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Leap day!

By radar.spacebar.org
Published On :: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 23:08:32 -0500

So what? We went to Mexico for vacation, visiting the island of Cozumel and some nameless resort area between Cancún and Playa del Carmen. This was just a vacation, for relaxing, so I spent most of the time programming for fun or writing my SIGBOVIK paper, but with a nice view of the ocean and a little bit of sand in my keyboard, and a little bit of mediocre Mexican beer. Cozumel was a pretty neat place: We happened to be there for the 150th year of their Carnival, which was happening concurrently with the Super Bowl, so there was a wild collision of tourist "culture" and local culture one evening. I added a picture to the Wikipedia article. It's a sparsely populated island, small enough to bike pretty much the whole way around, although as the bike rental guy informed us, "most people leave in the morning." We did some caving and won some bingo games and did some moderate to severe food poisoning, and now I'm back!

So what else? I'm deep into my project now and the end is (sort of?) in sight, but time is running short and I keep adding unnecessary aspects to it. It's fine. Even though I feel some pressure to keep making these elaborate projects, for deadlines, the real point of my hobby is for me to enjoy the spirit of the hack, which sometimes just means reimplementing typed closure conversion for the nth time.

Oh! I will be presenting at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail in Brooklyn on April 14. I have a silly style of beard again so that you can tell me apart from Matt Parker (aside from his very different accent and he's much taller than me and says it as "maths" and actually doesn't even really look like me now that I'm looking at a picture again). I think this will be quite fun.

I've been playing trough Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania, which like Katamari Damacy I had played some of ~20 years ago and had always wanted to finish. I do love struggling with a precision platformer, though as usual with 3D ones the analogueness and camera trouble can be a bit of a drag. It's a good game with a good flow, though, and I'm like 80% of the way through it at this point. And speaking of 3D precision platformers, Celeste 64 is a cute 3Dification of Celeste (which remains one of my all-time favorites in the precision platformer genre) that they released for free recently. Initially I found this game really frustrating; it doesn't have nearly the same attention to detail in the controls that the 2D game does. But by the time I finished it, the controls and camera no longer seemed disastrous to me, and I pretty much liked it. On the other end of the spectrum, I for some reason bought "Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them!" and then for some reason beat every level of it. This game is an in-depth implementation of some notorious "games" featured in Mobile Game Hell-type advertisements. (If you're not aware of this phenomenon, it's common for the advertisement to depict some kind of casual gameplay that looks kinda fun, but that if you download the app it's linked to, it's like some totally different game like Clash Of Clans or something like that. So there are all these fairly recognizable games that you can't actually play. Bizarre! I'm guessing that there's just a market for "just get us downloads of the app" where they literally don't even care what the content of the advertisement is.) Anyway, this long-titled game is an implementation of some of those, with like hundreds of levels. Honestly I can't tell how ironic it is, but I did appreciate it as artwork even though it was also basically torture. I recommend it if you are my enemy, or if you like is-it-art?-torture. Having finished that and immediately deleted it, I just started Teardown, which I like so far, but I haven't gotten into it enough to provide a full take.


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"April" 2024

By radar.spacebar.org
Published On :: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:59:58 -0400

Oops! Usually when I fail to post on time and then illegally backdate the post, yielding a penalty of -1,000 points, it's shortly after midnight. Like, as I'm trying to fall asleep (which of course involves and involuntary inventory of everything I may have failed to do), I'm struck with a panic and then get back out of bed to write some dumb pro-forma apology post. This time I just went to bed and actually fell asleep and now here I am noticing that it is May 1. Still, the whole point of doing this every month is to make the grid of months line up nicely, so the post is backdated by 9 hours and nets -1,000 points.

Speaking of lining up nicely: I did get my SIGBOVIK papers in on time and gave a lightning talk at the conference. SIGBOVIK was very popular this year, with our longest-ever proceedings (see SIGBOVIK 2024 PDF or bound volume). This year my project is a paper about a new typesetting system that I wrote to produce the paper (and the talk's slides). That system is called BoVeX and the paper is called Badness 0, which you can read as Badness 0 (Knuth's version) and/or Badness 0 (Epsom's version). You can also maybe find a recorded livestream of the breakneck 5 min presentation, but I would wait for the proper video (in progress now!), which is the same content with much better pacing and details.

