Suppose you are trying to transmit a message. Convert each character into bits, and each bit into a signal. Then send it, over copper or fiber or air. Try as you might to be as careful as possible, what is received on the other side will not be the same as what you began with.… Continue reading Researchers Defeat Randomness to Create Ideal Code
Hide Your Spare Key in Plain Sight with a DIY Sprinkler Head Dead Drop!
Hiding a spare key outside your home helps you avoid locking yourself out and having to shell out the big bucks for a locksmith. However, this can be a liability if someone with bad intentions discovers your hiding spot and gains access to that key. To keep things hidden in plain sight, we’re big fans… Continue reading Hide Your Spare Key in Plain Sight with a DIY Sprinkler Head Dead Drop!
U.S. ‘Entanglement,’ Global Health Cooperation, Community Stress: RAND Weekly Recap
This week, we discuss whether allies and partnerships entangle the United States in conflict; a new U.S. approach to Russia and Ukraine; how geopolitics affects global health cooperation; the threat of a Chinese attack against Taiwan; how stress becomes toxic to communities; and the effects of sanctions on Russian arms sales. Photo by MC2 Stephen… Continue reading U.S. ‘Entanglement,’ Global Health Cooperation, Community Stress: RAND Weekly Recap
CJ Hopkins: Pathologized Totalitarianism 101
Authored by CJ Hopkins via ConsentFactory.org, So, GloboCap has crossed the Rubicon. The final phase of its transformation of society into a pathologized-totalitarian dystopia, where mandatory genetic-therapy injections and digital compliance papers are commonplace, is now officially underway. On November 19, 2021, the government of New Normal Austria decreed that, as of February, experimental mRNA injections… Continue reading CJ Hopkins: Pathologized Totalitarianism 101
Advent Prepares Us for the Light of Christ
Back in Austria, we used to go to a toy shop and buy a large hoop, about three feet in diameter. Then we would tie hay around it, three inches thick, as a foundation; and around this we would make a beautiful wreath of balsam twigs. The whole was about three feet in diameter and… Continue reading Advent Prepares Us for the Light of Christ
How Certain Gestures Help You Learn New Words
When learning a foreign language, most people fall back on traditional methods: reading, writing, listening and repeating. But if you also gesture with your arms while studying, you can remember the vocabulary better, even months later. Linking a word to brain areas responsible for movement strengthens the memory of its meaning. This is the conclusion… Continue reading How Certain Gestures Help You Learn New Words
Accountability on Veterans Day | RealClearPolitics
Given that less than 10% of the current U.S. population has served in the armed forces – down from 18% in 1980 – it is no surprise that many Americans are unaware of the daily realities of military life. On Veterans Day this year, for a sense of perspective, it’s worth juxtaposing some of these… Continue reading Accountability on Veterans Day | RealClearPolitics
In Memory Of JFK: The First US President To Be Labeled A Terrorist & Threat To National Security
Authored by Cynthia Chung via The Saker blog, In April 1954, Kennedy stood up on the Senate floor to challenge the Eisenhower Administration’s support for the doomed French imperial war in Vietnam, foreseeing that this would not be a short-lived war. In July 1957, Kennedy once more took a strong stand against French colonialism, this time France’s… Continue reading In Memory Of JFK: The First US President To Be Labeled A Terrorist & Threat To National Security
What is Position Trading and How Does it Work?
If you’re wondering what position trading is, you have come to the right place. Position trading can be appealing for a number of reasons. Stock traders who want to take a hands-on approach to trading may be drawn to the research and various strategies needed to be an efficient position trader. But is position… Continue reading What is Position Trading and How Does it Work?
Why e, the Transcendental Math Constant, Is Just the Best
Last month, we presented three puzzles that seemed ordinary enough but contained a numerical twist. Hidden below the surface was the mysterious transcendental number e. Most familiar as the base of natural logarithms, Euler’s number e is a universal constant with an infinite decimal expansion that begins with 2.7 1828 1828 45 90 45… (spaces… Continue reading Why e, the Transcendental Math Constant, Is Just the Best