Original Post from Johan Strandberg:
Exoplanet conference fail US purity test
Stupid ban on Chinese nationals at NASA facilities harm science. Luckily key researchers recognize stupid when they see it and are boycotting a major conference. Given that this originated with congress, I don't see much chance of a speedy reversal. (Of all the laws they could have passed these last years, that had to be the one?)
Nasa facing backlash from US researchers due to rejection of Chinese nationals from conference
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Original Post from Mother Jones:
"This whole dispute is about the Republican Party fighting to make sure the working poor don't have access to affordable health care."
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Original Post from Warren Ellis:
So I wrote a thing for Vulture about the finale of Breaking Bad -- Vulture http://buff.ly/16H5C96#BreakingBad
There's a reason Walter White lived here isn't scrawled on the wall of his house.
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Original Post from Cynthia Dorman-Fagin:
I know there is some who don't like Obamacare but this story is just one of many. Unless you have lived without health care you just can't understand.
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Glorious!
Original Post from Chris Galardi:
Who says they don't still got it? (Well, to be fair, me sometimes.)
Treehouse of Horror XXIV Couch Gag by Guillermo del Toro | THE SIMPSONS | ANIMATION on FOX
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sl4shd0rk writes "Adobe Systems Inc. is expected to announce today that hackers broke into its network and stole source code for an as-yet undetermined number of software titles, including its ColdFusion Web application platform, and possibly its Acrobat family of products. The company said hackers ...
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schliz writes "People aged over 65 make poorer financial decisions and more inconsistent choices than younger individuals with the same IQ, an international research group has found. The study (abstract) had 135 healthy participants aged 12-90 make a series of decisions: for example, choosing betwee...
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Original Post from FOX 13 News - MyFoxTampaBay.com:
It's almost time to stash away the cell phones. Florida's texting and driving law goes into effect on Tuesday.
What you need to know about the new texting and driving law
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Original Post from Shane Corning:
#Webdesign , #ResponsiveDesign .
#TestingTools , #QualityControl for those who cannot afford to buy every single after-market device available for consumers. :) ... #Ghetto . ;)
I turned Javascript to ON for this site, within #NoScript , and it's working fine. I suggest doing the same.
About responsivepx. Enter the url to your site - local or online: both work - and use the controls to adjust the width and height of your viewport to find exact breakpoint widths in pixels. Then use that information in your media queries to create a responsive design.
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Original Post from PinkNews:
A trans journalist has said she was "completely dehumanised" during an Xbox One Event at a London gaming convention over the weekend, by jokes about her gender made by a comedian.
A trans journalist has said she was "completely dehumanised" during an Xbox One Event at a London gaming convention over the weekend, by jokes about her gender made by a comedian.
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Original Post from Ilya Grigorik:
If you find the whole MV* pattern a bit confusing (so many variants and too many acronyms), then this video should definitely help! Great ground-up overview by +Yehuda Katz.
GoGaRuCo 2013 - A tale of two MVC's by Yehuda Katz
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