the need for a potentially risky organ-transplant operation and the lengthy hospital stay associated with it. The hour-long procedure was carried out on May 23 a... |
October 10th, 2011 RMS – Too Crude to Lose When it comes to software freedom, Richard Stallman is a bomb throwing anarchist. That’s a good thing. The FOSS community needs a few bomb throwers in its arsenal. His job is to keep the bad guys, those who constantly attempt to usurp our principles for their own gain, at bay.... |
Last week, I told you about how Louisiana approved oil-fouled seafood based on a simple “smell test”. State officials opened some waters to allow fisherman to start hooking redfish and trout, and will allow shrimping season to open next week based on the ability to sniff out oil and dispersant in the catch. As far as e... |
New report finds 49% transgender people in Delhi, India, 37% in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and 34% in Jakarta, Indonesia have HIV A new report highlights the ‘serious threat’ that HIV remains to transgender people in Asia and the Pacific. Asia Pacific Transgender Network (APTN) and the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual H... |
Breaking: CBO just pulls numbers out of a hat How else can you explain them thinking that premiums would go down with Obamacare if the government mandates and taxes were excessive and everyone was required to buy insurance but will double if people can buy at a lower cost and if they are not forced to buy? If the young... |
“They’re doing high-fives in the Clinton campaign right now when they hear this,” Mr. Bush said. But policy details and disagreements, for the most part, replaced nasty potshots in the early going on Tuesday night, laying bare real fissures within the Republican Party on immigration, national security, trade and the me... |
Enable and use Chrome built-in Password Generator Not many of you may know this. Google Chrome browser includes a built-in Password Generator, which can generate complex passwords for you when you are signing up for new online services. Currently, it is not enabled by default; you will have to enable it first so that y... |
Shortly after the London Knights captured the Memorial Cup, the Hockey Hall of Fame started securing artifacts from that thrilling overtime victory in Red Deer. The hall took Christian Dvorak’s gloves, Matthew Tkachuk’s stick, Olli Juolevi’s helmet and Mitch Marner’s black No. 93 sweater. That final item has put the Kn... |
Though Aquaman will have been thoroughly introduced in Justice League, Jason Momoa promises the DC hero's standalone film is very much an origin film. During an exclusive interview with ComicBook.com during a Justice League event in London, the actor opened up about his next endeavor as the Atlantean hero which comes i... |
VANCOUVER -- The Conservative government's plan to move medical marijuana plants out of patients' basements and into commercial facilities was dealt a significant setback Friday, after a Federal Court judge ruled anyone already licensed to grow the drug may continue to do so. Judge Michael Manson issued an injunction e... |
(Adds details on destruction, army comment; dateline previously ABUJA) By Garba Muhammad ZARIA, Nigeria, Dec 14 (Reuters) - At least 60 people were killed this weekend when the Nigerian army raided a minority Shi'ite sect and arrested its leader in the northern city of Zaria, the director of a local hospital said on Mo... |
Once humanoid robots become more intelligent, what will they think of their human peers? (Issei Kato/Reuters) The Boston-based Future of Life Institute, backed by a $10 million donation from Elon Musk, recently announced its list of 37 winners of research grants in the field of artificial intelligence. Spurred by conce... |
Share Currently raising funds on Kickstarter, the Flavour Bottle is a regular water bottle with a scented silicone spout. Since smell accounts for up to 80 percent of our sensation of taste, the idea is that the proximity of the scent essentially tricks your brain into thinking that what you’re drinking carries a flavo... |
The Battle of Bucharest, also known as the Argeş–Neajlov Defensive Operation in Romania, was the last battle of the Romanian Campaign of 1916 in World War I, in which the Central Powers' combatants, led by General Erich von Falkenhayn, occupied the Romanian capital and forced the Romanian Government, as well as the rem... |
This article is from the archive of our partner . Tens of thousands of Syrians, mostly Kurds, have crossed into Turkey in the past 24 hours, as ISIS militants have seized dozens of villages along the border in northern Syria, officials say. Turkey opened its border on Friday to Syrians who were fleeing the Kurdish town... |
Sen. Bernie Sanders (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) and Hillary Clinton (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) BOSTON (CBS) – After his decisive victory in neighboring New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders also leads Hillary Clinton in Massachusetts, according to a new poll released ahead of the state’s presidential primary. Th... |
Maybe they should look into used Crown Vics. In Italy, where distracted driving and auto anarchy is a cultural thing, a few police officers patrol in Lamborghini Gallardos that make well over 500 horsepower. So it was only a matter of time before a driver — even one trained in using the supercar — racked one up. Of cou... |
poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201702/1864/1155968404_5332903275001_5332868082001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404" true White House blames 'professional protesters' for rowdy GOP town halls White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday that “professional protesters” make up the “base” of the dissentin... |
The Thai military court has postponed their decision to indict the scholar and prominent socially engaged Buddhist, Sulak Sivaraksa, on charges of criminal lèse-majesté, or defaming the monarchy, for claiming that a historic duel on elephantback never happened. Since the military coup in Thailand in 2014, the lèse-maje... |
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Dec. 21, 2015. (Reuters/Rebecca Cook) A Somalian terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda is using footage of Donald Trump in a new recruitment video, CBS News reported. The 51-minute video, posted o... |
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