Welcome to the Clojure Deref! This is a weekly link/news roundup for the Clojure ecosystem (feed: RSS). Thanks to Anton Fonarev for link aggregation. Podcasts and videos Clojure visual-tools meeting 24 - badspreadsheet & HTMX - Sci Cloj Clojure real-world-data meeting 3 snippet 1 … | Continue reading
Did I know there was an Autopia at Disneyland? No, I did not. But I’m very happy to hear that Disney is now refreshing it in order to center it around electric cars. Of course, it’s good Disneyland is in California rather than Florida (where Disney World is) — an ... [continued] … | Continue reading
A woman with heart and kidney failure is now the second person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant. | Continue reading
Originally Published in July 2020. You were writtenin my destinyOnly as the skyUntouchable I can admire youYour presenceOnly never be withUntouchable When you are a starI am not the darkIn my world to be seenUntouchable To fly would beFeel your presenceOnly never beWith you prese … | Continue reading
The first Thursday of May is the World Password Day. Every year, I can’t understand that in 2024, the top 50 of most common passwords are still something like 123456, qwerty, or even worse password. Older people using easy passwords is something understandable, but that’s even th … | Continue reading
Dr. Orzechowski from CYFRONET presented the project as one of the case studies On the 13th of March 2024 the CERN, prestigious intergovernmental organisation that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, hosted CS3 2024 Cloud Storage Synchronization and Shar … | Continue reading
With her long, brown hair and determined gaze, the new facial reconstruction lets us peek into the world of an archaic human who lived tens of thousands of years ago. | Continue reading
Last week Hot Toys surprised Star Wars fans with a two-for-one reveal that the toymaker would start to dip into the world of Star Wars “Legends”—the contemporary name for the galaxy far, far away’s former canon in the Expanded Universe. Now, it’s somehow topping that surprise eve … | Continue reading
There are tons of theories surrounding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and, more broadly, the fictional world of Middle-Earth in which the books take place. One of these theories is that Middle-Earth is actually not a fictional world at all, but our own Earth in prehistori … | Continue reading
Ride1Up has been disrupting the world of electric bikes with edgy designs that take some of the same affordable components found on other e-bikes and bundes them together in extremely affordable packages. The Ride1Up Prodigy was one of the best values in the mid-drive electric bi … | Continue reading
Every time I read about how is being applied in the world, this graph immediately pops up in my head: As the potential to do harm increases, there must be a corresponding increase in the level of caution, skepticism, and […] | Continue reading
Founded by nuns of the Order of the Sacred Hearts, this church opened in 1908 and took the same name: Sveta Srca means "Sacred Hearts." Following World War II, the order abandoned the church and adjoining convent, both being given over to the Archaeological Museum of Istria inste … | Continue reading
A zero emissions future is fascinating, isn’t it? It’s a world of change and reinvigoration, a chance to reflect and renew. Individual technical options, or “pathways,” for decarbonizing specific industries are necessary and starting to take place. Aligning investment and innovat … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2024 Joe Scarborough's major concern: For roughly 90 minutes today, the whole (cable news) world was watching. The Fox News Channel had stayed live from L.A. all through the past two nights. For two straight nights, its overnight reruns were kicked to the curb. I … | Continue reading
Photograph by Paula Roberts taken in Samarkand (4/29/24) There probably aren't many / any of these elsewhere in the whole world. Selected readings "The sound of ancient Iranian languages" (10/26/23) "The Sound of Ancient Languages, parts 1 and 2" (10/24/23) "Bronze, iron, gold, s … | Continue reading
The Secret Spitfires memorial is a poignant tribute to the remarkable and pivotal efforts of the people of Salisbury, Trowbridge, Reading, and Southampton during World War II. Inaugurated in July 2021, an esoteric operation that remained in mystery for 75 years, these heroes cont … | Continue reading
These two films explore what it means to be human in very different ways, as their protagonists attempt to understand the world around them... The post Poor Things and Under the Skin Try to Make Sense of Sensuality appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
How much difference can one person make? Just ask these grassroots conservationists, who’ve won an award for saving species The post Seven conservation pioneers who are ‘saving the world’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Educators of the world, get those hankies out. Because this...[dramatic pause]...is your story. Yes, every year you need some good "louck" as you embark upon that harrowing journey: Back "toschol." Here you will continue on for an indeterminate amount of time. "4" more...years? S … | Continue reading
Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we travel back to the eve of World War II, when there was one place that was the source for all good stories: the Hotel Imperial in Vienna. It exud … | Continue reading
By Ruth Tam teve Almond has lived many lives in pursuit of his most elusive dream: publishing a novel. He’s been an investigative journalist, tortured poet and author. Before he published “All the Secrets of the World” in 2022, he worked on five fiction manuscripts that did not f … | Continue reading
Things are about to get powered up: today, Universal Orlando Resort revealed more details about theSuper Nintendo World coming to its new Epic Universe theme park, hot on the heels of revealing more about one of the other portals,How to Train Your Dragon’s Isle of Berk. And yes, … | Continue reading
The UK is the first country to ban default passwords on IoT devices. On Monday, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to ban default guessable usernames and passwords from these IoT devices. Unique passwords installed by default are still permitted. The Product … | Continue reading
1. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is a powerful book. So far, the author has pulled me in and captured me as his faithful guest–a part of his audience while he tells his tale and reveals his whole heart. It is full of pain and patience and resilience and stories fro … | Continue reading
The news lately has not exactly been a walk in the park. Iran launched hundreds of rockets at Israel, creating the prospect of World War III; we have Trump’s ongoing criminal trial; a TikTok ban; a war in Ukraine; and much of the Ivy League is now co-opted by Hamas. Should we go … | Continue reading
Jason is sick and sounds “great”. Some media corner for your enjoyment! What kinds of things would you like to see returning for round two? We love feedback! Keep it coming! Get your life right and get on the Johnny Decimal workshop! Andrew is filing feedback to make the world a … | Continue reading
It was inevitable, really: as soon as beloved childhood characters became fair game under public domain, they’d be seized upon by horror filmmakers... and eventually, the biggest headliners would square off. The world may not be ready for Mickey vs. Winnie, but it’s coming, and i … | Continue reading
Audible is one of the largest audiobook stores in the world, and today, they are introducing a new feature that recommends audiobook titles based on Prime Video viewing behaviour. The Audible discovery page will feature a “Based on what you watched recently on Prime Video” recomm … | Continue reading
In Jerusalem, hummus isn't just a dish—it's a cultural icon. Cookbook author Reem Kassis dives into the many forms of hummus you'll find at shops around the region and shares her tips on how to make these dishes at home. | Continue reading
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One of guests’ favorite ways to get to Disney Springs at Walt Disney World from certain resorts are the water taxis, but unfortunately, that water transportation is not currently not operating. The Details It hasn’t rained much in the Orlando area, which makes the water levels lo … | Continue reading
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There’s tackling a beloved franchise... and then there’s tackling The Legend of Zelda. Wes Ball has done the former a few times, most recently with his foray into the world of Planet of the Apes with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Soon though, he’ll take that to a whole new l … | Continue reading
The emergence and rapid growth of artificial intelligence, AI chatbots and assistants has taken the world by storm in recent… Continue reading Rabbit R1 explained: what is it, specs, price and release date The post Rabbit R1 explained: what is it, specs, price and release date ap … | Continue reading
The Walt Disney Company is a proud supporter of the military and its veterans, and this June, it will host “Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors,” a special exhibit from the George W. Bush Institute, at EPCOT at Walt Disney World. The Details … | Continue reading
In the event tech world, April featured two acquisitions, several product updates and partnership and sadly, one closure and one divestment. -Miguel Neves | Continue reading
A new imaging technique, which captured frozen lithium atoms transforming into quantum waves, could be used to probe some of the most poorly understood aspects of the quantum world. | Continue reading
This week, I have the pleasure of sharing with you my Q&A with Lisa Kaltenegger about her new book, Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos. Lisa is a world-renowned astrobiologist and the Director of the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University. Earlier t … | Continue reading
Even more Captain America: Brave New World marketing gives us a glimpse at its new super-suits. Bitsie Tulloch bids farewell to Superman & Lois. Jurassic World’s Camp Cretaceous follow-up teases a wild murder mystery. Plus, what’s coming on Chucky. To me, my spoilers! Read more.. … | Continue reading
In a somewhat unlikely collaboration mobile game powerhouse Supercell has teamed up with current World Club Champions Manchester City striker… Continue reading Football superstar Haaland becomes first real person to appear in one of the world’s most popular games The post Footbal … | Continue reading
Robert Graves and Alan Hodge, in The Lost Week-End (1940), their generally fascinating and informative social history of Great Britain between the world wars, make a great many Olympian pronouncements. They say, for instance, that Auden “perhaps never wrote an original line,” a c … | Continue reading
Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for most of his life Escher was neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 befo … | Continue reading
"Its low ground bearing capacity also means the crane can be used all over the world." World's largest land-based crane makes monumental impact with new electric capabilities — here's how it could revolutionize the construction industry first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This week, Google announced the launch of Google AI Essentials, a new self-paced course designed to help people learn AI skills that can boost their productivity. Taught by Google’s AI experts, and assuming no prior knowledge of programming, the course ventures to show students h … | Continue reading
Koei Tecmo’s latest financial results report for the last fiscal year revealed some sales numbers for the publisher’s recent crop of games, from April 2023 to April 2024. One of the most fascinating details from the report is that Rise Of The Ronin, the recently release open-worl … | Continue reading
We live in a world where an organization established for the defense of free speech is expected to openly advocate for Hamas. | Continue reading
Born 1912 as Beatrice Heischuber in Brooklyn, New York, American singer, dancer and actress Beryl Wallace landed a role in the 1928 Earl Carroll Broadway theatre production of Vanities that was billed as having the “most beautiful girls in the world”. She and producer Earl Carrol … | Continue reading
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0) by Travis Baldree, 339p: I loved going back to this cozy fantasy world with a younger Viv. We can see how her experiences in this book lead to her choices in the first book. Viv is injured on a fight, and she must stay in this small town … | Continue reading