Well, it kind of looks like I’m on a bit of a zombie kick right now. Admittedly, that does happen now and again. The same thing happens with Japanese monster movies, too, but I digress! That’s a story for another day. Today, I’m going to highlight two of my favorite zombie-themed movies that I consider… Continue reading From Dead to Dead 2: Monstrously Good Movies!
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Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the psychology of liberalism
Buttigieg is going for the “hope and change” voters. There was a word missing from the speech Pete Buttigieg gave in South Bend, Indiana, announcing his presidential campaign. It’s a word you heard twice in Bernie Sanders’s and Beto O’Rourke’s announcement speeches, nine times in Cory Booker’s, 21 times in Kirsten Gillibrand’s, 23 times in… Continue reading Pete Buttigieg, Barack Obama, and the psychology of liberalism
Lyrid meteor shower: All you need to know
In 2019, April 23 is the expected peak morning. There will be a bright waning gibbous moon in the sky. Want to make the most of this year’s Lyrid meteor shower? Here’s how. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-lyrid-meteor-shower…
TicTocTrack Smartwatch Flaws Can Be Abused To Track Kids
secwatcher shares a report from Threatpost: A popular smartwatch that allows parents to track their children’s whereabouts, TicTocTrack, has been discovered to be riddled with security issues that could allow hackers to track and call children. Researchers at Pen Test Partners revealed vulnerabilities in the watch (sold in Australia) on Monday, which could enable hackers to track children’s location, spoof…
Why I’m boycotting TurboTax this year
It’s an evil parasite that only makes your taxes more complicated. It’s tax season again, and that means you’re probably thinking about using TurboTax. You wouldn’t be alone; Intuit, the company that sells TurboTax, claimed in 2016 that the app has 31 million users. Its competitors do pretty well for themselves too, with H&R Block… Continue reading Why I’m boycotting TurboTax this year
‘BlackHoles@Home’ Will Use Your PC For DIY Gravitational Wave Analysis
West Virginia University assistant professor Zachariah Etienne is launching “a global volunteer computing effort” analyzing gravitational waves from colliding black holes, reports Phys.org: “As our gravitational wave detectors become more sensitive, we’re going to need to greatly expand our efforts to understand all of the information encoded in gravitational waves from colliding binary black holes,”… Continue reading ‘BlackHoles@Home’ Will Use Your PC For DIY Gravitational Wave Analysis
It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year.
Pollen allergy seasons continue to get longer and more intense as temperatures rise. The weather is warming. The flowers are blooming. Noses are running. Eyes are watering. It’s allergy season yet again, and it’s already severe in states like Georgia and Tennessee. It’s shaping up to be brutal in cities like Chicago, where the frigid… Continue reading It’s not your imagination. Allergy season gets worse every year.
Mathematicians may have found the fastest way to multiply huge numbers
A new theoretical method for multiplying enormous figures appears to achieve a speed first predicted decades ago. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mathematicians-may-have-found-fastest-way-multiply-huge-numbers