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Pahom, a peasant, becomes dissatisfied with his life and decides to buy land in a new settlement. He sells his current land and belongings and moves with his family to the new settlement. Pahom initially prospers and saves money, but becomes frustrated with having to rent land from others. He decides to buy his own […]
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Buffets in America are an embodiment of excess and variety, where customers can indulge in all-you-can-eat feasts for a single fixed price. However, despite encouraging maximum consumption, buffets operate on thin profit margins. They minimize labor costs through self-service and utilize economies of scale to purchase food in bulk. Waste reduction is also a key […]
Starting today, Tailscale users have the ability to control which IP address is assigned to their nodes from the CGNAT range. Previously, Tailscale allocated a unique IP address to each node, but with the increasing popularity of the service, they are running out of IPs. Rather than adding more private IP address ranges or requiring […]
Ruby on Jets is a tool that makes it easy to build and deploy serverless services using the Ruby language. With Ruby on Jets, you can seamlessly integrate AWS services and create APIs that can be deployed on AWS Lambda. It leverages the power of Ruby to make serverless development enjoyable for everyone. The content […]
In this recent submission, the authors discuss the theory of cellular automata, specifically focusing on the concept of oscillators. An oscillator is a pattern that repeats itself after a fixed number of generations, known as its period. The authors highlight the significance of the omniperiodicity of cellular automata, which refers to the existence of oscillators […]
In this web content, the author, a demographer and fan of Middle Earth, attempts to estimate the population of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional world. The author begins by dividing Middle Earth into regions and assigning population densities based on terrain mixes. They use modern scholarly estimates of Medieval population densities as a reference. The surprising findings […]
The author’s ongoing fascination with web design and how technology advancements influence it is evident in this article. They discuss a design trend that deviates from clean, flat shapes and instead incorporates noisy or grainy textures in illustrations. The author admits their lack of knowledge regarding the exact label for this style but expresses their […]
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Nagoya University in Japan have found that electric eels have the ability to release enough electricity to genetically modify small fish larvae. This finding adds to our understanding of electroporation, a technique used for gene delivery. The researchers exposed young fish to a DNA solution and introduced an electric […]
To celebrate our company’s 70th anniversary, we have decided to reproduce the iconic electronic musical instrument, the Omnichord, which gained popularity in the 1980s. We have received numerous requests from fans over the years, and now, in 2023, we are finally bringing it back. The new Omnichord is set to be released in the fall […]
Lighthouse Reports and Le Monde have investigated an algorithm used by France’s Caisse Nationale des Allocations Familiales (CNAF) to predict benefit fraud. The algorithm assigns a risk score to each of the 13 million households in France receiving benefits, with nearly seven in ten investigations being initiated based on a high risk score. The investigation […]