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New details of Tully monster revealed
For more than half a century, the Tully monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium), an enigmatic animal that lived about 300…
Why Poland needed Germany’s permission to transfer its MiG-29s to Ukraine?
Poland is one of the most dedicated military supporters of Ukraine. That is by choice, because Poland has…
Google’s 80-acre San Jose mega-campus is on hold as company reckons with economic slowdown
Construction of Google’s 7.3 million square foot campus in San Jose, California, has been halted as the company’s cost-cutting efforts stifle development….
The $25,000 electric vehicle is coming, with big implications for the auto market and car buyers
The $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles isn’t the only way EV prices are coming down for auto buyers….
What is bearing and seals?
The correct bearing and seal selection is crucial for every operation that calls for a system with moving…
What is Cython? Python at the speed of C
Python has a reputation for being one of the most convenient, richly outfitted, and downright useful programming languages. Execution speed? Not so much.Enter Cython. The Cython language is a superset of Python that compiles to C. This yields performance boosts that can range from a few…
A Bloomberg terminal for Mastodon
As I mentioned last time, the Steampipe dashboard for Mastodon has evolved in unexpected ways. I imagined that the components — a plugin that maps Mastodon APIs to Postgres foreign tables, and a suite of views that query the APIs — would combine to enable a…
AWS mutes trash talk at Re:Invent – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna reflect on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Re:Invent partner and customer conference in Las Vegas, an initiative for getting more…
Is Twitter still safe, and should you stop using the platform?
Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 6 December 2022 Is Twitter still safe, and should you stop using the platform? Share this item with your network: In…