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This one goes out to Will, without whom I would not know any X-Men facts."Lore" is one of my favorite terms to graduate from cheeky internet slang to grown-up conversational staple. Lore is simply legend, often of the unverifiable kind, that accompanies a particular dogma, trait, or decision. The turn of the year is a great time to spin some lore about oneself or one's colleagues, wrapping up accomplishments in …

Enjoying a vacation on a Caribbean porch, and just had a couple hours to kill with good internet access. For some reason I spent part of them listening to the summary panel discussions at Strings 2025, which just ended today. Honestly, this was just completely pathetic. The whole thing was run by David Gross, who at 83 is entering his fifth decade of hyping string theory. Besides the usual claims …

In my days with mountain rescue we would often do a bothy trip a trip we enjoyed was to Culra over the 4 Munroes and then. To Ossian ( Thos is a Youth Hostel Tom rig would hide a key and coal) sadly Tom died many Years ago. He as such a character kind and a great host. Culra One great route was Dalwhinnie to Laggan taking in the hills …

People sometimes say there is a crisis of trust in science. In controversial subjects, from ecology to health, increasingly many people are rejecting not only mainstream ideas, but the scientists behind them. I think part of the problem is media literacy, but not in the way you’d think. When we teach media literacy, we talk about biased sources. If a study on cigarettes is funded by the tobacco industry or …

I wore my Olukai Mahana slippers all day every day for 3 years. They finally got beat up enough that when my family asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I said that I’d welcome a new pair of slippers. Christmas morning arrived and I opened my gift from my wife and daughter containing…a brand new pair of my exact same slippers. I was elated. This in my opinion is …

Le Beau Paradise Garden by Jean Paul Gaultier is "a tribute to the Garden of Gaultier, filled with vibrant flowers and enticing scents. It masterfully blends the salty coconut's freshness with the green fig's lushness and sandalwood's soothing warmth. Hints of zesty ginger, cool mint, and sun-drenched tonka bean enhance the fragrance's green aquatic and woody character, making it an ideal

Hi GuysDo you prefer to find fly fishing bargains at a local fly shop or online? Personally, I haven't seen many great deals at fly shops. I dislike being overcharged for anything, and in today's world, you can often find products at lower prices online. Thanks to the internet, numerous bargains are available if you want to spend a little time searching for them. Let’s start with the two most …

As expected from anyone who has ever tried building anything solo, my goal was not to build an app but the app — the one app that’s so good you wonder how you ever survived without it. I had everything in place: wireframes, a to-do list, project structure — you name it. Then I started building. Just not the product. I started with the landing page for it, which took …

Once upon a time, Hollywood produced a movie about Russians accidentally invading America. The movie, The Russians are Coming the Russians are Coming (1966), is a political satire made during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was a gutsy film, released five years after the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion, and only four years … Continue reading →

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Some Python packages require native libraries to be installed on your system when you install them. For example, mysqlclient requires libssl and libcrypto. If those libraries are missing at install time, clang, the C compiler, fails with a message like: $ pip install mysqlclient Collecting mysqlclient Downloading mysqlclient-2.2.7.tar.gz (91 kB) Installing build dependencies ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... done Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done Building wheels for …

The first of the two trains that arrive into the station this afternoon is one from Vaudreuil. Five minutes later a Candiac train lands.

a rusty boat named Margaret sits on a small grassy hill with trees behind it. a few floaties and a mound of dirt sit nearby. i don’t know if she’s seaworthy, cap’n. Happy (Gregorian calendar) new year! I had a restful and quiet time off. It was exactly what I needed. I hope things are good with you, too. This week’s post is about boxed water. It sells well under …

The recent announcement of REI Adventures closing its doors has left many adventure travel enthusiasts wondering where to turn for their cycling experiences. La entrada REI Adventures Closes – Who Now for Cycling Experiences? se publicó primero en Eat Sleep Cycle.

It's triple zero, used to call the emergency services in Australia. That is the lowest possible number. We did it!Well that was boring. And you, dear reader, probably don't even live in Australia,* so it's not your shortest phone number. Let's come up with a new rule to make this more interesting: Everyone should be able to call the number.That means we'll only consider numbers that can start with an …