Speaking of details: I also presented at An Evening of Unnecessary Detail, which is one of Matt Parker ("Standup Maths")'s live shows. Other than the part where I tried to pack a dense months-long technical project about details into 12 minutes, this was a blast! Lots of cool, interesting people. This took place in a proper comedy club in Brooklyn, like with posters of people that I watch on TV (e.g. Taskmaster legend Fern Brady is performing there in a few weeks, so it seems I'm a mere 5 or 6 steps away from my dream of being a contestant on Taskmaster now), and was sold out (due exclusively to the eminence of others, since it was sold out before I even joined the bill). I finally hung out with Grant Sanderson ("3blue1brown") and told him about math. The audience was amazingly attentive and wholesome, and quite a few of them recognized me and wanted to talk after the show, which is fun. (I do not envy the queue that Matt and Grant endured, though!) Enjoy my technically deficient vacation photography:


I'm photobombing, but Matt is so used to this act that he is reflexively crouching down so as not to appear twice my height


Speaking of technically deficient photography: An additional reason why my video is not done yet (or indeed, why it currently has status Filming 0) is that I finally pulled the shutter release on a new video camera. After much deliberation (and visiting the B&H showroom while in NY, etc.), including on far more ridiculous options, I settled on the Canon R5C. After a complex week-long courtship ritual with the FedEx guy, that finally arrived last night, at which point I immediately realized that I need further accessories. But I'm excited to shoot on this thing and to make my computer suffer with 8k video. It seems to have gotten too complacent with "Full HD."

Finally, I think the main reason I failed to post on time last night was that I was up late playing Balatro. This game is all over the place so you probably don't need me to tell you about it, but it is indeed a good (and addictive) deck-building game that I am enjoying instead of sleep. I am not interested in 100%ing this one, but there are still lots of appealing challenges left for me to do. I'd recommend it if you have the self control to avoid firing it up "for a quick game" when you should be working on your projects or sleeping.


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Yarnold acclaims adaptable Brits

By www.bbc.co.uk
Published On :: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:24:28 GMT

Sevenoaks slider Lizzy Yarnold says the fact Britain has no real purpose built tracks is the main reason behind British success in the sport


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Capital of Texas Triathlon Preview

By greglsblog.blogspot.com
Published On :: Sat, 28 May 2016 10:38:00 +0000

Monday I'm going to be running in the 25th Capital of Texas Triathlon!  It's my first triathlon (Olympic distance) in twenty years and I'm pretty jazzed.

Steely-eyed determination 20 years ago. :-)

One of the great things about triathlons (and running races in general) is that you get to occupy unusual spaces: the last ones I did were Leon's Triathlon in Hammond, Indiana, a couple of Bud Light triathlons and others in Chicago. Leon's had a swim in Wolf Lake (shudder), followed by a cycle leg on an elevated highway that ran past the old U.S. Steel plant, and a run leg through an industrial downtown.  The Chicago ones were on the lakefront, just north of Navy Pier, with a bike on Lake Shore Drive and a run along the lake.

2013 CapTexTri
The CapTexTri also has a great location in downtown Austin, with a 1.5k swim in Lady Bird Lake; a 40k (24.8 mile) bike on a quadruple loop through downtown Austin, including Congress Avenue and Cesar Chavez; and a 10k (6.2 mile) run through Zilker Park.

The only thing I'm not too keen on is the bike route, since it requires you to do the same loop four times with a bunch of corresponding hairpin turns.  I don't like loop routes because I always think of how many more times I have to do the thing...Still, going up and down Congress Avenue without any cars is going to be pretty cool. As long as there are no poles in the middle of the road, I should be okay. :-).

Don't ask.

I feel fairly good about my training.  I've maintained good running mileage after the Austin Marathon and Austin Distance Festival and got some good workouts in even while traveling doing school visits.
On Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis
The swim is probably my weakest event -- I could stand to do more work on technique and probably do more open water swimming, but the distance won't be an issue.  Also, Lady Bird Lake isn't going to have waves (I seem to recall a couple of triathlons in Chicago with 3-4 foot waves on Lake Michigan (and this was on the near side of the breakwater).  Also, I won't have to deal with a wet suit.  My biggest concern is to not get kicked in the face. :-).
Lady Bird Lake during 2013 CapTexTri
The bike I'm feeling good about as well.  I'll be using the bike I used for my triathlons back in the day - a Trek 1000 I bought when I was in grad school for $450 (a guy at one bicycle shop here tried to sell me a new one, asking if I had a "nostalgic attachment" to it.). I do, but I also don't think a new bike is going to drastically transform my performance.  At least not $2000 worth :-). (A guy at another bike shop told me the Trek 1000 was his first road bike and he wished he still had it.  It's possible he was being kind :-)).

