Editor's Note 1 : I have no editor. Editor’s Note 2 : I would like to assure new subscribers to this blog that most my posts are not as long as this one. Or as long as my previous one . My long break from posting here means that this piece is a collection…

Switching music providers made inmates’ old music useless

The popular view that music enhances creativity has been challenged by researchers who say it has the opposite effect. Psychologists investigated the impact of background music on performance by presenting people with verbal insight problems that are believed…

A massive expansion leads to the first ultrahigh-voltage AC-DC power grid

ONE MAN'S LIFE OF NO REGRET How would you like to climb the highest mountain, fly at the speed of sound, explore the ocean in a submarine...

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Python Data Science Handbook: full text in Jupyter Notebooks - jakevdp/PythonDataScienceHandbook

With Java 8 streams, it seems Functional Programming has won. Long live statelessness and recursion! Reality is a bit more nuanced: as always in software programming, it depends. I believe that the more tools in your toolbelt, the better it is. When all you…

We take a look at the differing firearm regulations in each country and take into account potential factors that could have an effect on this trend.

And the third version of Tesla’s Supercharger will debut this week

Fun thing I learned today regarding secure passwords: the password "ji32k7au4a83" looks like it'd be decently secure, right? But if you check e.g. HIBP, it's been seen over a hundred times. Challenge: explain why and how this happened and how this password…

Buffett's teachings compiled in one place for the first time

The official repository for the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model - wrf-model/WRF