A game critic for the Los Angeles Times remembers his reaction to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. “What a disappointment — if only it had been built for video game consoles.” This leads to this epiphany:
For all the deserved attention “The Mandalorian” series on Disney+ has received, the just-released game “Star Wars: Squadrons” reminds us that some of the best…
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How to Prepare for Job Interviews
Download this guide in PDF format This guide is designed to help you effectively prepare for your first conversation with a recruiter, hiring manager, or non-technical team member. You can use this guide whether you’re new to interviewing, haven’t interviewed in a long time, or just want to refresh your interviewing skills. We’ll discuss some […]
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Return of Myanmar’s smiling turtle
Need something to smile about? Here’s a story about smiling turtles saved from extinction in Myanmar. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/return-of-myanmar-smiling-burmese-roofed-turtle…
Cheery thoughts for a scary time
Some astronomy thoughts to distract you from quarantine life under the coronavirus plague, from Guy Ottewell. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/cheery-astronomy-thought-for-a-scary-time…
Watch for the moon and Venus this week
You might not see the moon on February 24. It might be too close to the sunset. Observers in North America, though, do have a shot at Monday evening’s moon. And every evening after that, you’ll surely see the waxing crescent moving up past bright Venus! Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-beneath-venus-after-sunset…
When a smile is not a smile – what our facial expressions really mean
Smiling and other facial expressions aren’t displays of feelings that transcend cultures but turn out to be full of hidden meaning Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532690-900-when-a-smile-is-not-a-smile-what-our-facial-expressions-really-mean/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Sony’s Robot Dogs Are Helping Japanese People Find Companionship
The dogs, known as Aibos, are companion robots made by Sony — robots that don’t necessarily do much apart from providing company and comfort. From a report: Every Aibo — Japanese for “companion” — is manufactured identically, besides a choice between silver and white or a brown, black, and white version. They all have rounded snouts that include a camera for…
Researcher Uses Focused Gallium Ions To Build A Microscopic Gingerbread House
“Travis Casagrande, a research associate at the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at Hamilton’s McMaster University has created the smallest gingerbread house ever built,” writes long-time Slashdot reader Mr.Fork, “even smaller than the one made in France last year by nanorobotics researchers at the Femto-ST Institute in BesanÃon.” “Decking the halls is a whole lot harder when you’re decorating something 10…