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Last week I had a chance to attend the Randa meetings 2017, my plan was to work on the Plasma Mobile during the sprint, improve the state of current images. A few things changed over the course of the week:
New shiny wallpaper and packages
Starting from 8 Sept, we started using the packages from KDE Neon buildsystem ... |
The Print, a publication run by journalist Shekhar Gupta who is most known for his “coup story”, might have got itself in a bit of a soup.
On Friday it published an article titled, Without our tales of bravery, we Rajputs would be just a bunch of non-intelligent losers. This opinion piece was penned by well known auth... |
It's settled, Tesla is a technology company
Investopedia* recently took issue with both Tesla [NASDAQ: TSLA] bulls and bears. Wall Street tends to be myopic when considering Tesla — most investors will view the company through an "automotive" lens only. It's argued that all Wall Street "talks about [with Tesla] is car... |
Nature Magazine, the academic journal that introduced the world to X-rays, DNA double helix, wave nature of particles, pulsars, and more recently the human genome, is set to publish a paper in June that shows atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is responsible for only 5-10% of observed warming on Earth.
As explained by t... |
Five G4S Lincolnshire police control room staff have been suspended after allegations that they were making hundreds of 999 calls at quiet times to improve their perceived performance.
The five call handling staff, who are believed to include the Lincolnshire force control room manager, are understood to have made mor... |
By Tabitha Morgan
BBC News, Cyprus
A pipeline has been installed to carry water from the ships inland
Ships containing drinking water are expected to start arriving in Cyprus in an effort to relieve the island's chronic water shortage.
The water is being supplied by Greece, in a project costing the Cypriot governme... |
In modern America, it is impossible to know if what appears in the press is real news or some made-up nonsense intended to trick the public. The increasingly important site Conservative Tree House posted up a sampling of entire fake media people and operations the other day. When you are paid to write on behalf of a pa... |
In this paper, we describe an equation to estimate the frequency of planetary “origin of life”-type events that is similar in intent to the Drake Equation but with some key advantages—specifically, our formulation makes an explicit connection between “global” rates for life arising and granular information about a plan... |
Pyrrhic Victories: Mass Casualties And Rah-Rah Endings
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[Attention: Vague spoilers on Fast & Furious 6, Star Trek Into Darkness, Iron Man 3, The Avengers. More specific spoilers on Die Hard, Die Hard 2.]
I get all my best ideas about Star Trek fr... |
HOLY COW, you guys. My santa killed it.
First of all, she sent me a message to let me know my package was on the way. Communication is key! I love when Santas message, just in case there's ever an issue so you can talk to each other!
Secondly, just LOOK at these beautiful presents! I was so flabbergasted when I opene... |
2015 Update: Added the 2015 Seiko SCED “Ripley” reissues! 2019 Update: Added the 2014 Tic-Tac, additional 2015 models, and 2016 lineup
Some of the most recognizable and sought-after collectible watches weren’t all that expensive when they were new. One example of the low-end grail is the line of 7A28 Seiko chronograph... |
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Social media breaks down the barriers between companies and their target audience; when it was first introduced it was seen as a way for companies to communicate directly with their audience.
This is possibly why the practice of automating tweets and posts was considered contradictory to the aim... |
I’d like to personally thank everyone out there who has rescued a dog in the past. You are a hero! For those that are thinking about it, great! We can help you find an adopted dog. I hope these inspirational rescue dog quotes get you excited to help a dog in need! If you are considering rescuing a dog, good for you! Re... |
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SCRANTON -- In the midst of the Federal Government shutdown, a charity stepped in to pay death and funeral benefits to families of service people currently serving in harm's way.
But the shutdown has stopped a program that helps pay burial costs for needy families of vets ... |
Sex-offender stamp on passports upheld after legal challenge
A federal judge in Oakland, Ca., ruled Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, against a challenge to a new federal law that requires that the legal status of registered sex offenders be stamped on their passports. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) less A federal judge in Oakl... |
The Raspberry Pi isn’t short on operating systems. There are plenty of choices, but most are Linux distributions, and they have certain limitations.
