I was living in Africa the first time I saw a pyrosome, and I nearly cried. I was doing research on plankton, which meant long days staring down a microscope plucking through tiny dead things. And then there it was. I actually gasped in recognition. My first real life pyrosome. A … | Continue reading
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If you have terrible seasonal and indoor allergies, here’s how to minimize them when you’re indoors. | Continue reading
Before last month's crash of a flight that began in Ethiopia, Boeing said in a legal document that large, upgraded 737s "cannot be used at what are referred to as 'high/hot' airports." | Continue reading
Impressive results have been obtained by scaling known techniques, and the long-term prospects remain unclear | Continue reading
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The world is full of problems—from poverty to climate change—and it seems like software ought to be able to help. And yet your own programming job seems pointless, doing nothing to make things better. Far too many jobs are just about making some rich people just a little bit rich … | Continue reading
About to go on to talk privacy after a night with the @HouseDemocrats | Continue reading
It is what it is, right? That infinite scroll of Lawrence of Arabia desert, only instead of knives and dynamite, the rebels have | Continue reading
We’re excited to announce we’ve raised a $35 million Series B led by Ali Rowghani, CEO of YC Continuity. Also joining in the round are Founders Fund, led by Brian Singerman of. Ali will join Ammon, Guillaume, Garry Tan and myself on our board. | Continue reading
Google’s offer of free courses in digital skills is packaged as a philanthropic initiative, but a closer look raises serious questions about its motives and the intangible but serious costs t… | Continue reading
We have everything you need to know about the latest chapter of the Star Wars saga in our Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker Celebration panel recap. | Continue reading
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The security configuration framework is designed to help simplify security configuration while still allowing enough flexibility to allow you to balance security, productivity, and user experience. We are defining discrete prescriptive Windows 10 security configurations (levels 5 … | Continue reading
Lucasfilm revealed the first Star Wars Episode 9 teaser poster at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, giving us a peek at the last film in the Skywalker saga. | Continue reading
From one of our most intelligent citizens, a salute to the scientific genius working alone: Brian Keating’s Losing the Nobel Prize, published just last year, said that the age of a Katherine … | Continue reading
Good news: a new season of Game of Thrones starts next week. Bad news: it’s also the final season. But fans of fantasy with a political edge can look forward to a new TV epic. Amazon Prime is developing a series set in JRR Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Reports suggest it will be a preq … | Continue reading
I’m not a huge fan of BioLite’s wood-burning camp stove, the device that put them on the map. Sooty, fussy, and a stove that requires you to constantly remove whatever cooking vessel you are using to add more sticks to the flame—nah, not for me. So when they announced their 330 H … | Continue reading
The latest version of OpenStack is more container and telecom friendly than ever. | Continue reading
How I prepared myself financially (savings, insurance, investments) as I transitioned from an employee at a big company to a boostrapper working for myself. | Continue reading
After resurrecting Star Wars with 2015's The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams sat on the sidelines. Now he's back with the Star Wars Episode 9 trailer. | Continue reading
Thanks to the new trailer, we finally know the Star Wars Episode 9 title. But what could it mean? We have eight months to figure that out. | Continue reading
With more TV streaming services than ever before, from newcomers like Disney Plus to stalwarts like Netflix, consumers may feel the ideal viewing experience is finally at hand. | Continue reading
If you have ever wondered how much electric vehicle (EV) adoption actually matters for the environment, a new study provides evidence that making this switch would improve overall air quality and lower carbon emissions. | Continue reading
Algorithms with huge running times David Johnson is a renown computer theorist who was awarded the 2009 Knuth Prize, for his seminal contributions to theory. He is famous for: his many great papers… | Continue reading
"The backpacks of my youth were not optimized. They had padded straps and meaningless loops that dangled like ponytails." | Continue reading
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Microsoft ML.NET 1.0 RC. What's new, changes, planes for future and release | Continue reading
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“… and act towards your values when life gets tough.” | Continue reading
Abigail Favale, Director of the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox, explores the hatred for the feminine in the current cultural moment. | Continue reading
Third-party services running on most hotel websites have access to guest booking information, including personal data and payment card details. The data they're privy to also allows them to cancel reservations. | Continue reading
In our Game of Thrones superlatives, we honor the living members of the cast with special titles to celebrate the final season of the show. | Continue reading
I’ve been listening to America’s Founding Fathers, a lecture series by Allen Guelzo, a professor at Gettysburg College. It turns out that all of the things that Americans fight and fret… | Continue reading
“I liked drugs, but that wasn’t the reason. And it wasn’t that I needed money either. I had money. I just wanted more of it. Back then I could rob every bank in the city and nobody would notice. There were hardly any cameras. I robbed about thirty before I even got caught. … | Continue reading