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Tech News for the Day
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Passwords stored in RAM could lead to theft, but the report has to be considered in a risk-based context.
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New platform acts as a gatekeeper to ensure web services adhere to a user's custom data restrictions
A new platform developed by MIT and Harvard University researchers ensures that web services adhere to users' preferences on how their data are stored and shared in the cloud.
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Optical illusions, images that deceive the human eye, are a fascinating research topic, as studying them can provide valuable insight into human cognition and perception.
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Programmer News for the Day
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This is a list of the best libraries and packages that changed our lives this year, compiled from my weekly digests.
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Python is one of the world’s most popular, in-demand programming languages.
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the current version of C#, interfaces allow to define a kind of contract, which must be respected by a class implementing it.
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Word for the Day
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manacle noun | verb
man·a·cle | \ ˈma-ni-kəl \
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: a shackle for the hand or wrist : HANDCUFF —usually used in plural
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manacles prevented the bear from roaming beyond a very small area
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Puzzle for the Day
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Anagram for the Day
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Next Number Puzzle
What number comes next in this sequence:
302 202 102 2 991 __?____
Solution (Previous Puzzle):
5,800 miles.
Each consonant is worth 1,000 miles and each vowel is worth 200 miles.
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An anagram is a word made by using letters of another word in a different order.
Example: shot à host
Find the anagram for the following:
Freed
Fries
Fuels
Solution (Previous):
FLESH : SHELF
FORTH : FROTH
FREAK : FAKER
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Innovation of the Day
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In 1837, Thomas Davenport patented the first practical electrical motor (No. 132) as "an application of magnetism and electro-magnetism to propelling machinery."
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In 1902, (?) the first power-driven vacuum cleaner was built by Hubert Cecil Booth (1871-1955) of London, England.
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In 1930, the first bank check photographing device patent was issued in the U.S. to its inventor, George Lewis McCarthy, who called it a Checkograph (No. 1,748,489).
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Video for the Day
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Podcast for the Day
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Ralph Waldo Emerson taught us about the presence of nature and something a little divine inside all of us; simultaneously helping usher in what was considered, "America's intellectual declaration of independence."
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He is known throughout the world for his role in defeating Nazi Germany but he also made mistakes. Neil and Mike talk about this historical figure. Listen to their conversation and learn some new vocabulary.
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Idiom for the Day
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Achilles heel
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a vulnerable spot or weakness
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Though he was a good person, his short temper was his Achilles heel.
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Quote for the Day
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“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein
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