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Today's quotable quote: Charles Hendrickson Brower: A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.

This day in history: 14 October 2024: Theodore Roosevelt Shot in the Chest While Campaigning (1912). During a bid for the presidency in 1912, Roosevelt was shot by saloonkeeper John Schrank. The bullet lodged in his chest after penetrating a steel eyeglass case and a folded copy of the 50-page speech he was carrying in his jacket, but he refused to go to the hospital until after he had delivered his scheduled speech. Doctors deemed it too dangerous to remove the bullet, and it remained in Roosevelt's chest for the rest of his life.


Great Big Story

When a fish is worth more than you 🇯🇵🐟💰, 07 September 2024

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When a fish is worth more than you 🇯🇵🐟💰



Historic Photographs

The inventor of the helicopter, Igor Sikorsky, in the Sikorsky H-5 helicopter, 1945. Backstory and more photos: https://bit.ly/3X38fxK, 27 August 2024

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The inventor of the helicopter, Igor Sikorsky, in the Sikorsky H-5 helicopter, 1945. Backstory and more photos: https://bit.ly/3X38fxK


Legend_1

Full Stack Development 😅, 01 August 2024

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Full Stack Development 😅


Inside Africa

Twee­buffels­met­een­skoot­morsdood­geskiet­fontein is a farm in South Africa's North West province, that is famous for its exceptionally long place name of 44 characters. It holds the record for the longest place name in South Africa and is possibly the fourth-longest in the world., 27 July 2024

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Twee­buffels­met­een­skoot­morsdood­geskiet­fontein is a farm in South Africa's North West province, that is famous for its exceptionally long place name of 44 characters. It holds the record for the longest place name in South Africa and is possibly the fourth-longest in the world.


BusinessTech

These are South Africa's top 15 flea, street and farmers markets based on an analysis of reviews from Tripadvisor., 14 July 2024

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These are South Africa's top 15 flea, street and farmers markets based on an analysis of reviews from Tripadvisor.


Celebrity News

Namibia 🇳🇦 is Africa's emptiest country per landmass. Despite its large landmass, it has a very low population (2.6 million people). Namibia is 3.37 times larger than the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Namibia is 2.5 times bigger than Germany 🇩🇪 Namibia is three times bigger than France 🇫🇷 Namibia is two times bigger than Spain 🇪🇸 There are more cows than people in Namibia 🇳🇦. On Sundays, you can drive for an hour without seeing anyone. Beaches in Namibia most often are empty and calm. 🌹🔥, 13 June 2024

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Namibia 🇳🇦 is Africa's emptiest country per landmass. Despite its large landmass, it has a very low population (2.6 million people). Namibia is 3.37 times larger than the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 Namibia is 2.5 times bigger than Germany 🇩🇪 Namibia is three times bigger than France 🇫🇷 Namibia is two times bigger than Spain 🇪🇸 There are more cows than people in Namibia 🇳🇦. On Sundays, you can drive for an hour without seeing anyone. Beaches in Namibia most often are empty and calm. 🌹🔥


Freedom Chasers

A new perspective to juggling. Amazing ❤️, 23 May 2024

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A new perspective to juggling. Amazing ❤️


Tzvika Stein - Shooting for Fun

Lake Bled in Slovenia is known for the island with a church at the center of the lake. I think it rather looks like an eye from above., 09 May 2024

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Lake Bled in Slovenia is known for the island with a church at the center of the lake. I think it rather looks like an eye from above.


I Love Warships

These weren't just "oaks" - they were planted between larch and spruce so that they would grow tall and straight, which means the navy oak forests are rather unusual., 23 March 2024

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These weren't just "oaks" - they were planted between larch and spruce so that they would grow tall and straight, which means the navy oak forests are rather unusual.


The Script Lab

The struggle of sci-fi dialogue. This is hilarious. No idea what it means. Still gotta give it your all. Credit: Mielr #carriefisher #starwars #dialogue #screenwriting #acting #filmmaking #cinema #scifi #motivation, 13 March 2024

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The struggle of sci-fi dialogue. This is hilarious. No idea what it means. Still gotta give it your all. Credit: Mielr #carriefisher #starwars #dialogue #screenwriting #acting #filmmaking #cinema #scifi #motivation


History Unleashed

#AncientRome #Colosseum, 08 February 2024

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#AncientRome #Colosseum

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In the news

Rats use ultrasound to boost their sense of smell, suggests new study: You might not hear it, but rodents are known to speak to each other in voices so high-pitched that human ears can’t pick them up. Posted on 14 October 2024.

Apple's Depth Pro model 3D maps 2D images in a fraction of a second: Apple's Machine Learning Research wing has developed a foundational AI model "for zero-shot metric monocular depth estimation. Posted on 14 October 2024.

