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Woman Born With Extremely Rare Condition Resulting In Her Having Virtually No Brain Celebrates Her 20th Birthday, A Remarkably Rare Achievement
Michael Levanduski
Shutterstock When Alex Simpson was born in 2005, everything seemed normal at first. Unfortunately, by the time she was two months old, she was crying far more than normal and having difficulty diges ...[Continue Reading]
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Vipera: Powered Skis
Rain Noe
A Boston-based startup called Frigid Dynamics has developed a pair of powered skis. Called Vipera, the custom-built skis feature a motorized track system at the rear, powered by batteries located f ...[Continue Reading]
Core77.com
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Customizing the ways the dialog manager dismisses itself: Detecting the ESC key, first (failed) attempt
Raymond Chen
Suppose you want to distinguish between dismissing a dialog by pressing ESC and dismissing a dialog by clicking the Close button. One suggestion I saw was to call GetAsyncKeyState( VK_ ESCAPE) t ...[Continue Reading]
Microsoft.com
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ExpressVPN unveils 'industry-first hybrid' VPN browser extension and takes on the Metaverse with new Meta Quest app
Rene Millman
<ul><li>Dedicated ExpressVPN app now available on the Meta Quest store</li><li>The hybrid VPN extension includes browser-only and full-device protection</li><li>Smart Routing allows site-specific VPN ...[Continue Reading]
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Testimony on Anti-Semitism on College Campuses and the First Amendment
Eugene Volokh
I testified on the subject yesterday, together with other leading scholars, such as Michael Dorf (Cornell), Benjamin Eidelson (Harvard), and Genevieve Lakier (Chicago); you can see the written statem ...[Continue Reading]
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Google Launches Gemini 3.1 Pro With Improved Reasoning and Multi-Step Problem Solving
Arthur Kay
Google has announced Gemini 3.1 Pro, a new version of its flagship artificial intelligence model designed to improve complex reasoning and multi-step problem solving across consumer and developer pla ...[Continue Reading]
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