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Snip!t logoSnip!t channel - Alan Dix: all public snipsâWe found that quality of life improved as the frequency of interaction with ICTs increased, whereas quality of life deteriorated as frequency of interaction with newer workplace technologies rose,â the report said.
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Workplace AI, robots and trackers are bad for quality of life, study finds | Business | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/12/workplace-ai-robots-trackers-quality-of-life-institute-for-work2024-03-13T07:16:06ZAn internationally important collection of shells, including specimens from Captain Cookâs final voyage, has been rediscovered 40 years after it was thought to have been thrown into a skip.
More than 200 shells have been returned to Engli...
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Shells from Captain Cookâs final voyage saved from skip | Archaeology | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/12/shells-from-captain-cooks-final-voyage-saved-from-skip2024-03-12T07:12:56ZLast Wednesday was a landmark moment for the tech industry, or at any rate for that part of it that aspires to do business in the EU. It was the day when six of the biggest companies in the world had to start complying with the EUâs Digit...
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Painful day for tech titans as EU finally sinks its regulatory teeth into them | John Naughton | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/09/painful-day-for-tech-titans-as-eu-finally-sinks-its-regulatory-teeth-into-them2024-03-10T08:07:52ZClaims that artificial intelligence will help solve the climate crisis are misguided, with the technology instead likely cause rising energy use and turbocharge the spread of climate disinformation, a coalition of environmental groups has w...
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AI likely to increase energy use and accelerate climate misinformation â report | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/07/ai-climate-change-energy-disinformation-report2024-03-07T22:39:17ZEarth's pole has drifted toward 64.16°E at a speed of 4.36 cm/yr during 1993â2010 due to groundwater depletion and resulting sea level rise
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Drift of Earth's Pole Confirms Groundwater Depletion as a Significant Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise 1993â2010 - Seo - 2023 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Libraryhttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL1035092024-03-04T07:57:05ZYes, you heard that right! JSON, the ubiquitous format for data interchange in web development, might be slowing down your applications. In a world where speed and responsiveness are paramount, itâs crucial to examine the performance impl...
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JSON is incredibly slow: Hereâs Whatâs Faster! | by Vaishnav Manoj | DataX Journal | Mediumhttps://medium.com/data-science-community-srm/json-is-incredibly-slow-heres-what-s-faster-ca35d5aaf9e82024-03-01T10:01:57ZSome people can strike off on any journey with no guide except their 'pigeon senses'. How do they do it? And can this ability be learned?
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How to improve your sense of direction - BBC Futurehttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240215-do-some-people-have-a-better-sense-of-direction2024-02-29T04:27:50Zthe rate of learning among students doesnât actually differ all that much. Instead, what differs mostly between students is their prior knowledge.[1]
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New Study Reveals The Single Most Important Factor for Learning Rate | by Scott H. Young | Feb, 2024 | Mediumhttps://scotthyoung.medium.com/new-study-reveals-the-single-most-important-factor-for-learning-rate-acc9042c00c62024-02-20T10:25:59ZStudents are Astonishingly Similar in Learning Rate.
Whereas initial knowledge varies substantially across students, we found learning rate to be astonishingly similar across students.
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An astonishing regularity in student learning rate | PNAShttps://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.22213111202024-02-20T10:24:14ZFrom a small island in the Venetian lagoon, a 15th-Century monk somehow designed an astonishingly accurate planisphere of the world.
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Mappa Mundi: The greatest medieval map in the world - BBC Travelhttps://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240214-mappa-mundi-the-greatest-medieval-map-in-the-world2024-02-19T20:39:47Z