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Tesla influencers leave the “cult”

Tesla influencers leave the “cult”

✨ Check out this must-read post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Culture,Culture / Digital Culture,Tunnel Vision πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: She believes some of these individuals will never stop covering the company because of their long-term investments. β€œFor me, it's a lot about the money, and it's more about the money than Elon β€” even though they say it's Elon,” she says.but no one, Tesla squadrons like Dan O'Dowd are irritated.The tech billionaire, who founded and serves as CEO of Green Hills Software, has also been a vocal supporter of Tesla vehicles and Musk's leadership. In 2016, he owned two…
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More than the score – Ilana Myers Taylor’s 20-year journey to Olympic gold

More than the score – Ilana Myers Taylor’s 20-year journey to Olympic gold

✨ Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: Available for over a yearIlana Myers Taylor became the oldest ever winner of an individual Winter Olympic gold medal when she won the women's monopop event in Milano Cortina, at the age of 41. It was the United States' sixth Olympic medal, and first gold, having first won bronze in 2010 at the Vancouver Games. She is the most decorated black athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics, and the mother of two sons - both of whom are deaf. Her eldest son,…
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Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these days?

Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these days?

✨ Read this insightful post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these days?73 points by tathagatadg 1 hour ago | hide | past | favorite | 44Β commentsHow has the curriculum changed? What are the professors telling their students to explain why the course they enrolled in deserves the rigorous study? Are the students buying it - and is it matching reality at the end of the course? It’s hard to get a feel from the continuous pendulum swing of β€œit’s dead” to β€œit’s better…
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London Book Fair roundup: Idris Elba’s sensational deal, the rise of romantic comedies, and the fight against censorship | London Book Fair

London Book Fair roundup: Idris Elba’s sensational deal, the rise of romantic comedies, and the fight against censorship | London Book Fair

✨ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: London book fair,Publishing,Books,Culture,UK news,Fiction,Autobiography and memoir,Children and teenagers,Fantasy books,Romance books,Censorship,DEI policies,Idris Elba βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: The annual London Book Fair concluded on Thursday, marking the end of three days that saw 33,000 people connected to the book industry - agents, publishers, authors and more - gather at Olympia to cut deals and discuss the state and future of the publishing world. Here's our roundup of the biggest deals, trends and takeaways from the show.The most stellar book deal of the week was a new thriller…
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COBOL is the asbestos of programming languages

COBOL is the asbestos of programming languages

πŸ’₯ Discover this awesome post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Business,Business / Computers and Software,Machine Readable πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: Early in After the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor of New Jersey made an unusual admission: COBOL developers had run out. The state's unemployment insurance systems were written in a 60-year-old programming language and needed to be updated to handle hundreds of thousands of claims. The problem is that few state employees know how to do this. The crisis has gone far beyond New Jersey, which is just one of many states that have relied on these unworkable systems. By one…
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Players Championship ‘special but unlikely to become fifth major tournament’

Players Championship ‘special but unlikely to become fifth major tournament’

πŸ’₯ Explore this trending post from BBC Sport πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: One of the main reasons this rivalry is so compelling is the stadium itself. It does what it says on the tin, delighting huge crowds with an unnerving test of the best players in the world year after year.β€œI remember when I played it, I stood on the 18th tee and I was scared aimless,” European Ryder Cup player Oliver Wilson recalls. β€œYou can never relax on this golf course.”And so it came to pass that Young and Fitzpatrick arrived at the final tee box…
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Linux 7.1 To Retire UDP-Lite – Allows For Better Performance With Cleansed Code

Linux 7.1 To Retire UDP-Lite – Allows For Better Performance With Cleansed Code

πŸ’₯ Explore this trending post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: The upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel cycle is set to retire UDP-Lite support. The UDP-Lite protocol allowed for partial checksums where potentially damaged/corrupted packets are still delivered to the application. Since the Linux 2.6.20 days there has been UDP-Lite support but the kernel is now set to retire it given breakage that has persisted for years and cleaning up the networking code can yield a performance advantage for non-UDP-Lite users. Kuniyuki Iwashima of Amazon/AWS took to retiring the UDP-Lite code. He explained of the issues that…
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World Cup qualifiers: Wales coach Craig Bellamy highlights the threat facing Bosnian Edin Dzeko

World Cup qualifiers: Wales coach Craig Bellamy highlights the threat facing Bosnian Edin Dzeko

πŸš€ Check out this trending post from BBC Sport πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: Wales is seeking to qualify for two consecutive World Cups for the first time, having previously played in the 1958 and 2022 finals.They finished second in Belgium's direct qualifier in Group J, securing home advantage in the play-off semi-finals with a 7-1 win over North Macedonia.Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked second behind Austria in a group that also included Romania, Cyprus and San Marino, and Dzeko scored five goals out of 17 he scored in eight matches.β€œBosnia has been good watching so far,” Bellamy said.…
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Bushra Review – The Wolf Who Wears Prada is the anti-identity alter ego in the film that charts the queer experience | film

Bushra Review – The Wolf Who Wears Prada is the anti-identity alter ego in the film that charts the queer experience | film

πŸ”₯ Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Film,Documentary films,Animation in film,LGBTQ+ rights,Culture,Sexuality πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: SPeople who struggle with family acceptance often misrepresent their daily existence and rely instead on white lies, omissions, and omissions. In Orianne Barkey and Meriem Bennani's debut feature, the process of weaving fiction from real life can be both painful and generative. Bouchra, the novel's engaging heroine, is a lesbian Moroccan filmmaker living in New York, and she understands this paradox well. Although she has already revealed who her mother is, Aisha, she still has to hide…
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These futuristic musical instruments look weird and exotic, and are easy for anyone to play

These futuristic musical instruments look weird and exotic, and are easy for anyone to play

πŸ”₯ Read this must-read post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Gear,Gear / Gear News and Events,Gear / Products / Audio,New Sounds βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: "Taking extra or discarded materials and turning them into musical instruments; I'm seeing more and more of that entering the mainstream," Albert says. β€œThey are beautiful pieces of art, and they look really cool.”The most literal example of upcycling is the People's Choice Award winner, Lithium. Creator Latif Martin, a Montreal-based builder, musician, and author of the Cyclepunk comic book series, says he got the idea after ripping off a bicycle cord in a bike…
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