Android, on the other hand, has more compatibility with third party apps and services, especially streaming ones. Android also has tons of apps, like games, that could be... |
Breaking News Emails Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
Aug. 10, 2016, 2:38 AM GMT / Updated Aug. 10, 2016, 4:47 PM GMT By Pete Williams
A Justice Department investigation has concluded that Baltimore police routinely stop, search, and even arre... |
In America's conservative heartland the talk now is not just of a win for Obama. With the Democrats poised for gains in the Senate and the House, moderate Republicans fear a wipeout that would leave their party in the grip of evangelicals increasingly out of touch with the public. Could the country be on the brink of c... |
ONLINE payments service PayPal has reported hundreds of Scottish customers to the US authorities for allegedly violating US embargoes on trade with Cuba after they bought small amounts of Cuban coffee from a Perth-based bean roaster.
Customers of The Bean Shop in Perth received emails from the payments giant warning t... |
There is something sinister to a seaman in the very grouping of the letters which form this word, clear in its meaning, and seldom threatening in vain.
I say at once there are fewer difficulties in holding hereditary states, and those long accustomed to the family of their prince, than new ones; for it is sufficient o... |
The Stoke goalkeeper may not be fit to play until the start of next season SIMON COOPER/PA
Stoke City could end up footing a wage bill of more than £2 million for Jack Butland after Fifa stopped paying compensation to the club, even though the goalkeeper suffered his injury on international duty in March.
Fifa, under... |
Our beloved Ramsey Theatre closed its doors on August 20, 2013. Please help us bring back this cherished neighborhood landmark.
The Ramsey Theatre opened in 1927 and has been a favorite destination for our town and the neighboring communities ever since. Many charming stories surround the theatre which, in the early d... |
At 4:42 p.m. on Friday, President Donald Trump signed an insanely sweeping executive order citing 9/11 to justify a ban on all travel to the United States from citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries. Those didn’t include any of the countries the hijackers came from, or any of the countries where his own businesses h... |
I love the week six AP poll. Historically speaking, week six has been measurably more accurate in predicting that season’s national champion than its predecessors in prior weeks.
Indeed, we’ve already arrived at the point in the calendar where the added value of new information appears to evaporate. Week six is just a... |
The whole world might be swearing at Dileep but his fan club members still swear by him. The members firmly believe that their beloved ‘Dileepettan’ is the victim of a conspiracy, and that he will never commit such a crime. Says Riyas Khan, chairman of the All Kerala Dileep Fan’s and Welfare Association, “We are 100% s... |
Requirements management has always been part of the project manager’s job. It was something that I handled as the project progressed without much thought. In today’s world, requirements management is an important part of the overall project.
What is “requirements management?”
In short, requirements management is the ... |
Guest commentary by Georg Feulner
During a meeting of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society, solar physicists have just announced a prediction that the Sun might enter an extended period of low activity (a ‘grand minimum’) similar to the Maunder Minimum in the 17th century. In this post I wil... |
Valumetric butter is owned by Fonterra Brands and is more expensive in price per weight than any other standard butter on sale at Countdown.
Fonterra is using psychological pricing to trick shoppers into buying more expensive butter, which is already at record prices, an analyst says.
Valumetric 400g butter blocks re... |
Residential property sales and prices in the Montreal area rose for every type of dwelling in July for the third consecutive month, according to data released by the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board on Friday.
“We’re in a seller’s market,” said Paul Cardinal, the manager of market analysis for the Quebec Federation ... |
Should Cameron resign if Scotland votes Yes?
Matthew Parris has raised the subject. Here are some arguments either way.
Yes, Cameron should resign if Scotland votes Yes. Under his leadership, the Government allowed the referendum to take place, and its terms to be established. He is therefore responsible for the refe... |
Predicting Modern Science: Epicurus vs. Mohammed
Richard Carrier
In our 2004 Michigan debate, where Dan Barker and I debated Michael Corey and Hassanain Rajabali, our opponents claimed the Koran miraculously predicted certain claims now established by modern science (an audio recording of the debate can be heard at S... |
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Kurds Provoked Confrontation With ISIS in Iraq: Report
Assyrians who fled Al Hamdaniya gathered in the Assyrian center in Ankawa (photo: Radio Ashur). (AINA) -- On June 25 Kurdish fighters clashed with ISIS in the town of Baghdede (AINA 2014-06-26), an Assyrian town 20 kilometers southeast of Mosul, causing 50,000 Ass... |
What It Looks like When Union Members Stand with Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter activists and AFL-CIO delegates join together outside of America's Center in St. Louis on Oct. 21. (Chauncey K. Robinson / People's World)
This article first appeared on People's World.
ST. LOUIS—In an act of powerful solidarity w... |
What started out as a terrifying traffic stop for 17-year-old Audra Daniloff ended in an amazing trip to New York.
