Ancient history relies on disciplines such as epigraphy, the study of ancient inscribed texts, for evidence of the recorded past. However, these texts, "innoscriptions", are often damaged over the...

The fact that plastics do not break down, and therefore accumulate in our ecosystems, is one of our major environmental problems. But at Chalmers, a research group led by Henrik Thunman, Professor of Energy Technology, sees the resilience of plastic as an…

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann didn’t plan for his family’s control of WeWork to end at his death but instead expected to pass that control to future generations of Neumanns, too, says Business Insider. The outlet reports that in a speech Neumann gave to…

Sam's Spot - Sam saffron's web log

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You couldn’t just roll down the street leaving huge piles of garbage everywhere you go, making life slower for everyone as they climb over your mountains of junk, just to get on with their life. You’d feel bad about it, right?

The idea of converting classic cars to EVs has been around a while, and a number of companies, including some major automakers, have been retrofitting old, classic cars with all-new EV drivetrains. Individual tinkerers have been doing this as well, but it’s…

This is a reference to: “Trains in Switzerland are not allowed to have 256 axles.” from the @HumblePi_0x03c0 book. Pages 191 and 190.

How to deal with PostgreSQL restarts? pg_prewarm allows you to automatically prewarm your caches after a database failure or a simple restart

To kick off this series, will start with something simple yet foundational: linear regression via ordinary least squares.
While not exciting, linear regression finds widespread use both as a …

Having failed to adequately comply with the recommendations of the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) – concerning anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures – Iceland has been added to the FATF’s Grey List (along with Mongolia and Zimbabwe).…

The future of salmon in the Pacific Northwest

It’s a culprit in diseases ranging from arthritis to depression

Are the wealthy addicted to money, competition, or just feeling important? Yes.

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