by Zak Doffman Earlier this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Russian Internet (RuNet) into law to protect the country’s communications infrastructure in case it was disconnected from the world wide web—or so he said. Critics argued it was opening a door to a Chinese-style firewall disconnecting Russia from the outside world. Now, Alexander […]
by Darrell Etherington . .the next most important step in SpaceX and Elon Musk’s audacious plan to get humans to Mars and sow the seeds that will help us become an interplanetary species. SpaceX is set to show off its Starship Mk1, an orbital-scale prototype of the spacecraft it eventually plans to use to attain […]
by HARRY GUINNESS Instagram paints a pretty picture of longterm travel, but it’s not accurate. I’ve spent the last four years traveling pretty much non-stop and, while it’s certainly great and I love doing it, there are serious downsides. It’s not for everyone. Since I finished college back home in Ireland in 2015, I’ve been […]
Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says: “I am only joking.” 📖 Proverbs 26:18-19 📖 About laughter a person can lie. Someone says: “It’s only a joke. Don’t take it seriously.” But that one is lying; it is serious, it hurts someone. People destroy each […]
New methods are needed to do ballistics on plastic guns — before the weapons gain popularity By Carolyn Wilke On December 17, 2017, police responded to reports of gunshots at a Phoenix apartment. When Cleophus Cooksey Jr. answered the door, his mother and stepfather were lying on the living room floor, shot dead. Police arrested […]
His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming […]
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It’s probably no big secret that I am a firm believer in personal development. That’s one way to explain it, I guess. It means that I listen to motivational speeches while I work, read everything from popular self-help books to psychology and NLP, and tried all sorts of stuff to…
GNOME Foundation is Being Sued Because of Shotwell Photo Manager By Abhishek Prakash The GNOME Foundation is facing a lawsuit from Rothschild Patent Imaging, LLC. Rothschild allege that Shotwell, a free and open source personal photo manager infringes its patent. Neil McGovern, Executive Director for the GNOME Foundation says “We have retained legal counsel and […]
