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1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders
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Luca Iaconi-Stewart
Model 777 — Luca Iaconi-Stewart
The homepage of the work for which I'm best known — a model Boeing 777, made entirely from manila folders!
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Giant flywheel project in Scotland could prevent UK blackouts
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the Guardian
Giant flywheel project in Scotland could prevent UK blackouts
Trailblazing system would help to stabilise the energy grid’s electrical frequency
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Limitations and pitfalls of the job interview
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My dad got scammed for $3k worth of gift cards
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thehustle.co
How my dad got scammed for $3,000 worth of gift cards
The most recent iteration of a widespread government imposter scam has bilked thousands of Americans out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Berkshire Hathaway buys Dominion Energy natural gas assets in $10B deal
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CNBC
Warren Buffett's Berkshire buys Dominion Energy natural gas assets in $10 billion deal
It's Berkshire's first major purchase since the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent market collapse in March.
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QTile – An XMonad-like tiling WM written in Python
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No one is safe in Hong Kong anymore. Leave when you still can
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong security law: Police handed power to do warrantless searches, freeze assets, intercept comms, control internet
Hong Kong police will be authorised to conduct searches at private properties without a warrant, restrict suspects’ movements, freeze their assets, intercept communications and require internet service providers to remove information, as the city’s leader…
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Code only says what it does
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brooker.co.za
Code Only Says What it Does - Marc's Blog
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The Fed now owns Walmart's debt
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Mini-LED, Micro-LED and OLED displays: present status and future perspectives
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Nature
Mini-LED, Micro-LED and OLED displays: present status and future perspectives
Light: Science & Applications - Mini and micro light-emitting diodes (LEDs) could move to the centre-stage of display screen technologies once they mature. Shin-Tson Wu of the University of...
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JazzKeys: Type to improvise Jazz music
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JazzKeys, by Plan8
Send a message in Jazz!
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Building a CT Scan Covid-19 Classifier Using PyTorch
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Paperspace Blog
How to Build a COVID-19 Classifier Using PyTorch | Paperspace Blog
Using PyTorch, we create a COVID-19 classifier that predicts whether a patient is suffering from coronavirus or not, using chest CT scans of different patients.
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ICE changes exemptions for foreign students taking online courses in Fall 2020
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Booting a 486 from Floppy with the Most Up-to-Date Stable Linux Kernel
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Insentricity
Booting a 486 From Floppy with the Most Up-to-Date Stable Linux Kernel
Back in August of 2019 I had a Sing-Along Week contest on RetroBattlestations with the challenge of playing a MIDI file synchronized to a speech synthesizer singing the lyrics. In my stash of cards I found an MQX-32M MIDI card (Roland MPU-401 clone) which…
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From the gig economy to the creator economy to the participatory economy
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Check your Pulse
Check your Pulse #48
creator economy to participatory economy
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Two young scientists built a $250M business using yeast to clean up wastewater
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Forbes
How Two Young Scientists Built A $250 Million Business Using Yeast To Clean Up Wastewater
Houston-based Solugen is making cheaper, more effective industrial chemicals to help scrub everything from pools and hot tubs to oil and gas companies’ wastewater. Up next: fertilizers.
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Division by zero in type theory: a FAQ
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Xena
Division by zero in type theory: a FAQ
How can a theorem prover use the convention that 1/0=0 and still be consistent?
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Why Can't I Reproduce Their Results?
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Theorangeduck
Why Can't I Reproduce Their Results?
Computer Science, Machine Learning, Programming, Art, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Short Fiction
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US online grocery sales hit record $7.2B in June
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TechCrunch
US online grocery sales hit record $7.2 billion in June
Despite the slow reopening of the U.S. economy over the past several weeks, online grocery shopping is continuing to reach ever-higher numbers as Americans seem to be in no rush to return to the store. According to new research released today by Brick Meets…
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H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
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The Mercury News
H-1B: Government issues first-ever official estimate of visa population in U.S.
After an order by President Donald Trump suspending entry of H-1Bs, federal government provides number believed living here now.
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Abusing linear regression to make a point
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Good Math/Bad Math
Abusing Linear Regression to Make a Point
A bunch of people have been sending me links to a particularly sloppy article that (mis)uses linear regression to draw an incorrect conclusion from some data. So I guess I’ve got to got back …
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