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China is aiming to put humans back on the moon within 3-4 years from now, years before the US returns humans to the moon. That will be a huge pychological blow to Americans. With Dreams of a Lunar Outpost, China Takes New Risks in Space Race With U.S.

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I've recently found myself in a rabbit hole of Go major version bumping to v2. What started as a simple task quickly turned into hours of sifting through conflicting information. Should I use a v2 directory? Create a new v2 branch? What about creating a new repository altogether?The more I read, the more confused I became. To save future me from this headache, I've decided to jot down the differences …

A simple recipe for making soft pretzels. (vegan but not gluten-free.)

I've been using Counter for analytics, and it's great. It does exactly what I need, and the pricing is generous, considering you can apply it to multiple sites.What's traffic been like for this little site? It's been good. I don't fixate on this stuff anymore, but I like checking in now and then to see what's popular and might need updating.This year, there have been 2,503 visits.Of these visits:1,799 from …

Holy Toledo, Election Day 2024 is tomorrow.Both yours truly and Madame Blogmeister did our civic duty and voted by mail last month. Then we kicked back and relaxed with the following favorite election-themed tune, courtesy of intrepid Swing Ticket candidate Louis Jordan. It's true - every presidential election, this way too well-informed for his own good political junkie and diehard classic comedy aficionado MUST watch the hilarious Moe, Larry and …

Uncle Vladimir, diadia Volodya, passed away in his sleep in his home in Israel. He was in his 80s. He fell ill with polio when he was a child during WWII. The first doctor he ever saw, a German surgeon in another occupied village, told my grandmother that her son was as good as dead. “Just leave him here.” My grandmother was exhausted after a long journey and her own …

Link: https://anitagraser.com/2024/11/04/geoai-key-developments-insights/ Off the back of a specialist meeting on GeoAI, Anita Graser shares a summary of recent research from scholars in the field.

I haven’t posted in ages, my apologies. It’s a rainy day here on the coast of Maine; so it’s a perfect time to recap the making of this most unusual jacket. I knew when I saw this fabric on the Gorgeous Fabrics website that it would be perfect for one of my best and oldest friends. He’s the developer, chief, cook and bottle washer of the non-profit Rainbow Quest!, a …

After a dawn to dusk blank - not a run all day - I was back on the riverbank the next morning (dragged myself out). Fortunately three runs; perch (first of the season), a pike and a pike lost to a hook-pull. Six pike landed, and six lost this season (all hook-pulls, including lure & bait) - got to improve that ratio - not finding enough to keep losing them! …

Ange Chan wrote on We Are Cult: Nature Of Wires turn to ‘Silence’ ❉ Themes of a disintegrating society are delivered with Nature of Wires’ darkwave synth sound, writes Ange Chan. Based in Herefordshire, the British electronic music artist Nature of Wires has been creating synthpop/darkwave music since 1986, encompassing not only original material and numerous remixes but also countless collaborations with artists such as Fuzzbox, Sea of Sin, Sigue …

A more accurate description of this post would be, seeking a single, simple cause for the combined effect of many factors. But this would be a very cumbersome heading. Let’s look at an everyday example: a man is depressed after his wife leaves him. His friends believe he is depressed because his wife left him. Perhaps. But perhaps he is happy she has gone but won’t tell other people. He …

It’s somewhere between 3 and 4 pm. He slips out into the narrow hall that connects his office and the bathroom to the main area of our apartment. When we moved in together, one room became his space, while I sprawl out in an organic extension of hobby clutter across the rest. Thus, with his office, I feel like I need to ask to go in, even when it is …

October was a tough month, for various reasons. for a start, I’ve not been sleeping well. Maybe that’s middle age, or maybe I’m just being sloppy about sleep hygiene. I’ve also felt overwhelmed by the modern world’s deluge of information and I’ve battened down the hatches a little. With everything going on I’ve not had much spare energy, and missed a few events I’d booked tickets for. But, as rough …

A conversation about the day's playground shenanigans with one of my kids had me asking him: "do you know what social skills are?". He replied "no, what's that?". After I explained, he was keen to tell me which skills he thinks he is good at (being kind and respectful, communicating with friends, being able to compromise within a group with different needs). He then said "the skill I don't have, …