Patrick
@Patrick
423 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Patrick upvoted the following post 3 months ago:
Minnie
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3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
Why are you a historian of 17th-century Britain?Because there is nothing more compelling, and moving, than revolution.What’s the most important lesson history has taught you?That we can never be sure, and that the protagonists were also often not sure.Which history book h...continued
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3 months ago
Chrome beefs up search with 3 new AI features
Google rolled out three new artificial intelligence (AI) features for its Chrome browser, including support for Mac users, the company said Thursday. Powered by Google’s latest AI and Gemini models, the new AI features in Chrome aim to make it easier to search visuall...continued
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Marjory
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3 months ago
Railcard train travel discounts to be cut
The train fare discount being offered to Railcard users is being cut by operators this month.Savings are advertised as being one-third and are currently applied at a rate of 34% for Railcards held by people including those aged 16-30 and over 60. The discount will be trim...continued
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3 months ago
Will It Ever Be Possible to Share Dreams?
People say other people’s dreams are boring, but what if the problem is technology? As a sense-conveying device, human speech is subpar, prone to gaps, stutters and falsifications, intentional or otherwise. If you could just liter...continued
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3 months ago
Cricket: Today at the Test
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U.S. survives France scare for 8th straight gold
Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 11, 2024, 11:30 AM ETCloseESPN.com NBA writer since 2010Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven yearsAuthor of two books PARIS -- The French word for "miracle" would have translated to "disaster" for the U.S. women's basketball team on Sun...continued
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Izaiah
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3 months ago
Honor Reminds Americans We Can’t Buy Its Sick Foldables—by Making Fun of Samsung
Antagonistic marketing isn’t anything new. Samsung loves to do it against its fellow tech monolith, Apple. Now Honor is trying a similar tactic against the Korean giant centered on its latest Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldable. Honor says i...continued
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3 months ago
Best Amazon Labor Day Deals: 30+ Deals You Shouldn't Miss on Tech, Home and More
Zooey Liao/CNETWhile you can find great daily discounts almost every day at Amazon, the retailer is overflowing with Labor Day deals this weekend. From TVs to air purifiers to Kindles, our team of experts has found the best Amazon Labor Day deals, so you don't...continued
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3 months ago
HP Elite x360 1040 G11 2-in-1 Review: The Crème de la Crème of Business Laptops
HP laptops have always been all business—so much so that they’ve become a long-time favorite among professionals or students who want laptops that can handle all their productivity tasks with a solid ...continued
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Maida
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3 months ago
When U.S. women's basketball is at its best, can anyone stop it?
Alexa PhilippouCloseAlexa PhilippouESPNCovers women's college basketball and the WNBAPreviously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford CourantStanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and...continued
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Webster
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3 months ago
‘South American Soccer Is in Mourning’: Uruguayan Player Juan Izquierdo Dies at 27 After Collapse...
Tributes have poured in after the death of Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo on Tuesday night. The 27-year-old, a defender for his hometown’s Club Nacional de Football, died in hospital after he had collapsed last Thursday on the pitch during a match in Brazil. “All ...continued
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3 months ago
Hyundai’s next EV will be the three-row Ioniq 9 — and it’s headed for the US
Hyundai’s next electric vehicle for the US will be the Ioniq 9, a beefy, three-row SUV that will be manufactured at the company’s factory in Georgia, Hyundai executives announced during an investor day conference this week. It’s a sign that while other automakers continue...continued
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Nestor
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3 months ago
A concertgoer got on stage with Macklemore. Police say she'd 'forgotten' she was a wanted person ...
A Slovakian woman had the chance of a lifetime to sing onstage with American rapper Macklemore in front of tens of thousands of people, but there was one major problem—she was wanted by the police.The force said in the post that the woman, who ultimately accepted the off...continued
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Elody
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3 months ago
A Groundbreaking Search for Alien Technology in Distant Galaxies Has Begun
A group of astronomers kicked off the first search for signals from alien technology from galaxies beyond our own using a large radio antenna array in rural Australia. The SETI Institute, the Berkeley SETI Research Center, and the...continued
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3 months ago
Padel is more fun than pickleball. But can the pricey racket sport enjoyed by America's top 1% wi...
I first stepped onto a padel court in 2022. I was visiting my brother in Philadelphia and he drove us just outside city limits to a multi-purpose fitness center called PADELphia.As a tennis purist who first picked up a racket in 1995 and was generally underwhelmed by othe...continued
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3 months ago
England closing in on victory over Sri Lanka
For two days, some occasionally high-quality cricket had been hard to enjoy because of the drab conditions. A sunny Friday with a bigger crowd felt like the arrival of a spectacle.With that in mind, the prospect of Sri Lanka folding was disappointing, especially given the...continued
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Joe
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3 months ago
Pizza Hut Is Letting Customers Pay for Pizza With TikTok Dances
I never thought I’d see this day, but Pizza Hut in the UAE is letting customers pay for pizza with TikTok videos. This is part of its new ‘Pay With Your Trend’ promotion and applies to its ‘My Box’ deal. To snag a free pizza, you must first pla...continued
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Meggie
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3 months ago
Zoom Now Supports Webinars up to Whopping 1 Million Viewers
If you need to hold a huge event, Zoom allows up to a million participants to join a webinar simultaneously. Unlike Zoom plans that let you choose between a monthly, annual, or one-month subscription, the one million participants tier is only a...continued
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Allene
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3 months ago
A Major League Umpire Was Secretly Wearing a Kramer Shirt During a Game
Major League Baseball umpires aren’t typically known for having great senses of humor. In fairness, being an ump requires intense concentration, even as tens of thousands of people are audibly cursing your lack of prescription eyewear. But this week, one umpire showed off...continued
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Alvah
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3 months ago
'Flattened like a cheap pillow': Mike Lindell mocked after losing debate with 12-year-old
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell continues to promote the false and repeatedly debunked claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump, and Georgia is among the states that Lindell claims President Joe Biden didn't really win — even though Gov. Brian Kemp...continued
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Patrick
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3 months ago
Procreate CEO ‘Really F*cking’ Hates Generative AI
The big iPad illustration and graphics app Procreate is going the opposite route as Adobe. CEO James Cuda has some strong words about generative AI.
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Elliott
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3 months ago
‘A Better Politics’: The Biggest Moments From Pete Buttigieg’s 2024 DNC Speech
Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. Transportation Secretary and former mayor of South Bend, has become one of the Democratic Party’s most relied upon messengers on cable news and late-night television. And on Tuesday night, he continued to show why.“I’m Pete Buttigieg, and you migh...continued
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Marjory
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3 months ago
Mike Lynch, ‘Britain’s Bill Gates,’ Confirmed Dead in Superyacht Wreck
British software mogul Mike Lynch, 59, has died after a superyacht he was onboard sank off the coast of Sicily, where he was celebrating being acquitted of fraud by a jury in the US weeks earlier.Lynch, his teenage daughter Hannah, and four other passengers—including Morg...continued
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Patrick
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3 months ago
Waymo's New Robotaxi Will Feature Fewer Sensors To Help Lower Costs
Waymo has unveiled its sixth-generation robotaxi, an electric minivan made by Chinese automaker Zeekr. While the company claims it's more advanced than previous generations, it features fewer sensors to help reduce costs. The Verge reports: [W]ithin its high-…
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3 months ago
A Deep Dive into The Eminence in Shadow Chapter 1
IntroductionThe world of manga is vast and varied, filled with stories that capture the imagination and transport readers to realms where anything is possible. Among these captivating tales is The Eminence in Shadow Chapter 1, a story that stands out for its unique approa...continued
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