The Linux 5.6 merge window is anticipated to be ending today followed by the Linux 5.6-rc1 test release.

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Slides available here: http://il.pycon.org/2016/static/sessions/anna-herlihy.pdf

The BA Boeing 747-436 reached speeds of 825 mph in the jet stream accelerated by Storm Ciara.

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The coronavirus epidemic started one month earlier than is commonly reported and has yet to be brought under control, a new disease-transmission model created by University of Toronto researchers

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