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Strange Attractors | Shashank Tomar

Strange Attractors | Shashank Tomar

πŸ”₯ Check out this insightful post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ“Œ Here’s what you’ll learn: A few months back, while playing around with , I came across something that completely derailed my plans. Strange attractors - fancy math that creates beautiful patterns. At first I thought I'd just render one and move on, but then soon I realized that this is too much fun. When complexity emerges from three simple equations, when you see something chaotic emerge into beautiful, it's hard not to waste some time. I've spent countless hours, maybe more than I'd care to admit, watching…
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Football gossip: Guehi, Jackson, Santos, Boadi, Saibari

Football gossip: Guehi, Jackson, Santos, Boadi, Saibari

✨ Discover this trending post from BBC Sport πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ’‘ Main takeaway: Inter Milan joins the race for defender Marc Guehi and Everton striker Nicholas Jackson, and Manchester United faces competition for Ayoub Boadi.Inter Milan I want to sign England centre-back Mark Guehi, 25, when he is... Crystal Palace The contract expires next summer, but he faces competition from... Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Liverpool. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), externalEverton They are also monitoring Senegalese striker Nicholas Jackson, 24 years old Bayern Munich It is increasingly unlikely that would result in a Β£70m loan move…
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Instacart, DoorDash and other companies offer discounts to SNAP recipients

Instacart, DoorDash and other companies offer discounts to SNAP recipients

πŸ”₯ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Doordash,food aid,snap,Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: Instacart said Friday it will offer customers who receive SNAP benefits 50% off their next grocery order to ease the pressure as the government prepares to cut food aid payments. Instacart said any customer who placed an order in October using a SNAP/EBT card will be eligible for the rebate, which will be available even if the government makes payments as planned on Nov. 1. Instacart said it is also working to increase the number of food…
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Add to playlist: Long-lost lo-fi pop song by Australian nun Sister Erin O’Connor and this week’s best songs | music

Add to playlist: Long-lost lo-fi pop song by Australian nun Sister Erin O’Connor and this week’s best songs | music

πŸš€ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Music,Culture,Pop and rock,Folk music πŸ’‘ Key idea: from Sydney, AustraliaRecommended if you like Shirley and Dolly Collins; Sky Girl compilation from Efficient Spacethe next God's Fire of Love was reissued by Spend Freedom on November 14As any noteworthy nun would tell you, revelation can come from the most unexpected places. Such is the case with Fire of God's Love, a 1973 album by Australian nun Sister Irene O'Connor.Simple and spectral, it's a marvel of analogue pop β€” a collection of airy folk songs, played largely on drum…
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Reasons to finally be cheerful? Ruben Amorim’s year as coach of Manchester United

Reasons to finally be cheerful? Ruben Amorim’s year as coach of Manchester United

✨ Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ“Œ Key idea: Had the first anniversary of Amorim been celebrated on October 1, the verdict would have been almost exclusively negative.At that point, only Tottenham out of the 17 teams that remained in the Premier League throughout his tenure had fewer points than the 34 teams from 33 matches. After three successive wins, Wolves and West Ham are now behind them.On Thursday, for the first time, Amorim was shortlisted for the position of Manager of the Month. He was asked in his press conference about the possibility of…
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Hackers threaten to leak data after hacking the University of Pennsylvania to send mass emails

Hackers threaten to leak data after hacking the University of Pennsylvania to send mass emails

✨ Read this trending post from TechCrunch πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Security,data breach,hack,University of Pennsylvania βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: On Friday morning, Penn State alumni, students, staff and community members received several emails from hackers claiming to represent the university's Graduate School of Education (GSE). β€œWe have terrible security practices and are completely untrustworthy,” the email said. β€œWe love breaking federal rules like FERPA (all your data will be leaked).” Partially redacted email sent by hackers with access to the University of Pennsylvania email system.Image credits:TechCrunch (screenshot) This message was sent from a variety of different Penn email accounts, such…
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Should the Fed pay more attention to inflation? At least three central bankers think so

Should the Fed pay more attention to inflation? At least three central bankers think so

πŸš€ Read this insightful post from Investopedia | Expert Financial Advice and Markets News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Economic News,News πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: Key takeaways Three Federal Reserve officials said Friday they disagree with the Fed's decision to cut the central bank's key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point this week.The Fed has cut interest rates to preserve the labor market, and the diverging views reflect how difficult the dilemma it faces as it seeks to fulfill a dual mandate to keep employment high and inflation low. The Fed has stopped too early in its fight…
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ongoing by Tim Bray Β· Grokipedia

ongoing by Tim Bray Β· Grokipedia

✨ Explore this insightful post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ“Œ Key idea: Last night I had a very strange experience: About two thirds of the way through reading a Web page about myself, Tim Bray, I succumbed to boredom and killed the tab. Thus my introduction to Grokipedia. Here are early impressions. On Bray Β· My Grokipedia entry has over seven thousand words, compared to a mere 1,300 in my Wikipedia article. It’s pretty clear how it was generated; an LLM, trained on who-knows-what but definitely including that Wikipedia article and this blog, was told to go nuts.…
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British canoeist Curtis Adams Rosenthals has been banned over an “explicit” social media post

British canoeist Curtis Adams Rosenthals has been banned over an “explicit” social media post

✨ Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: πŸ’‘ Key idea: He added: "Although I understand that the video could be described as crazy, it was not illegal and certainly should not be a reason to ban an athlete."The Rozentals said their last funding from Paddle UK was Β£16,000 a year.But he claimed to have earned more than Β£100,000 from his social media videos between January and May.Paddle UK said the decision was made by a disciplinary committee, following an independent investigation and hearing relating to the Rosentals.The Rozentals β€œadmitted to posting an explicit video on her…
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A judge ruled that Trump cannot require proof of US citizenship on a federal voting form

A judge ruled that Trump cannot require proof of US citizenship on a federal voting form

✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: citizenship,Donald Trump news,voter registration βœ… Main takeaway: NEW YORK (AP) β€” A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's request to add documentary proof of citizenship requirements to a federal voter registration form cannot be enforced. US District Judge Colleen Kollar Cutelli in Washington, D.C., sided with Democratic and civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over his executive order to reform US elections. Read more: Maine and Texas are the latest fronts in the voting battles, with voter ID and citizenship on the ballot…
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