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt: This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is DisgruntledAnonymous with a comment on our post about Elon Musk seizing people’s Twitter accounts to promote Donald Trump: This just solidified my decision to delete and deactivate my accounts (primary and burner) on that site. Posted on 13 October 2024.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Tue 15: sky is clear

    13 ° - 22 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Wed 16: sky is clear

    15 ° - 22 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 10 %
  • Thu 17: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 85 %
  • Fri 18: sky is clear

    15 ° - 18 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 2 %
  • Sat 19: light rain

    14 ° - 16 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 58 %

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LimeWire AI Studio Review 2023: Details, Pricing & Features:  In the rapidly advancing landscape of AI technology and innovation, LimeWire emerges as a unique platform in the realm of generative AI tools. Posted on 12 December 2023.

NYC entrepreneurship conference features CEOs, NBA leader: The 2024 Eclectic Convergence conference in New York City, organized by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, is set for Nov. Posted on 11 October 2024.

AI gives voice to dead animals in Cambridge exhibition: Creatures can converse and share their stories by voice or text through visitors’ mobile phones at Museum of ZoologyIf the pickled bodies, partial skeletons and stuffed carcasses that fill museums seem a little, well, quiet, fear not. Posted on 15 October 2024.

Human sense of smell is faster than previously thought, study suggests: Some participants were able to discriminate order of smells at intervals 10 times shorter than previously thoughtThe human sense of smell is nothing to turn one’s nose up at, research suggests, with scientists revealing we are far more sensitive to the order of odours captured by a sniff than previously thought. Posted on 15 October 2024.

I replaced my Bose with the Nothing Ear Open - and that was a sound decision: With their lightweight fit and great sound, the $149 Nothing Ear Open earbuds have quickly become my favorite for exercise. Posted on 15 October 2024.

Spacecraft blasts off to hunt alien life on a distant moon: Nasa's spacecraft could change what we know about life in our solar system. Posted on 14 October 2024.

TikTok has known about how the app can harm teens and preteens, new documents show: New internal documents reveal that TikTok has known about the app's potential dangers to teenagers and pre-teens. Posted on 13 October 2024.

Traces of ancient immigration patterns to Japan found in 2,000-year-old genome: A joint research group led by Jonghyun Kim and Jun Ohashi of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that the majority of immigration to the Japanese Archipelago in the Yayoi and Kofun periods (between 3000 BCE and 538 CE) came from the Korean Peninsula. Posted on 15 October 2024.

The Downfall of FTX’s Ryan Salame and Crypto Advocate Michelle Bond: Ryan Salame, an FTX executive, and Michelle Bond, a crypto policy advocate, were once a Washington power couple. Posted on 15 October 2024.

Trump's DJT stock is surging as election approaches. Here's what to know about Truth Social: Trump's DJT stock is surging as election approaches. Posted on 15 October 2024.

I replaced my Bose with the Nothing Ear Open - and that was a sound decision: With their lightweight fit and great sound, the $149 Nothing Ear Open earbuds have quickly become my favorite for exercise. Posted on 15 October 2024.

NASA and SpaceX Launch Europa Clipper to a Jupiter Moon: The spacecraft lifted off Monday on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, embarking on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter. Posted on 15 October 2024.

Ants developed agriculture after the demise of the dinos, according to new analysis: Ants have farmed fungi for 66 million years, according to new work in the journal Science. Posted on 08 October 2024.

Sources: Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens before discontinuing it and is pulling back work on IVAS, the combat goggles for the US Army: Microsoft is discontinuing HoloLens after losing billions of dollars on the project. Posted on 15 October 2024.

New Passkey Specifications Will Let Users Import and Export Them: 9to5Mac's Filipe Esposito reports: Passkeys were introduced two years ago, and they replace traditional passwords with more secure authentication using a security key or biometrics. Posted on 15 October 2024.

Georgia leads toward a nuclear future with its first operating reactor: Georgia Power Co. announced one of its two new reactors reached self-sustaining nuclear fission on Monday. Posted on 07 March 2023.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is being squeezed, Hubble Telescope finds — and nobody knows why: The Hubble Space Telescope has seen Jupiter's Great Red Spot oscillating in width as it drifts around the planet. Posted on 14 October 2024.


Some of the tech in my workday

Best programming language?

The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.

The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.

w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.

While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.


Longer term weather forecast

Cape Town weather

  • Tue 15: sky is clear

    13 ° - 22 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Wed 16: sky is clear

    15 ° - 22 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 10 %
  • Thu 17: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 85 %
  • Fri 18: sky is clear

    15 ° - 18 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 2 %
  • Sat 19: light rain

    14 ° - 16 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 58 %
  • Sun 20: moderate rain

    12 ° - 15 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 36 %
  • Mon 21: sky is clear

    12 ° - 18 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Tue 22: sky is clear

    13 ° - 23 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Wed 23: overcast clouds

    16 ° - 25 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 95 %
  • Thu 24: light rain

    18 ° - 22 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Fri 25: scattered clouds

    17 ° - 21 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 32 %
  • Sat 26: scattered clouds

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 45 %
  • Sun 27: few clouds

    16 ° - 24 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 13 %
  • Mon 28: sky is clear

    17 ° - 25 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Tue 29: light rain

    16 ° - 19 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 88 %
  • Wed 30: light rain

    15 ° - 17 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 31 %