Christopher Nolan isn’t too happy with Warner Bros’ decision to send all 17 of its films slated for release in 2021 to HBO Max on the same day they’re released. Nolan, whose blockbuster movies for Warner Bros have made billions, called HBO Max “the worst streaming service,” adding that this shift in Hollywood is “a sign of great danger for the…
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Why people enjoy alcohol or are teetotal may come down to a hormone
Whether you are a happy carouser or a small-time tippler could depend on a hormone produced by your liver that tells your brain to stop boozing Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833122-300-why-people-enjoy-alcohol-or-are-teetotal-may-come-down-to-a-hormone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Third Monolith Reappears, Fourth and Fifth Monoliths Discovered
“People taking a stroll on Sunday morning stumbled upon another mysterious monolith,” reports Insider.com. “This one was found in a northern province of the Netherlands.”
The monolith was covered in ice and surrounded by a small pool of water, according to local reports. The hikers told the Dutch paper Algemeen Dagblad that they’re not sure how the monolith got there. They said…
Richard Stallman Answers Questions at EmacsConf 2020
All the videos have now appeared online for the talks at this year’s virtual EmacsConf 2020, “the conference about the joy of Emacs, Emacs Lisp, and memorizing key sequences.” And among them are an appearance by 67-year-old Richard Stallman, reminding the audience he’d created the first Emacs editor in 1976 “with some help from Guy Steele,” then created GNU Emacs in…
Python’s Steering Council Assesses the After-Guido Era
47 of Python’s core developers participated in this year’s Core Development Sprint, according to this report — “but what’s more important is the very real and necessary community building that seemed to have taken place…” It’s an especially critical time for Python, which switched to a steering council model in February of 2019, after Guido van Rossum had stepped down as…
Photos of 2020’s Leonid meteor shower
EarthSky Community members around the world are sharing their photos of this year’s Leonid meteor shower. Beautiful! Thanks to all who contributed. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/leonid-meteor-shower-nov2020-photos…
Happy birthday to Benoit Mandelbrot, the discoverer of fractals
He is known as the “father of fractals” for having discovered one of the most important patterns in nature. Source: https://www.livescience.com/benoit-mandelbrot-birthday-google-doodle.html
November butterflies!
Lovely photos of November butterflies from an ashram garden in India. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/butterflies-ranchi-ashrama-india-photos…
How C++ Programming Language Became the Invisible Foundation For Everything, and What’s Next
The origins of C++ date back 40 years, yet it remains one of the most widely used programming languages today. TechRepublic spoke to C++ creator, Bjarne Stroustrup, to find out why. An excerpt from the interview: Today, Stroustrup is a Technical Fellow at Morgan Stanley. His work with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for the C++ standard and on the…
Iconic American Quiz Show Host Alex Trebek Dies at Age 80
The iconic host of America’s TV quiz show Jeopardy! has died at age 80, after 35 years of reminding contestants to always state their answers in the form of a question. Who was Alex Trebec? CNN calls him “the genial host with all the answers and a reassuring presence in the TV game-show landscape for five decades.” Notable moments include playing…