Researchers at the University of Houston have reported a new method for inducing superconductivity in non-superconducting materials, demonstrating a concept proposed decades ago but never proven. From Physicists induce superconductivity in non-superconducting materials Maybe we won’t be so pressed to go digging for unobtanium on Pandora
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Is it real?
Digitus box esterno USB con Floppy Drive Nero, LP8181, DIGIT, Schede I/O It seems it exists for real!
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The New XPS 13 Developer Edition Lands in Europe and United States | Barton’s Blog
The New XPS 13 Developer Edition Lands in Europe and United States Now I know where I will buy my next laptop.
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Non si capisce più niente – Prismo
La tecnologia è ormai al di là della nostra comprensione come specie. E non è un bene, come racconta Overcomplicated di Samuel Arbesman.
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Inkscape Bug #485269 – Strange Black Boxes
Oh my. I’ve started using Inkscape to review some lecture’s notes and I soon hit Inkscape Bug #485269 – Strange Black Boxes Those black boxes pop up and do not go away. Learn to make them disappear. Text become black boxes. As a temporary workaround I exported it as PNG. But that’s annoying, expecially when…
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Creating symbol libraries in Inkscape – YouTube
Actually it’s easy when someone explain it.
I found it slightly amusing to have to learn it from a video, just like a rookie
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Mathematical Annotation in R
Mathematical Annotation in R | Vistat Want to write mathematical symbols and expressions in R graphics? You can use an R expression() instead of normal text, e.g. plot(1:10, main = expression(alpha + beta)). Below is a demo that shows you everything about plotting math in R (it was written by the R Core Team; see…
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RMS won’t laugh
Funny, but RMS won’t laugh…. Sorgente: xkcd: Operating Systems
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Feds Walk Into a Building, Demand Everyone’s Fingerprints To Open Phones – Slashdot
A good, sound reason to avoid usage of fingerprints instead of passwords.
You won’t access my private data unless I willingfully want it.
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Sometimes it is annoying
Who? SELinux of course! Mind me, it is a wonderful tool. Tell me I’m old-fashioned, tell me I’m unacknowledged about the security it brings. This after I just wanted to add a theme to my WordPress inner company blog. SELinux kept saying something like “I don’t think so!”.