Audra had an extremely difficult year after spending a lot of it in the hospital. She has Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, also known as HLH. The rare, life-threatening disease attacked Audra’s immune ... |
Kirsten Grieshaber, The Associated Press
BERLIN -- The German government announced Tuesday it had banned an Islamic group, "The true religion," which is suspected of targeting teenagers to radicalize to fight in Syria and Iraq. At the same time, police raided about 190 offices, storehouses, mosques and apartments of m... |
Michael Makovi writes:
There is a strong current in the Israeli right wing for Israel to stop accepting American money. The (decidedly statist) late Rabbi Meir Kahane advocated this, the presently living (and libertarian) Moshe Feiglin of the Manhighut Yehudit (“Jewish Leadership”) faction of the Likud party advocates... |
There won't be any more healthcare votes in the Senate until its newest member, Scott Brown (R-Mass.), can be sworn in, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday.
McConnell said that the 39 Republicans would count on Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.), who said the Senate should halt health votes until Brown can be sw... |
Lots of people lose their religious faith and just keep quiet about it. They have great reasons for doing so. Entire communities and family relationships are built on agreement that God is real. Publicly express doubt and you risk becoming an outcast in both social and family circles. Thus, many people go through the m... |
Choosing the Best Humidor for any Cigar Collection!
Any devotee of fine tobacco knows that a humidor is one of the most essential cigar accessories that a discerning enthusiast can own. Making informed decisions about your humidor means that your cigars will continue to age properly and improve, rather than grow stale... |
The FP Quiz
Answers to the FP Quiz
1) A, 37. As populations grow and societies become wealthier, water consumption swells, leading many to predict that the future will be filled with conflicts over water. There is reason for optimism, however. In the past 60 years, some 400 international water agreements have been si... |
After coming across this amazing video of Ultimate being played by sandal-clad youth on a dirt field, Skyd wanted to find out more about the program that was bringing the sport to children in the unlikely setting of a Burmese refugee camp. We caught up with DARE program director Pam Rogers and Liz Lu, a player that hel... |
A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity Dalai Lama
SMS Privacy Security Test Results
16th Oct 2017
On the 7th of August a security vulnerability was discovered in SMS Privacy and, after fixing it, I released a report and resolved to have the service professionally security-tested, a... |
Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer.
Did the Axis Have Any Funny Animals?
Yes. Whether the Nazis and Italians did is technically debatable, but the Japanese certainly did.
(Oops! I am reminded that many younger people today do not know what “the Axis” was. “The Enemy” during World War I... |
Believe it or not, you can enjoy a hot slice of pizza without having to worry about packing on unwanted pounds. Here is a delicious (and healthy) cauliflower crust pizza recipe from Dr. Mercola:
Ingredients 2 teaspoons melted butter or coconut oil
2 ½ cups organic cauliflower, grated (about 1/2 a large head)
1 large... |
It is that time of year, time for MLB to publish the All-Star ballot for our voting pleasure. Or your scrutinizing displeasure depending on who you are. While it can be fun to cast votes for your favorite players, it can also be a painful exercise due to all the annual annoyances in the ballot.
For example, the good f... |
A while back I explained how to Create your own fleet of servers with Digital Ocean and salt-cloud. Today I will extend that post and show how I deployed a test environment for Sensu, an open source monitoring framework.
Before I test out new infrastructure software, I always attempt to write deployment manifests. I s... |
SINCE WEDNESDAY, Gulbahar Bibi and her three daughters — Joshnara, 25, Rejina, 21, and Habiba, 17 — have not been able to sleep. “Whenever I close my eyes, I see him being killed… I hear his cries. My youngest daughter tries to sleep, but she wakes up screaming. Nobody kills even an animal in that manner,” says Gulbaha... |
COLUMBUS, OH – Over 200 people have been killed after the Blue Jackets goal cannon malfunctioned and fired live rounds into the crowd following a goal.
The incident occurred in the third period after the Jackets scored their seventh goal of the game and 108th of the season.
A team spokesman said that team's hot start... |
An artist's incendiary painting is his bank statement
Alex Schaefer's depiction of a Chase branch going up in flames drew the attention of L.A. police, who asked if he was a terrorist. He said the work was a metaphor for the havoc banking practices have caused the economy.
"They said they had to find out my intention... |
Following my last article on how to efficiently include SEO with GWT, here’s a guide on how to easily add internationalization (i18n) to any UiBinder template and make your application available in different locales. Be sure to read Renaud’s beginner’s tutorial before if you want more details on UiBinders.
