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Get Your Ebooks From the Library, Dummy

Get Your Ebooks From the Library, Dummy

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Get Your Ebooks From the Library, Dummy Public libraries are a national treasure that few people seem to appreciate anymore, but I am here to tell you that you are ignoring a precious resource because these bastions of socialism don’t just have free books. They have free ebooks. We’ve definitely preached the benefits of library ebooks before, but like the …Read more... Go to Source
This Locked Cabinet Holds the Answer to One of the Biggest Questions in Particle Physics

This Locked Cabinet Holds the Answer to One of the Biggest Questions in Particle Physics

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This Locked Cabinet Holds the Answer to One of the Biggest Questions in Particle Physics A 50-foot ring topped with white insulation sits attached to wires, pipes, and other electrical components in a warehouse on Fermilab’s northern Illinois campus. Scientists taking data with this device have the potential to rock the field of particle physics to its core, but they’re missing a crucial number to make…Read more... Go to Source
DOJ Plans Section 230 Workshop to Host a ‘Diversity of Viewpoints’ on Internet Speech

DOJ Plans Section 230 Workshop to Host a ‘Diversity of Viewpoints’ on Internet Speech

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DOJ Plans Section 230 Workshop to Host a 'Diversity of Viewpoints' on Internet Speech The U.S. Justice Department is hosting a workshop next month seeking “a wide diversity of viewpoints” on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the federal statute that, with few exceptions, protections major internet companies and private website owners from liability when it comes to the posts and comments…Read more... Go to Source
Overwatch League, Call Of Duty League, And Hearthstone Esports Will Air On YouTube, Not Twitch

Overwatch League, Call Of Duty League, And Hearthstone Esports Will Air On YouTube, Not Twitch

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Overwatch League, Call Of Duty League, And Hearthstone Esports Will Air On YouTube, Not Twitch With Overwatch League season three set to kick off in just over two weeks, it was becoming a little conspicuous that we still didn’t know where it was going to air. Now we do: With its two-year Twitch deal now expired, Overwatch League is moving to YouTube. It will be joined by Activision’s new Call of Duty League as…Read more... Go to Source
Upgrade Your Closet With These Under-$20 Items

Upgrade Your Closet With These Under-$20 Items

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Upgrade Your Closet With These Under-$20 Items The beginning of the year is a time when many people take stock of their closets and try to lend a bit of order to what are notoriously organization-challenged spaces. If you’re one of those people, you might want to consider some of these low-cost but big-impact upgrades to your closet!Read more... Go to Source
Google’s Having Second Thoughts About Its Dogshit Redesign

Google’s Having Second Thoughts About Its Dogshit Redesign

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Google's Having Second Thoughts About Its Dogshit Redesign Over the years, Google’s become somewhat notorious for killing off its projects, beloved or otherwise. The most recent casualty happened today, with the announcement that the company’s backing off of a controversial search engine update—one that made organic search results and paid-for placements nearly impossible to…Read more... Go to Source
Joe Biden Says No Scientists Back Bernie Sanders’ Climate Plan. He’s Wrong

Joe Biden Says No Scientists Back Bernie Sanders’ Climate Plan. He’s Wrong

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Joe Biden Says No Scientists Back Bernie Sanders’ Climate Plan. He's Wrong The Iowa caucuses are just over a week away, and Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are neck and neck in the polls. In the past few days, the two have sparred over corruption and Social Security and gun control, and earlier this week, both campaigns released videos coming after the other candidate.Read more... Go to Source
Pentagon Says 34 Troops Treated for Traumatic Brain Injury After Trump Downplays It as ‘Headaches’

Pentagon Says 34 Troops Treated for Traumatic Brain Injury After Trump Downplays It as ‘Headaches’

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Pentagon Says 34 Troops Treated for Traumatic Brain Injury After Trump Downplays It as 'Headaches' The White House initially minimized the consequences of retaliatory Iranian missile strikes that hit joint U.S.-Iraqi bases in Iraq on January 8 in response to Donald Trump’s reckless decision to assassinate a senior Iranian official. But last week, news broke that at least 11 U.S. troops had actually been treated…Read more... Go to Source
YouTube’s Content Moderators Are Asked to Contractually Acknowledge the Job Can Give Them PTSD

YouTube’s Content Moderators Are Asked to Contractually Acknowledge the Job Can Give Them PTSD

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YouTube’s Content Moderators Are Asked to Contractually Acknowledge the Job Can Give Them PTSD The contractors charged with keeping YouTube clean from the vilest forms of content that surface on the platform are reportedly being coerced to sign agreements acknowledging that the job could have a severe impact on their mental health, seemingly making any job-related fallout the responsibility of those workers…Read more... Go to Source
Clayton Christensen, Father of ‘Disruptive Innovation,’ Dies at 67

Clayton Christensen, Father of ‘Disruptive Innovation,’ Dies at 67

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Clayton Christensen, Father of 'Disruptive Innovation,' Dies at 67 Unless you’re an avid reader of the sort of books CEOs tote around, you may not have heard of Clayton Christensen. You have, however, felt the impact of his work. Christensen, who died at 67 on Thursday due to complications from cancer treatment, is the scholar responsible for coining the term ‘disruptive innovation.’…Read more... Go to Source
Here Are the Latest Updates on the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak

Here Are the Latest Updates on the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak

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Here Are the Latest Updates on the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Federal health officials have identified a second U.S. case of the deadly new coronavirus that’s sent parts of China into lockdown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday. While officials say that the risk to the U.S. from the virus remains low, the overall situation worldwide is set to get…Read more... Go to Source
Shanghai Disneyland Closes to Halt Spread of Virus That Has Killed 26 and Sickened 881

Shanghai Disneyland Closes to Halt Spread of Virus That Has Killed 26 and Sickened 881

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Shanghai Disneyland Closes to Halt Spread of Virus That Has Killed 26 and Sickened 881 Shanghai Disneyland will close its gates on Saturday in an effort to stop the spread of a new SARS-like virus that has killed 26 people and sickened at least 881, primarily in China. It’s not known when the theme park may reopen.Read more... Go to Source
Sonos Backpedals, Says ‘All Products Will Work Past May’

Sonos Backpedals, Says ‘All Products Will Work Past May’

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Sonos Backpedals, Says 'All Products Will Work Past May' Just a few short days ago, Sonos dropped the bomb that some of its older products would no longer receive software updates starting in May 2020. In the initial announcement, Sonos reasoned that the ‘legacy products’ were all reaching the end of their useful life. It then told users they could either recycle the…Read more... Go to Source
14th-Century Steambath Discovered in Mexico City

14th-Century Steambath Discovered in Mexico City

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14th-Century Steambath Discovered in Mexico City Archaeologists in Mexico City have uncovered a pre-Hispanic steambath dating back to the 14th century. Its location in the city’s historic district confirms the whereabouts of a vibrant neighborhood that once stood in Tenochtitlán—an ancient urban center that eventually became Mexico City.Read more... Go to Source