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AP: “The Pacific Island country of Nauru has changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, its president said, matching the spelling and pronunciation in the national language.” See also RNZ coverage. This follows other countries’ name… More
Earlier this year, I read Daniel Hahn’s excellent translation memoir Catching Fire, and I loved the experience so much that I jumped at the chance to read essays about translation by Jhumpa Lahiri – an author I’ve come to late, but whom...
I have spent three years arguing that automation taking work away from us is a reason to want it rather than a reason to fear it. I still think that. But almost every objection worth answering comes from the left, and working through...
One of today's clients was a person whose house I've inspected in the past. It happens every now and then, and I'm appreciating those meetings more and more with each passing year. It's not so much about the actual person. It's more...
The most important advice I give to young people is just learn how to get stuff done. What I mean by that is, I've seen at every level, people who are very good at describing problems. People who are very sophisticated in explaining why...
5-star hike • 3 mile options • Moderate | Gain 1,060 to 1,560 feet • Stowe, VT | Northwest Region . Stunning views from the summit of Stowe Pinnacle. Stowe Pinnacle tops out on open granite caps, with peaks and valleys of northwestern...
The last Quarter Moon is Thursday August 6 and the New Moon is Thursday August 13. In the morning Saturn and Mars form a long line. Saturn is rising just around 10:30 pm local time. Mars is below the red star Aldebaran, pairing with...
In this phase of the BBC Bridge Companion series, we’ll talk about a few simple tasks. Buying a system. Buying another system. Fixing both systems. And developing a cartridge PCB for them from scratch. Doesn’t everyone spend their...
Tech writers love making at times outlandish predictions. I remember in the early 90s thinking back very glibly about John C. Dvorak's prediction (more of a comment, really) that the mouse was a questionable, unproven peripheral, and...
In 1937, Karl Loewenstein, a German Lawyer published an essay in the American Political Science Review that can only be described as a blueprint for democracy to defend itself against fascism. You probably never heard of the essay...
A timelapse of driving our RV, a Tiffin Allegro Bus motorhome, 206 miles from Shelton to Lynden / Bellingham KOA in Lynden, Washington.
The full coordination loop: issue, branch, PR, review, merge, issue The post Half Your Teammates Aren’t Human (and the Loop Doesn’t Care) appeared first on Justin's IT Blog.
Today it’s a big talky thinky post, that doesn’t have much to do, directly, with video games. Sorry for that, but it’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while and wanted to get off my chest. If you leave things like this spinning...
Yucca are an evergreen shrub from the asparagus family and are excellent at conserving water in dry climates. 23 Yucca