The first t... |
How to not suck at design, a 5 minute guide for the non-designer. Good design principles can be learned and exercised by anyone. This guide will give you a basic knowledge of practical design tips you can apply today (and impress your design friends). Marc Hemeon Blocked Unblock Follow Following Apr 30, 2017
If you do... |
Last, but certainly not least, I present to you my home city’s team, The Calgary Flames.
Founded in 1980, the flames have only held the Stanley Cup once, but that doesn’t stop them for fighting to the death every year.
Their home arena is the Scotiabank Saddledome (where I work several events!) The colours they proud... |
Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, a half brother of King Abdullah, died on Saturday, the royal court said, leaving the oil powerhouse with no apparent successor to the throne.
Prince Nayef, a long-serving interior minister, “died outside” Saudi Arabia having recently left the Gulf state for medical treatment, s... |
OraTVNetwork/YouTube Police who were hunting a former LAPD cop accidentally shot a 71-year-old woman and her daughter as they delivered the LA Times, that newspaper reports.
Sources told the LA Times cops were trying to protect an LAPD officer named in former cop Christopher Dorner's online manifesto when they shot th... |
Recent Examples on the Web
So adding a hefty pour of ginger beer, some lime juice, and a dope copper mug to your vodka transforms your dipsomania into an actual weekend event. Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, "The (Definitive) #List of the 20 Greatest Day Drinks," 15 May 2015
While anxious weirdos were sprinting to the Piggl... |
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DANIEL C. DENNETT
Philosopher; University Professor, Co-Director, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University; Author, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
The Evaporation of the Powerful Mystique of Religion I’m so optimistic that I expect to live to see the evaporation of the powerful mystique of... |
With an increase of homemade cookies, crayon-colored cards, and cartons of Eggnog making their way into the office, it means that the holidays are almost here! It’s been a fantastic year, and there is much rejoicing to partake in, but for now, we’re tired. The time has come to cash in our paid time off and break for a ... |
One of the more common refrains during America’s nearly ever-present campaign season is that this election, this year, is the most important of our lives. We documented this in July, noting that it was first used in one form or another back in 1856, but has been common since at least 1980. Why is each election most imp... |
As Media Matters detailed last week, most of the cable and network television news outlets have been busy not reporting during the evening news shows on a sweeping, controversial piece of legislation that's being championed by the parent companies of the same television news outlets busy not covering the story.
The pr... |
FIFA are closing down their regional office in Botswana and moving it to Johannesburg as new president Gianni Infantino continues his reshuffling of the organisation.
Hundred of staff members have left the service of world football’s governing body since the end of the Sepp Blatter era and Infantino’s election win las... |
As children of one generation start having kids of their own, toy makers often re-release vintage toys to capitalize on nostalgia.
That's why, in the past few years, we've seen the return of a number of popular characters from the 1980s. Which brings us to tonight's number: 1987.
That was the year that the TV show "M... |
A deadly office shooting at a Southern California Edison facility in Irwindale seemed to involve some kind of employee discontent (Published Friday, Dec. 16, 2011)
Three men are dead, three others are in critical condition and at least two other people were hurt in a workplace shooting at a Southern California Edison ... |
William Tigre talks to reporters at a crime scene where the bodies of four men were found in Central Islip, N.Y., Thursday, April 13, 2017. Tigre said an acquaintance told him Wednesday night that his 18-year-old brother, Jorge, was one of the victims. Police say they're investigating the disappearance of Jorge Tigre, ... |
On Wednesday, Columbus Crew SC announced the club had picked up the options on several key players, but one of the names noticeably not on that list was goalkeeper Steve Clark.
The Black & Gold’s netminder was acquired by sporting director and head coach Gregg Berhalter when he first took over the team before the 2014... |
This year was my first time at REcon, most of the talks were pretty genuine, I have to mention also that Montreal is an awesome city 🙂
My talk for this year was to describe how to build a tailored operating system that will be executed using an emulator (be it Bochs, qemu, VMWare, …) for the purpose of debugging malw... |
U.S. and Afghan military commanders battling the Taliban and the Islamic State are encountering an obstacle they never expected, sources close to them say: months of indecision by President Donald Trump on whether to commit thousands of additional American troops.
Instead of approving their plan for more troops as ant... |
Why Do Voters Dismantle Checks and Balances?
