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Where’s the Yelp For Open-source Tools?
Esther Schindler (Slashdot reader #16,185), shares some thoughts from long-time tech reporter Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: We’d like an easy way to judge open-source programs. It can be done. But easily? That’s another matter… Plenty of people have created systems to collect, judge, and evaluate open-source projects, including information about a project’s popularity, reliability, and activity. But each of those review sites…
Scientists Say a Mind-Bending Rhythm In the Brain Can Act Like Ketamine
In mice and one person, scientists were able to reproduce out-of-body experiences often associated with ketamine by inducing certain brain cells to fire together in a slow-rhythmic fashion. The findings have been published in the journal Nature. NPR reports: “There was a rhythm that appeared and it was an oscillation that appeared only when the patient was dissociating,” says Dr. Karl…
Sir David Attenborough Delivers Stark Warning In BBC Doc ‘Extinction: the Facts’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: At 94 years old and with over 60 years of wildlife documentary-making under his belt, Sir David Attenborough is well-placed to share his thoughts about the future of our planet. And on Sunday, in the new BBC documentary Extinction: The Facts, the legendary presenter had a warning for all humans about the…
The 61 Books Elon Musk Has Recommended on Twitter
Entrepreneur magazine writes:
Although his days are presumably filled with Tesla, SpaceX, cyber pigs and lots and lots of tweeting, it seems Elon Musk also finds the time to make reading part of his routine. The billionaire businessman is known for sharing (and oversharing) all his recommendations and thoughts on Twitter, so it’s no surprise that books are part of that. Most…
Survey Finds Only 3% of Ruby on Rails Developers Use Windows
This week saw the release of the 2020 Ruby on Rails Community Survey Results:
2,049 members of the Rails community from 92 countries kindly contributed their thoughts on tools, frameworks, and workflows in their day to day development lives. From these responses we hope to get an understanding of where Rails stands as a framework in 2020. Some of these questions have…
Meet Anita: Lifelong Learner, Contract Tracer
We want to introduce you to Anita. She recently completed the COVID-19 Contact Tracing course from Johns Hopkins University and began working as a contact tracer to help combat the virus. Below, she shares her experience in the course and tells us about her background and future plans. Hello Anita! Thank you so much for […]
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Meet Anita: Lifelong Learner, Contact Tracer
We want to introduce you to Anita. She recently completed the COVID-19 Contact Tracing course from Johns Hopkins University and began working as a contact tracer to help combat the virus. Below, she shares her experience in the course and tells us about her background and future plans. Hello Anita! Thank you so much for […]
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Ailing Scientist Hopes to Become the World’s First Cyborg
The Telegraph reports:
Peter Scott-Morgan stands, wide-eyed and tearful. “Good. Grief.” he says quietly. “I was unprepared for the emotion… It’s quite extraordinary. It really is.” Using an exoskeleton, Scott-Morgan is experiencing what it is like to stand for the first time in months after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2017, the same incurable condition that killed scientist Stephen Hawking….
Astronaut spots California wildfires from space, sends ‘thoughts and prayers’ to victims
California is on fire, with more than 360 individual blazes scorching across the state. Unsurprisingly, the effects are visible from space. Source: https://www.livescience.com/california-wildfires-astronaut-space-photo-august-2020.html