Tomorrow is packet pick-up, bike drop-off, and a chance to scope out the transition area, which I'll need because I can't see without my glasses...:-)

Oh, well.  Qapla!













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Capital of Texas Triathlon/Duathlon/10K/5K

By greglsblog.blogspot.com
Published On :: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 15:05:00 +0000

So my plan to do my first triathlon in twenty years on Monday didn't turn out so well.

It rained.

A lot. But not so much in town.

At Camp Mabry, just north of central Austin, we got less than an inch of rain last Thursday. At Bergstrom Airport, just south and east of downtown, they got about nine inches.  And it was much worse farther east, along the Colorado River (which also runs through Austin).

On Friday and Saturday, it rained in the Hill Country.  West of Austin.  Upriver.

On Sunday, there was the CapTexTri expo and packet pickup and bike dropoff.

Swag!  My first cowboy hat since I was around seven.
Bike drop off.  I got there early.
Packet pickup
Coveting my neighbor's bike, Part I.
It was clear and sunny.  But because of all the rain, the LCRA opened at least one floodgate from the Tom Miller Dam, releasing water into Lady Bird Lake.  Which was where the swim portion of the CapTexTri was supposed to take place.

At the course talk at the expo, they announced that there was a flow of about 3 mph and they were considering changing the course so that it ran point to point (downriver).
Course talk.  Could've used a projector.


Later that day, they announced the swim was canceled.  Which was disappointing, but I've weathered a couple of triathlons in Chicago where that had happened and one when it probably should've.

Monday, race day, I awoke at 5 AM, fed the cats, ate breakfast and drank coffee, and then I heard rain.  Lots of rain.

Nevertheless (discovering, to my chagrin, that I am apparently an optimist), I headed out.  When I arrived at the transition area, I was told it was closed, and that we should shelter at Palmer Events Center or its garage.  This was around 6-620.

In the garage and on the deck of the Palmer Events Center, folks seemed to take things in stride and with humor.  Some people were concerned about hairpin turns on a wet course, but were generally willing to take it slow.
Sheltering in the garage

We heard a tentative plan to cut short the bike portion to 20k, but the rain and lightning continued. Finally, at around 830, race officials called off the bike portion entirely because of flooding on the course. 
Still a bit lightning-y
They announced that Olympic distance participants could do a 10k, while sprint participants could do a 5k and that start time would be at 10 am. Most folks removed their bikes and went home or back to their hotels. There was some grumbling -- last year the event had been cut short due to flooding, as well, and I gather there had been similar problems in 2014, too.
Athletes clearing out the transition area
 
I took my bike back to my car, but decided that I'd gotten up at five that morning to run a race and so, I was going to do one.  Besides, I didn't want to waste all those carbs I'd eaten in the past few days. :-).

At ten o'clock, the rain pretty much stopped.  And then we were off!  By 10:15, the sun came out.  No, really. 
Everyone who's still there seems in good humor :-)
And we're off!


Turned out, there were only about 200 of us who stuck around for the 10k, with another 150 for the 5k (out of around 3000 original participants), but everyone seemed to be having a good time.  I was pretty happy with my race -- I'm not sure it was exactly 10k, but I still did one of my better overall times and paces. At least this century :-).
The view from the Biergarten.  Note the utter absence of rain.
Sunny skies.
On the whole, it was a bit surreal but fun, although in the moment sometimes frustrating.  And, in retrospect, kind of funny.  I think the organizers did a good job under trying conditions and kept us pretty well informed via social media.  So, thanks (And I am really glad I wasn't in charge :-)).  Thanks also to all the volunteers who stuck around to the bitter end.

 Oh, and I actually ended up getting a bit of a tan.

Coveting my neighbor's bike, Part II
Epilogue: Late Monday, the Austin Fire Department closed Lady Bird Lake and Lake Austin to all boat traffic.

And they're giving us a discount for the 2017 race. :-).

Here's what the lake looked like Tuesday morning (Normally, there is no current at all):

















 


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What would happen if we nuked an asteroid?

By www.planetary.org
Published On :: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0700

Detonating a nuclear weapon on or near an asteroid is one of several options for defending the Earth from an impact. Here's what nuking an asteroid might actually do, and why it isn't always the best option.


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Ramses: A new mission racing to land on asteroid Apophis

By www.planetary.org
Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0700

When a skyscraper-sized asteroid narrowly misses Earth in 2029, three spacecraft may be along for the ride.


