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Sunday April 27, 2025. 06:34 PM
'Not so long ago, working in tech meant job security, extravagant perks and a bring-your-whole-self-to-the-office ethos rare in other industries,' writes the Wall Street Journal. But now tech work 'looks like a regular job,' with workers 'contending with the constant fear of ...
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I didn't know there was a term for staying up late because you feel like you didn't get enough 'me time' during the day. I do this often and find it to be an irritating cycle that I get stuck in when I'm overwhelmed. — Read the rest The post "Revenge bedtime...
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The university blamed it on 'the significant number of students' who violated their coding competition's rules. Long-time Slashdot reader theodp quotes this report from The Logic: Finding that many students violated rules and submitted code not written by themselves, the...
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You wouldn't expect a former 'wine and cheese guy' to write the definitive guide on queer lactation, but Jacob Engelsman, an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and fellow Boing Boing reader, has done exactly that. Their new book Lactation for the Rest ...
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TL;DR: Lenovo 300E 11.6' Chromebook is just $79.99 (MSRP $284) — It has a touchscreen, long battery life, and helps reduce e-waste. This isn't the laptop you buy to edit your indie film or launch a 3D animation career. This is the laptop you use to watch The Last of Us in...
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) just announced a grant competition soliciting proposals for statues of 'Iconic Americans' for the 'National Garden of American Heroes.' The press release states that the garden: will feature life-size statues of 250 great...
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'The U.S. and Canadian websites for Lenovo offered U.S. $140 and CAD $211 off on the same ThinkPad X1 Carbon model when choosing any one of the Linux-based alternatives,' reports It's FOSS News: This was brought to my attention thanks to a Reddit post... Others then chimed...
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The Catholic world is still in mourning for Pope Francis, who was rightly lauded as one of the Church's more progressive leaders, low of a bar as that may be. While he's laid in state, his chambers in the Vatican remain empty… but their loss could be your gain. — Read the res...
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Few things in life make me happier than a new 9front release. This new release, 9front “CLAUSE 15 COMMON ELEMENTS OF MAUS AND STAR TYPE”, comes with a variety of fixes and new features, such as temperature sensor support for Ryzen processors, a new Intel i225 2.5 GbE...
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Forget about patchy internet connections and dead spots in the house. These WIRED-tested multiroom mesh systems will get you online in no time.
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Regal jumping spiders begin training themselves to hunt prey at a young age. This video explains how they learn to hunt and the special techniques they use to feed themselves. These alien-looking creatures have eight eyes, bulky fuzzy bodies, cute purple (girls) or blue...
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RetrOS-32 is a 32bit operating system written from scratch, with graphics, multitasking and networking capabilities. The kernel is written in C and assembly, while the userspace applications are written in C++, using Make for compilation, all licensed under the MIT license....
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Bald eagles: the symbol of America since time immemorial (actually about three hundred years ago). Strong, proud, majestic and- oh, this one is caught in a dirty river. Luckily, a good Samaritan was nearby to pluck the terrified bird from from the Shubenacadie River in Novia ...
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Designer Annie Fan went through 60 prototypes to get the Traveller to where it is today, and it shows.
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The Supersonic r is Dyson on Ozempic—minus the side effects.
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The pileated woodpecker is an impressive bird. It's the size of a crow, up to 19 inches long, with a powerful bill the length of its head. They usually hammer at rotten wood to get the insects inside, but their beaks can also be used as a weapon. — Read the rest The post...
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Despite a daunting barrier to entry and the looming promise of $90 games, Nintendo's evident belief that it's too big to fail seems to be bearing fruit. If you've tried to preorder the Switch 2, you might notice that, simply put, you can't. — Read the rest The post Despite...
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80-year-old George Lucas appeared this week at a 45th anniversary screening of The Empire Strikes Back, reports CNN — and finally gave a good explanation for why Yoda speaks the way he does. 'He explained that it came about in order to ensure that the little alien's usually...
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It’s been difficult to find important questions that quantum computers can answer faster than classical machines, but a new algorithm appears to do so for some critical optimization tasks.
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Looking for the CliffsNotes of a lengthy YouTube video? This Gemini feature could be worth a try.
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