NBER Working Paper No. 17293
Issued in August 2011, Revised in December 2012
NBER Program(s):Political Economy
Voters often dismantle constitutional checks and balances on the executive. If such checks and balances limit presidential abuses of power and rents, why do vot... |
Palin Defends 'Bridge to Nowhere' Claims
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) listens to vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speak at a campaign event at the historic Golden Lamb September 9, 2008, in Lebanon, Ohio. (J.D. Pooley/Getty Images)
Updated 7:05 p.m.
By Michael D. Shear
LEBANON, Ohio -- Facing inc... |
Natural hair, for more and more celebrities, beauty gurus, and other high-profile women of color — including newly crowned Miss USA Kara McCullough — has become a gorgeous badge of honor. But schools across the country, it seems, have remained behind the curve.
So-called grooming policies have banned braids, weaves, d... |
- Who can use the community platform?
- Is it free?
- Will it offering features for the search engine itself?
- What ways of contribution to DuckDuckGo will the community platform offer to me?
- What other services you plan todo? DO WE FINALLY GET EMAIL???
- Can I do something already now???
- Can I help contribu... |
While the human eye is an amazing feat of evolution, it has its limitations. What we can see tells only a sliver of the whole story. Often, it is what is on the inside that counts.
To see a broken femur, we pass X-rays through a leg and create an image on a metal film. Archaeologists can use a similar technique to loo... |
Today we enjoy a wealth of video game merchandise. From soundtracks to toys to movies and beyond, there's more game-related stuff out there than anyone could ever consume. But back in the NES days, game goods were a rare treat - so rare that I (and everyone I knew) devoured the "Worlds of Power" series of books that to... |
When Dennis Richardson found his Mormon faith, he said it was like tasting salt: impossible to describe to someone who’s never experienced it.
“One night I just was filled with a sense of love that was overwhelming, from the very top of my head to the bottom of my feet,” he said.
Like salt, he said, “You kind of have... |
It looks likely that 2016 will end up as the warmest year in the surface temperature record. One question is whether or not the recent El Nino contributed significantly to this. As the figure on the right shows, if you correct for ENSO events, 2016 would still be the warmest year in the instrumental surface temperature... |
Suggestions that this week’s Austrian presidential election was stolen from the conservative populist who was narrowly defeated by a Green Party leftist are starting to emerge after it was revealed that crucial postal votes that swung the outcome of the race were opened without the presence of electoral officials the n... |
Typically, retired lawmakers sit on the sidelines for a year before signing on corporate lobbying clients, but Mr. Pomeroy’s leap was unusually swift. Of the 30 or so members who left Congress along with him and joined law firms, consulting firms, businesses or trade associations that lobby Congress, only five had form... |
I have heard, can't say who, but let's call them "informed little birdies", that USB-C is an Apple invention and that they gave it to the standard bodies. And that the politics of such is that they can't really say that. They're not going to come out in public and say it, but they did. It is an Apple invention and they... |
What are SharePoint and Office 365? How are they different? How are they the same? You know, what gives!?
TL;DR: Office 365 is Microsoft’s version of the cloud; it comes with SharePoint Online (note: different from just SharePoint), Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and a bunch of other business software all through o... |
Tech companies in Silicon Valley have a better record of using renewable energy sources than do those in Seattle, according to a report from environmentalist group Greenpeace.
Updated 2:11 p.m. To include comment from Amazon, Microsoft.
Earlier: Seattle may be the de facto headquarters of the cloud-computing world be... |
After ten days of silent meditation, I powered up my iPhone to check my email, the first message was from Seth Godin – telling me I was picked for his short summer internship. An intense feeling of happiness shot through my body, and I had to read the email a few times to make sure I was reading it correctly:
Hey Sean... |
Vladimir Putin, 66, has been dubbed “the Sexiest Politician Alive” by Glamour's magazine in its March 2019 issue out this week.
UPDATE 26/02/2019 : This story seems to be false. (read more)
For the second year in a row 2018 and 2019
The magazine has released its annual list of the 100 men who made history hotter, an... |
Multicollinearity is the issue when explanatory variables in a regression are not independent of one another. When I was taught applied econometrics, I was told that I should not worry about multi-collinearity because the problem is very rare, and if it was the result of a misspecification, then my software would warn ... |
by Ridge Mahoney @ridgemax, May 26, 2014
[MLS: Week 12] Top teams Seattle and Real Salt Lake held their spots, heading into their showdown on Saturday, and the LA Galaxy welcomed back record-breaker Landon Donovan.