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Manscaped The Chairman Pro Electric Shaver

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Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:51:35 -0500


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borned in the hellscape

By www.marriedtothesea.com
Published On :: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 04:00:00 EST

Today on Married To The Sea: borned in the hellscape


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why you should be happy

By www.marriedtothesea.com
Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:00:00 EST

Today on Married To The Sea: why you should be happy


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what happened to my sleepy pants

By www.marriedtothesea.com
Published On :: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 04:00:00 EDT

Today on Married To The Sea: what happened to my sleepy pants


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no cap butcher

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Published On :: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:00:00 EDT

Today on Married To The Sea: no cap butcher


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Man die slapende dakloze in Rotterdam ernstig verwondde met steen mogelijk aangehouden in Franse stad Toulon - VRT.be

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Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:25:27 GMT

  1. Man die slapende dakloze in Rotterdam ernstig verwondde met steen mogelijk aangehouden in Franse stad Toulon  VRT.be
  2. Man die zware tegel op hoofd van slapende dakloze gooide mogelijk gearresteerd in Frankrijk  Het Laatste Nieuws
  3. Verdachte (32) van aanval met betonblok op slapende dakloze in Rotterdam opgepakt in Franse stad Toulon  Het Nieuwsblad
  4. Poging moord op slapende, dakloze man  Opsporing Verzocht
  5. Arrestatie in Frankrijk na dood dakloze, link met Rotterdamse zaak onderzocht  NOS


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Lint Trap Fixed, Fire Averted

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Published On :: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 05:00:00 -0700


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Donegal captain on comeback trail

By www.bbc.co.uk
Published On :: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:49:50 GMT

Donegal captain Michael Murphy hopes he will be fit to play in next month's Ulster championship preliminary round tie against Cavan.


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What’s Wrong With Today’s Society Captured In 20 Brutally Honest Illustrations

By cheezburger.com
Published On :: Sat, 24 Aug 2019 19:00:00 -0700

This illustrator, John Holcroft, is genius! check out his website for more.

 


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'Nancy Pelosi Ripping Paper' Proves The Political Memes Aren't Going Anywhere

By cheezburger.com
Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:00:00 -0800

While we would love for election season to be over right about now, we've gotta admit that the resulting political memes have been top-notch. The internet has been loving this particular dank meme, which shows Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ripping up Donald Trump's State of the Union speech.



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The Best Memes & Tweets About Four Seasons Total Landscaping

By cheezburger.com
Published On :: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 07:00:00 -0800

If you haven't been living under a rock for the past week, you're probably familiar with the Four Seasons Total Landscaping drama that occurred earlier this week in Philadelphia. On November 7th, President Trump tweeted that a press conference would be held at the Four Seasons in the Pennsylvania capital. Eight minutes later, Trump tweeted an update - that the conference would actually be taking place at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in the same city. 

The tweets led to a great deal of speculation as to whether the administration had intended to book the hotel. The speculation grew when it became clear that the location, between a sex shop and a crematorium, was probably not their first choice. After Rudy Giuliani spoke to crowds about voter fraud, and even used a convicted sex offender as a witness, the occasion was largely seen as a massive blunder. And as expected, the memes began flowing freely. We've put together some of our favorite examples from the last week, but we're willing to bet this press conference will be talked about for quite a while. Here's hoping Four Seasons Total Landscaping is enjoying the free publicity. 


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Race, Gender, and LGBTQ+ wage gaps are real – and they end up costing us all

By www.diversityjobs.com
Published On :: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 13:15:19 +0000

White males make up the largest sector of the U.S. workforce and have, on average, always made the highest salaries. If we compare their salaries to those of women, ethnic minorities, the differently-abled, and LGBTQ+ persons, we see a large disparity between the wages of similarly-qualified candidates in the same fields. The gap is glaring, […]

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NFPA offers free 1st Responder Connection App

By www.nfpa.org
Published On :: 15 Jun2017 19:37:24 GMT

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released a free 1st Responder Connection App offering firefighters, EMS, command staff, public educators, wildland fire personnel, and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) convenient, digital access to best practices, safety tips, and emergency response content.


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As today’s homes burn faster than ever, this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign presents critical home escape planning and practice messages

By www.nfpa.org
Published On :: 27 Sep2017 19:37:24 GMT

Knowing that today’s homes burn faster than ever, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) announced “Every Second Counts: Plan Two Ways Out” as the official theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, October 8-14, 2017. Experts say you may have as little as two minutes (or even less) to safely escape a typical home fire from the time the smoke alarm sounds.


