Tuesday, December 1, 2020

bit bucket: Palabra del día: December 2, 2020

bit bucket , n :
(historical) A container for holding chad (“small punched-out pieces of paper”) from paper tape or punch cards used with teleprinters, early computers, and other machines; a chad box. (by extension, humorous, slang) The supposed place where bits (binary digits) go when they fall off the end of a register during a shift operation; the notional resting place of lost or missing digital information. bit bucket v (transitive, humorous, slang) To delete. Today is World Computer Literacy Day, which was launched by Indian company NIIT to encourage the development of computing skills, especially among women and children in India.

Monday, November 30, 2020

Scott Atlas, a Trump Coronavirus Adviser, Resigns


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New top story on Hacker News: Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost 90% of Covid-19 Deaths

Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost 90% of Covid-19 Deaths
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New top story on Hacker News: Dijkstra Was Wrong About 'Radical Novelty'

Dijkstra Was Wrong About 'Radical Novelty'
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Dr. Atlas, Trump’s coronavirus adviser, resigns.


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Corrections: Dec. 1, 2020


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Quotation of the Day: U.S. Faces a New Crisis: ‘An Extreme Level of Teacher Burnout’


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Florida School Restricts Access to Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem

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