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Dining critic Jeff Ruby of Chicago magazine tried Nutraloaf, a disciplinary food served to misbehaving inmates at Cook County Jail. Sheriff Tom Dart defends the use of Nutraloaf, a tasteless, brick-like loaf containing a range of ingredients from vegetables to poultry. Despite its unappetizing appearance, Nutraloaf is surprisingly bland in taste, achieving its goal of […]
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Minecraft is a video game released in 2011 that has captured the attention of millions with its open-ended creation and intricate crafting system. There are no instructions within the game, forcing players to seek out knowledge on wikis and YouTube tutorials. The real success of Minecraft lies in the vast network of resources and secrets […]
Anyma V is a virtual instrument that combines electronic music elements with advanced physical modeling technology, simulating acoustic sounds like strings and reeds, as well as resonating structures such as wood, glass, and metal. Priced at €79.00 (50% off for a limited time), it offers polyphonic capabilities, seamless patch transfer with the Anyma Phi hardware […]
The managarm Operating System is a unique microkernel-based operating system with notable properties such as a completely asynchronous API for I/O and good compatibility with Linux user space APIs. Despite being a microkernel, managarm aims to provide efficient implementations of common user space functionality like POSIX. It is not a Linux distribution, running its own […]
Roguecraft, developed by Badger Punch Games, is a highly anticipated Amiga game inspired by HP Lovecraft’s works. With isometric graphics and randomly generated dungeons, players explore for treasure while encountering various secrets, items, and enemies. The game, a follow-up to Rogue 64, has been in development for two years. The developers, Ricki Sickenger and Henning […]
Göttingen, Germany, was once a powerhouse of mathematics with professors like Gauss, Riemann, Noether, and Hilbert leading the field. Despite being overshadowed today, Göttingen was a crucial hub of mathematical innovation for generations. The university attracted the brightest minds until the rise of the Nazi Party forced many to leave the country in the 1930s. […]
This book aims to teach statistics, focusing on the field’s importance in understanding quantitative data to make evidence-based arguments in social sciences research. It emphasizes the necessity of a profound understanding of statistics for methodological decision-making, particularly for new estimators in empirical research. The book covers the fundamental concepts of assessing estimators and their application […]
A tritone substitution is a musical technique that adds sophistication to your music. In simple terms, it involves replacing certain notes in a dominant seventh chord to create a different sound. This substitution creates a dissonant yet interesting quality that can be heard in classical music and jazz. By understanding the relationship between notes and […]
Summary: sgrep is a command-line tool that uses word embeddings for semantic searches, allowing users to find semantically similar matches beyond simple string matching. Users can search for words similar to a query in a text, with options to display context, line numbers, and similarity scores. Features include configurable similarity thresholds, context display, color-coded output, […]
Recent advances in AI and computing have led to the development of new tools for creating highly realistic media, VR environments, and video games. Creating and editing realistic renderings of fabrics in real-time can be challenging, but researchers at Shandong University and Nanjing University introduced a new lightweight artificial neural network for real-time rendering of […]