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Heidi Bell’s playlist for her story collection “Signs of the Imminent Apocalypse”

By largeheartedboy.com
Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 15:36:03 +0000

"For this playlist, I’ve strung together some favorite songs that reflect the subject matter and themes of the stories and that serve as fuel for my creative process."


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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2018 Fabulous Photography Books for Kids

By blogs.slj.com
Published On :: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 05:00:19 +0000

Every year I try to keep an eye out for any children's book that gives ample attention to photographs in some way. Thanks to advances in technology and printing, it's never been easier to make books with photographic images. Yet despite this, few come out. Today's list is a small one, but I'm grateful that each and every single one of these books exists.


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31 Days, 31 Books: 2018 Early Chapter Books

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Published On :: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 05:00:07 +0000

Older than easy but not yet novels. The fact of the matter is that while Easy Books are hard to write, Early Chapter Books are hard to categorize. They're also ideal bedtime books for older children, which means that with the European imports you get a lot of experimentation. American early chapter books are pretty much just written to please. Here then are the books written with 6-9 year olds in mind.


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Apple’s AI notification summaries are unintentionally hilarious

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:13:28 GMT

What’s worse than getting broken up with over text? Getting broken up with over summarized text. Apple rolled out its Apple Intelligence suite of AI tools in October, and one feature has made headlines over and over again for its absurdity: Apple Intelligence notification summaries. What it is:…


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Another major healthcare provider files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

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Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:13:59 GMT


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Spirit Airlines preparing bankruptcy filing after talks with Frontier Airlines collapse: report

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Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:14:09 GMT

Shares of the company were down 39% at $1.8 after the bell. The stock has fallen nearly 80% this year, while the S&P 500 passenger airlines index jumped 52%. The ultra-low cost carrier is in advanced discussions with bondholders to hammer out a bankruptcy plan that would have support from a…


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Huang, Son Joke About SoftBank's Early Stake in #Nvidia #Japan

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:46:08 GMT

Billionaires Jensen Huang and Masayoshi Son joke about how SoftBank was once Nvidia's largest shareholder — before dumping its stake. The two are now joining forces on an AI supercomputer. https://trib.al/s6PVLjU -------- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://trib.al/KM4k5RA Subscribe to…


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Re-Appearing Dark Fleet Vessel Underlines Zombie Ship Challenge

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Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:57:21 GMT


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Startup CEO says humans won't be needed for translation in 3 years as it launches AI app

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:07:56 GMT

Unbabel on Wednesday announced an artificial intelligence-powered translation service, adding another rival to a highly competitive space.


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Early Black Friday apparel sales are live — shop the 15 best sales from Patagonia, Carhartt, Ugg and more

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:18:45 GMT

Shopping for clothing is one of my favorite past times — and with all the early Black Friday apparel sales happening now, it's starting to feel like Christmas morning! Apparel and shoes are seeing some of the biggest markdowns with popular brands like Lululemon, Nike, Adidas, Patagonia and more…


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Japan is ramping up efforts to revive its once dominant chip industry

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:40:30 GMT

Japan has announced a new plan to revitalize the country's semiconductor and artificial intelligence industries as it works to regain its chip leadership. The proposal will provide support worth 10 trillion yen ($65 billion) or more by fiscal 2030, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said earlier this…


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SoftwareOne reports "disappointing" Q3 results

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:29:45 GMT

SoftwareOne Holding sales increased during its third quarter by 1.4%, the company said on Wednesday, adding that discussions about taking it private were progressing but were "challenging". Group revenues increased to 236.7 million Swiss francs ($268.06 million), while adjusted core operating…


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Japan's 7-Eleven owner eyes going private with $38bn buyout

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:51:16 GMT

TOKYO -- Japan's 7-Eleven convenience store chain owner Seven & i Holdings is considering plans to go private by means of a management buyout, Nikkei learned on Wednesday. In a statement responding to the reports, the retail giant has admitted that it has received such an offer from its founding…


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A look at Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct, which Alibaba claims to match GPT-4o's coding capabilities and is small enough to run on a MacBook Pro M2 with 64GB of RAM

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 06:51:20 GMT

Qwen2.5-Coder-32B is an LLM that can code well that runs on my Mac 12th November 2024 There’s a whole lot of buzz around the new Qwen2.5-Coder Series of open source (Apache 2.0 licensed) LLM releases from Alibaba’s Qwen research team. On first impression it looks like the buzz is well…


