Yes, I met my romantic partner in a New York City nightclub–proving it is actually possible to find love in a hopeless place. Even more surprising, however, is that we have been digitally dating long distance throughout the entirety of our relationship. When I first committed to the cross-country romance, I was skeptical. How was I supposed to fall in love through an iPhone screen? I remember seeking advice from my mother, asking if she had ever been in a long-distance relationship herself....

“It was a magic day,” Kamyshin says. “We saw the faces of the people seeing the train, crying, waving their hands. Trust me, it was unforgettable. That’s one of the days to remember forever.” Since Russia began an intense assault on Ukraine a year ago today, Kamyshin and his colleagues have worked ceaselessly to keep Ukraine’s trains running. They’ve moved 4 million refugees and more than 330,000 metric tons of humanitarian aid, sending trains right up to—and sometimes beyond—the front lines of the conflict....

Well, that one doesn’t state. It wagers. It hazards a guess. It contains no constants, no special functions, no variables, no equations at all. Movie directors will find in Moore’s law nothing like the kind of pretty runes that John Nash or Ben Affleck might scrawl on a window with a wax pencil. In fact, Moore’s law is less a law than a flier, a bit of Johnson-era bookmaking. Every year (or two) for a decade—or so the “law” goes—engineers would maybe, probably, double the number of transistors they could stuff onto a silicon chip....

Google, at their keynote at I/O 2017, unveiled a new framework to rival Java. The CEO of Google mentioned that they did not just develop Kotlin to serve as a mere rival, rather, they wanted to create something truly revolutionary. According to him, Kotlin was in the works and testing stage for about5 years. They stressed that allowing Kotlin to compete with the very established Java would enhance innovation, productivity, and competence, rather than kill it....

My cats, Huxley and Eely-Rue, live a lavishly pampered life where they are safe from the harm of the outside world. They won’t be hit by a car or preyed on by the neighborhood coyotes, and they’ve learned to hypnotize me into sharing every bit of food I eat with them. I know they’re happy, but I was worried their spoiled lives were becoming monotonous. I tried introducing several new toys meant to keep them active, but Cat Amazing’s treat puzzles have been the only real hit....

As more businesses are generating huge volumes of data, it is quite likely that those companies are running smoothly due to Oracle technologies. The fact remains that most large-scale businesses are almost always exclusively based on the Oracle technology. The current trend is because of Oracle’s efficiency in delivering proven, reliable, stable, and scalable technologies meant specifically for SAP Applications. Instead of leaving the complicated job of integration to the third-parties or customers, the approach adopted by Oracle helps the clients to cut down the maintenance and the acquisition costs, reduces deployment time, and minimizes risks....

All retail businesses want to increase their sales and conversions. This is the only way you are going to have a viable business, but it can be hard to do. This is where the Shopify mobile app comes in. There are a few ways that these apps can improve your sales. The app has a seamless and fast checkout process that makes it easier for your customers to buy. Reducing the time it takes to purchase a product or service will increase sales and conversions....

Once the show itself got underway, legacy giants including BMW as well as Audi and Volkswagen shared the show floor with auto tech firms such as Harman, tier-two suppliers like ZF, and startups turning classic cars electric, such as Zero Labs. There was even a collaboration that would have sounded like a Gran Turismo exclusive only a few years ago, in the form of Sony Honda Mobility and its new car brand, Afeela....

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In 2023, many of these scientific studies will indeed show indications that the three-day weekend is a good idea and, consequently, some governments will enact national policies. This transition, however, will fail—due to bad science. The idea of “evidence-based” policies has become mainstream in economics. Policy field experiments—scientifically designed trials run in the real environment where the policy under consideration will be rolled out—have become a prominent tool for demonstrating what does and doesn’t work....

Nine days later, Matsapulina was awoken around 7 am by someone banging at her apartment door. She crept up to the entrance but was too frightened to look through the peephole, and she retreated back to her bedroom. The pounding continued for two hours, as Matsapulina kept seven friends from her party apprised in a private Telegram group chat. “They’re unlikely to bust it down,” she wrote, wishfully. But at 9:22 am, she heard a much louder noise....

But which films are the best, and worst, of the bunch? Is Iron Man 3 better than Iron Man 2? How bad was The Incredible Hulk? How did the latest Thor entry hold up against its predecessors? We’ve spent hours arguing about the relative merits of Doctor Strange and Black Widow, and at the end of it, we’ve got some irreparably damaged working relationships and the definitive ranking of every movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Few would have had a better claim to this skepticism than Merle Dandridge, Troy Baker, and Ashley Johnson, who played Marlene, Joel, and Ellie, respectively, in the games. Back then, decked out in black mocap suits, pandemic-ravaged America existed only in their imagination. But while they were working on HBO’s adaptation, in which they all have parts, the game’s ruined cities and fungal monsters were made tangible. On the show, Dandridge reprises her role as Marlene, leader of the Fireflies, but Joel is played by Pedro Pascal and Ellie by Bella Ramsey....

Incensed, the Swifties mobilized. They tweeted and made TikToks. They started looking into filing class action lawsuits against Ticketmaster and explored their own antitrust initiative. They became a loud enough chorus to reach the ears of lawmakers like New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and US Senator Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota). On Friday, as the outrage reached fever pitch, an ongoing antitrust investigation by the US Department of Justice into Live Nation Entertainment, Ticketmaster’s parent company, became public....

That’s why I’m a fan of Nitter, a free service that lets you quickly look at a tweet, thread, or profile without getting sucked in. This is a lightweight, private front-end—basically you can replace any Twitter URL with a Nitter one and the tweet will open without any ads, tracking, or other nonsense. For context, here’s how my Twitter profile looks in Twitter: And here’s how it looks with Nitter: Here’s how to set up your computer or mobile device to redirect any and all Twitter links you open to Nitter instead....

We take security for granted and when it comes to mobile phones, that negligence touches another benchmark. Even though we have come to use our smartphones more vigorously than before, yet we are least concerned about its security nowadays. With the rise of cyber crimes and an increasing number of youngsters who are proficient in hacking, you will never know when you could become the target. The solution is, of course, simple – having the right virus defending software installed on your smartphone....

Parkour Flight A modern game having elements of Parkour, the games enjoyed most fame in the state. It is based on some principles of Physics comprising of balance, gravity, speed, and momentum. Those who have a special interest in applying some laws of gravity, weight, and mass in their everyday life find the game fascinating. In the game, the charter has to jump from different objects. Objects like building, towers, obstacles, poles, and rooftops are mostly involved....

PHP Vulnerability trends over time PHP might be getting old-fashioned with new popular scripting languages like Python in trend. But, do you know that PHP is the only server-side programming language used by 79.0% of all the websites? ASP.NET which is at the second place after PHP is only used by a mere 12.1% of the websites. Now let us have a look at the vulnerability trends by year and type....

One of the biggest issues with torrents is the internet speed. To have a seamless download process, you got to have a very fast download speed. When the file size increases more than toward 3GB, the process becomes quite complicated and slow. You sometimes have to wait for days for your download to complete whereas usually, people do not have that kind of time. There are many ways to speed up the download process from torrents and the best among these is an online torrenting client....

Outdoor security eye keepingIndoor security of the house in generalKeeping an eye on the activity of the kidsMonitoring the routine of the babysitter or nanny with your kidsKeeping a good eye on your pet and even your elderly parents while you are awayKnowing the status of security at home while you are on a vacationFor the office use to keep a check on your employees So there is so much that these cameras are already offering and you can use them for some particular benefit other than these as well....