While I disagree with President Joe Biden on immigration, government spending and some additional items, I will never vote for Donald Trump or any Trump cultist (the Republican Party no longer exists — it has become the Trump cult) due to …
With war underway in Israel, and America and Britain engaged in retaliatory airstrikes on Houthi military sites in Yemen, the world could quite easily be on the brink of a major military conflict, well beyond the current tragedy unfolding …
Kudos to the author of the Jan. 6 letter, “Trump punted on gun safety.” The writer was present at the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas andpointed out the many mass shootings in schools during Donald Trump’s presidency.
Nevada's Peter Axelson helped create the Grand Canyon Greenway, a large project that boasts a wheelchair-accessible rim trail at the national park where those breathtaking sites ...
Where is your place in the world, and can you pronounce it?
Often, in Republican presidential primaries without an incumbent in the race, the winner of the Iowa caucuses does not become the party’s nominee. The only exceptions are Bob Dole in 1996 and George W. Bush in 2000. Moreover, in such wide-open fields, the Iowa caucus winner has never even won the next contest in New […]
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There was one individual Olympic spot left. According to the intricate set of rules governing who gets slots for the games, it would come down to who placed highest in the high bar final: Croatia’s Tin Srbić or Brazil’s Arthur Nory Mariano. They were at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, last October. Mariano…
I worked on the phones when I was in pension admin, years ago, and I fielded some weird ones, but nothing quite as weird as the calls in Home Safety Hotline. It's, technically, I suppose, a horror game about manning a call line through a 90s CRT-screen PC, where people will be like "my kitchen is full of droppings that look like coffee grounds, what do?". You look through your list of potential household hazards and select the right one, so your caller gets sent the info on dealing with cockroaches. Читать дальше...
Often, I catch on to trends by looking for common patterns in the questions reporters ask me. In many instances, they are much more in touch with the market than I am, and they are a good data point. Take the calls that I’ve been getting about what problems may arise if there is a graphics processing unit (GPU) shortage.
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Every year, JetBrains conducts the Developer Ecosystem Survey to capture the landscape of the developer community, and this year’s results are finally in. One of the biggest trends we spotted in the past year is wider AI usage among software developers, with a whopping 77% of them using ChatGPT for various work-related tasks. In other findings, Objective-C is on its last legs, Rust is more popular than ever, and C++ and C rank eighth and tenth, respectively, in the list of top languages. Many more insights are to be found in our 2023 report... Читать дальше...
EXCLUSIVE: The UK-based VFX and animation company Jellyfish Pictures has made two senior hires in an expansion of its VFX division. Industrial Light & Magic and NVIZ alum Jamie Wood has been appointed Head of Compositing. Wood joins with over 22 years of compositing experience. He most recently worked on Netflix’s feature Heart of Stone […]
Last year's Synod on Synodality was a moment of Magical Thinking, bearing no resemblance to historic Christianity.
Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, January 16th
For all his bombast, the former president's agencies hesitated to rewrite federal climate reports or install loyalists atop key science agencies. Some of his allies expect that to change.
Lorraine viewers have complained bitterly about a shakeup in the show's format, as it was taken over by members of the public.
What did they discuss?
India's Prime Minister Tarun Kapoor has emphasized the importance of providing basic services like communication and broadcasting at the lowest cost, stating that common men have the right to access these services. The summit aims to promote Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) broadcasting as a major disruption in the mobile broadcasting space.
With busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer. However, the benefits of volunteering can be enormous. Volunteering offers vital help to the organisation you are assisting but the benefits can be equally great for you, the volunteer. It can help you to make friends, connect with the community, learn new skills, […]
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The world could see its first trillionaire by 2034, Oxfam predicts, as the gap between the richest and poorest continues to widen.
Man United will need to pay a transfer fee of €80 million to sign Barcelona defender Ronald Araújo. Transfer Talk is LIVE with the latest.
A new report from the World Economic Forum shows that Africa is most vulnerable to health-related losses
A consultation is now open to gather local views on the plans to deliver a new cultural hub within the former Co-operative department store as part of the transformation of Wythenshawe Civic Centre.