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Japan's Seven & i says receives buyout proposal from founding Ito family

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Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:02:15 GMT


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Teraco Taps Absa for $442 Million Loan for AI-Ready Facility

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 07:12:58 GMT

In This Article: (Bloomberg) -- Teraco Data Environments Ltd. hired Absa Group Ltd. to syndicate an 8 billion rand ($442 million) loan as the company gears up for a new facility to meet rising demand from artificial intelligence applications. Most Read from Bloomberg The facility will push…


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EU irate about geo-locked Apple IDs

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:03:32 GMT

EU irate about geo-locked Apple IDs Ever try to change your account's registered country? It's nigh impossible The European Union has demanded more platform changes from Apple – this time accusing it of violating anti-geoblocking rules in several of its media services. The European Commission…


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OCBC Has Enough Capital For M&A, Business Growth, CEO Says

By biztoc.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:13:54 GMT

Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. has enough capital for business growth even as Chief Executive Officer Helen Wong signals her appetite for deals while keeping the bank’s dividend policy. Most Read from Bloomberg “We are well-capitalized,” Wong said Wednesday in an interview with Haslinda…


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The Armed Squirrel’s Weapon Guide: An Arsenal Overview of Squirrel With a Gun

By news.xbox.com
Published On :: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:27:17 +0000

The wait is nearly over. Coming to Xbox Series X|S this fall, Squirrel With a Gun is the nutty sandbox shooter and puzzle platformer that you didn’t know you needed. And joining the squirrel revolution has never been easier with this handy weapon training guide. Your first mission is to get your paws on a […]

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Cold Fusion 9 Application Mappings Access Denied

By linkworxseo.wordpress.com
Published On :: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:08:35 +0000

Cold Fusion 9 Mappings I have been trying to tackle this problem for some time now and have had little to no success with mapping directories directly in the Application.cfc. Trying to extend the Application.cfc seems to be an answer at this time, but not sure just yet. A particular post brought about the ideal […]


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Spamming is out of Control Because of Cheap Blogs, Link Building and Cheap SEO Company’s

By linkworxseo.wordpress.com
Published On :: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:19:46 +0000

Blog Creation for Link Building In the effort to create links for back link profiles and more results, individuals and companies have resorted to tactics of duplicate profile creation, multiple fake profiles and an unsurpassed amount of blog sites with little or no use to anyone looking to gain valuable information. Some examples are WordPress […]


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Is Social Marketing Forcing Business Websites to Disappear?

By linkworxseo.wordpress.com
Published On :: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:15:34 +0000

Why do you Place Social Buttons on a Website? During a discussion on LinkedIn, a gentleman posed the question about not being able to understand the reason social media buttons are on main business websites. I thought it might be nice to cover some of the main purposes of social media strategies and what can […]


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How to Improve Your NAP for Better Local Placement

By linkworxseo.wordpress.com
Published On :: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:07:16 +0000

Okay, Hopefully you are Awake.  The article is for sure helpful, especially if you are looking to increase your SEO Local presence.  Some simple strategies for finding out more about your competition is to just simply locate the competitors on the local 7-Pack listing in the results and copy and past the address in the […]


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How to Increase Traffic to Your Website With Images and Sitemaps

By linkworxseo.wordpress.com
Published On :: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:29:55 +0000

Our Blogging Delay Update First off, if anyone who is a subscriber has been wondering why the news letter has been the same for about two months now, it has been because of being extremely busy. There has been an extensive amount of work being completed elsewhere for another company over the last few months. […]


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Free Sitemap Creation, Validation and Submission

By linkworxseo.wordpress.com
Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:41:52 +0000

Free Sitemap Creation Considering all the available resources for creating sitemaps, this one is the best around as far as I am concerned. I personally have tinkered around with several sitemap programs and multiple sitemap generators online. Some charge for these services but there are plenty of free resources available online. The option is yours. […]


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How to Create Video Sitemap Code to get Better Video Results

By linkworxseo.wordpress.com
Published On :: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:07:17 +0000

Well, let me start off by saying thing’s have been busy since the last post back in early November. Most of my time and focus has been spent updating websites to HTML5 code. So my apologize for the long delay of writing. There is still plenty of updating to complete so it could be a […]


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SabersPro Vader lightsaber review: "An elegant replica that doesn't come cheap"

By www.space.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:00:20 +0000

Is this ode to the Dark Lord of the Sith most impressive or does it choke on its own aspirations?


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