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Monday, June 26, 2017

What do American Presidents drink?

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Here's the favorite drink of every US president [...] No one knows more about political drinking than author Mark Will-Weber, whose...
Monday, May 15, 2017

How realistic is the Alien Language Hacking in the movie "Arrival"?

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Ask a Linguist. That is what this article does: How Realistic Is the Way Amy Adams’ Character Hacks the Alien Language In Arrival? We As...
Thursday, May 11, 2017

My "new" iPhone 5s

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Yes, it's an old model. I got a refurbished one from Tracfone for $129.00. I've never had an iPhone before, I do like it, it seems...
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Monday, April 17, 2017

How our sleep patterns change throughout our lives, and how to cope with the changes

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And don't I know it. This article explains a lot: Sleep Patterns Make Steep Changes During Your Life [...] MIDLIFE SLEEP CRISIS A ...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Successful people don’t operate alone

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America's Insensitive Children? Perhaps unlike their U.S. peers, kids in Denmark—where happiness levels are the highest on Earth—are ta...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

"Micro Habits" for Language Learning

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Forget “learning a language.” Focus on forming the habit. [...] What is a Habit? Habits are the key to behavior change. When you for...
Friday, February 10, 2017

South Dakota: Where The Jobs Are

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Why people are moving to South Dakota 60% of people who moved to South Dakota did so for a new job or job transfer South Dakota, home of ...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

The Rapid Advance of Artificial Intelligence: is it the problem, or the solution?

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In some ways, it's both: Davos Highlights AI's Massive PR Problem [...] Artificial Intelligence: The Evolution of Automation Pe...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Ubiquitous Alexa; is the Amazon AI assistant starting to be everywhere?

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Kinda looks that way. The title of the article below refers to cars, but the article itself goes into much more. More about Alexa being inc...
Sunday, January 01, 2017

Is the Star Trek Communication's Badge
Finally a Reality?

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Yeah. Well, kinda, sorta, in a way... does Bluetooth count? You decide: Published on Dec 15, 2016 To a Star Trek-obsessed kid growing u...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Russia Hacking Our Election:
The Year's Biggest Fake News Story

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Tancredo: Biggest Fake News Story of the Year Is Russia Hacking the 2016 Election [...] So, pardon me if I consider President Obama’s moral...

Why Apps Won't Matter in the Future: Aggregators

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... and smart bots and personal assistants: Oh, and streaming. As technologies quickly change and evolve, so will the many ways we use t...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Modern Russian Dance Music

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File this under "Not your grandfather's Russia". I was perusing foreign radio stations on my Alexa app, when I came across th...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

Russian cyberhacking, and our election.
What's the most important lesson?

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Russia Today: Not your grandfather's Russia. At least, not in every way. Some things haven't changed much, others have changed a lo...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

My New Mountian Dulcimer

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I'm getting a Roosebeck Grace Mountain 5-string Dulcimer : I've always wanted to play a musical instrument. The string dulcimer ...

My Samsung Galaxy S4. Too Old Yet?

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Verizon is nagging me to upgrade my phone to a Galaxy S7. But I haven't even learned all about my S4 yet. This video shows a bunch of t...
Sunday, December 04, 2016

What's up with the vote recounting?

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Something shitty I'm sure. Here is one theory: Yes, I know, an anonymous youtube post that makes fantastic sounding claims. Seriou...
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

The Trump Win; how we got here

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It was a combination of many things, but primarily Hillary's mistakes and weaknesses , combined with shifting demographics and politica...
Tuesday, November 08, 2016

OMG is The Donald Going to Win?

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I predicted it would be Hillary , and said I'd have to eat crow if he won. Anyone got a good recipe for crow? I had almost done a pos...
Monday, October 31, 2016

It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To

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And I think I wanna. The title of this song by Lesley Gore could easily be the motto for both Republicans and Democrats in this election. ...