Lynn Conway, computer hardware pioneer (and genius) has passed away. None of her obits do justice to her accomplishments, so here's wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway
She pioneered asyncronous execution, VLSI circuit design, and practically the whole modern field of chip design.
She was also a trans woman who -- having been unfairly terminated by IBM -- never stopped fighting for the rights of trans people.
Rest in power, Lynn.
@FantasticalEconomics If there was a serious effort to do this in Portland, I would throw some money at it.
“Let's take a sec here and notice something genuinely great happening in the US government: the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's stunning, unbroken streak of major, muscular victories over the forces of corporate corruption”
A seemingly rare optimistic post from @pluralistic deserves an appreciative read.
Join @bikeloudpdx Thursday at 6 for a ride to visit and analyze infrastructure at locations of known bike crashes. Bring your own crash story or sketchy infrastructure location and learn how to report issues and request safety improvements or maintenance. Meet across the street from Go By Bike / bottom of the tram. #pdxBikes #StrongTowns #Portland #PedalpaloozaPDX
Answer?
@driscollis sq_root is, for historical reasons*, called sqrt.
Alternatively, skip the import and just return number ** 0.5.
For a side quiz, why doesn't number ** 1/2 work?
*almost always the worst reason for anything.
@bethsawin Resilience: plan and prepare?
Equity: redistribute the wealth/power?
Le 7e épisode de *Il ne plie plus… il cause !* est disponible partout où vous écoutez vos podcasts.
Pour l'écouter, abonnez-vous, c'est simple, tout est là :
https://www.vodio.fr/smartlink.php?id=999
Nous nous intéressons aujourd'hui à une petite grenouille de Toshikazu Kawasaki. On le verra, ce n'est pas son modèle le plus connu, mais on ne va pas s'empêcher de la plier.
Pour l'afficher sur votre vélo, toutes les infos sont dans les notes de l'épisode…
Portland Debuts Curbside Battery Recycling Service for Some Residents https://www.wweek.com/news/environment/2024/06/10/portland-debuts-curbside-battery-recycling-service-for-some-residents/
A new study says that due to an increase of around 55% in wind and solar generation between 2019 and 2022, air quality in the United States shot up and asthma risk fell. #ShareGoodNewsToo https://buff.ly/3Rh9C9Z
okay, so if you were going to teach people how to drag tree limbs, tree trunks using ropes, pulleys etc....
what would be the basic #knots they should know how to tie?
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