MLS WEEK 12
Sunday, May 25
Saturday, May 24
Friday, May 23
Wednesday, May 21
LA Galaxy 4 Philadelp... |
Fargo show-runner Noah Hawley and some of his new TV series' cast including Dan Stevens and Katie Aselton brought a chunk of footage from new, X-Men adjacent drama Legion to New York's Comic-Con. While no teaser was put online, there was an announcement, with Hawley revealing that Flight Of The Conchords veteran Jemain... |
In a few years, or even in a few months, we’ll probably see Psychologists examine and study the unprecedented level of gaming addiction we’ve seen from Pokemon Go players over the past few weeks. If you thought Candy Crush was bad, well, Pokemon Go takes things to an entirely new level.
In recent weeks, we’ve seen sto... |
ELEAGUE has announced that it will host the next Counter-Strike Major, which will culminate with a playoff stage held in Boston.
The 12th Major in the history of CS:GO will take place only in 2018, with the group stage running from January 19-22 at the ELEAGUE Arena, in Atlanta, while the playoffs will be held from Ja... |
The Kiss Statue (Unconditional Surrender) Is Back to Stay
This monumental statue was on temporary loan to San Diego in the past few years, but due to the generosity of local residents, a permanent version is now installed opposite the USS Midway Museum on Harbor Drive. The original statue, “Unconditional Surrender,” h... |
Song: Everyone will die- Motion City Soundtrack [link] This sadstuck project took me forever ◉‿◉;It started out very small, originally it was going to be less than half of the song before the intermission but I just kept seeing more possibilities of what I could do next and I just didn't stop until the entire song over... |
By Professor Richard Sharpe
Many things await discovery in the National Library. This was an unusual find, however, a copy of one of the best-known poems in the language printed in a form to deflect the censorious attention that was thought likely to follow its publication. I knew about this first deceptive printing o... |
NEW YORK -- The Chicago Bulls’ Jimmy Butler and the New Orleans Pelicans’ Anthony Davis today were named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Nov. 14 through Sunday, Nov. 20.
Butler helped the Bulls to a 3-1 week, with all victories coming on the road, by avera... |
I own a rather large library of paperback SF which I have been collecting since the late 1960s; it includes a lot of stuff that is now quite rare and half forgotten. I owe a great deal to SF and consider these books cultural treasures, The last few years I’ve been wondering if there’s any way to ensure that this treasu... |
A former Greater Manchester Police detective who faked a forensics report in a rape case has been jailed for eight months.
Dominic Griffiths, 30, of Blenmar Close, Radcliffe, Manchester, had pleaded guilty to three counts of misconduct in a public office in March.
The court heard he falsified a prison officer's state... |
Kimbo Slice had a lot of YouTube hits and Gerald Harris had a Sportscenter "Top Play," and neither of them is employed with the UFC anymore.
-- Ben Fowlkes
We're talking about a fighter who 365 days ago was just another young prospect dealing with the reality of losing his first fight.
-- Helwani on Pettis
Breakthr... |
Today at the GeForce LAN taking place in Shanghai, NVIDIA’s CEO Jen Hsun Huang unveiled the company’s upcoming dual-GPU powered, flagship graphics card, the GeForce GTX 690.
The GeForce GTX 690 will feature a pair of fully-functional GK104 “Kepler” GPUs. If you recall, the GK104 is the chip powering the excellent GeFo... |
Today is National Cat Day, in case you didn't know, and Uber is marking the occasion with its most bizarre service to date.
The taxi operator is bringing you kittens on demand, allowing customers to book in 15 minutes of "snuggle time" with an adorable cat.
Uber Kittens
Uber Kittens was launched in conjunction with ... |
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes a provision, generally called the individual mandate, that requires most U.S. citizens and noncitizens who lawfully reside in the country to have health insurance meeting specified standards and that imposes penalties on those without an exemption who do not comply. In response to... |
Overall, remember that mathematics is a formal codification of logic, which is also what we do in software.
The list of topics in your question is loaded with mathematical problems. We are able to do programming on a fairly high level of abstraction, so the raw mathematics may not be staring you in the face. For examp... |
First published Fri Mar 4, 2016
In the Critique of Pure Reason Kant argues that space and time are merely formal features of how we perceive objects, not things in themselves that exist independently of us, or properties or relations among them. Objects in space and time are said to be “appearances”, and he argues tha... |