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• Rom, a Ferengi with giant ear lobes and butt shaped head, is standing and looking kind of shaken up. Like as if he walked into a room and saw a big spider on the floor or something. Closed caption reads, "You have every right to be depressed, Brother."

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‘can record surface details down to a mere 18-25 microns or less. Combining that data with… the Lucida 3D imaging system makes it even easier to measure height and depth more accurately. "We're capturing differences in height of about a fifth of the width of a human hair," Barrett told Ars. "So we're starting to see the materiality of the substrate. Whether it's parchment or paper, we can see all of these invisible markings—scratches people have left behind."’

https://geeknews.chat/@arstechnica/109907888497087554

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“They fired the county administrator and replaced him with John Gibbs, a former Trump administration official, Christian missionary, failed congressional candidate and election denier who once suggested women should not have the right to vote. They ran out their corporate counsel. They closed the county’s office of diversity, equity and inclusion… new public health officer… a safety manager at an HVAC service company who...”

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• Duties OFCIO sets government-wide policy and drives the federal government's strategic goals in technology and cybersecurity. OFCIO is also responsible for implementing and overseeing relevant policies, laws, and federal initiatives. For example, OFCIO sets policy requiring agencies to encrypt traffic to federal websites, oversees agency implementation of public-facing vulnerability disclosure policies, and is driving a technology-forward approach to zero trust architecture across the federal government. This position will serve as a Cybersecurity Analyst who works directly with the Federal Chief Information Security Officer to advance the Administration's cybersecurity priorities through oversight and policy development. The position is responsible for conducting in-depth analysis of relevant information security issues, and provides expert advice to senior White House officials on these matters. (remote)

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“- 2024 looks competitive

39 percent of voters had a favorable view of Mr. Trump, while 56 percent had an unfavorable view. Mr. Biden’s overall numbers were better — 46 percent favorable to 52 percent unfavorable”

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‘- Democrats do have economic plans, but voters don’t always know it.

The challenge… is to ensure that voters know about those developments, and that they can connect the legislation to their daily lives.
“Most voters are not following national news or the details of the legislation, and many haven’t yet seen the impact on their lives… Working-class voters outside of the big metro areas are still leading pretty tough lives…”’

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‘- Both parties have branding problems.

Many voters studied in these “Factory Towns” are “deeply, profoundly cynical” about both political parties… with swing voters holding the impression that both Democrats and Republicans are “too extreme.”
The sharpest argument against Republicans, the polling found, was that “they are on the side of corporations and C.E.O.s and they work for the wealthy.”
Democrats, meantime, are seen as “as weak and ineffective, especially when it comes to economics”’

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“some key findings and recommendations:

- Culture aside, the economy is the bigger problem for Democrats.

A Democratic economic message — focused on attacking corporate greed, investing in manufacturing in the United States and pursuing an economy that works for all rather than the “wealthy few” — tested better, in the Lake Research Partners polling, than a Republican message that claimed liberals were undermining “our way of life.”
… results varied by state…”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/us/politics/democrats-factory-towns-2024.html

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‘“The most difficult thing about wafer manufacturing is not technology,” he said. “The most difficult thing is personnel management. Americans are the worst at this, because Americans are the most difficult to manage.”

Three TSMC employees who trained American engineers said it was difficult to standardize practices among them.‘

ppl are not widgets, culture matters

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/technology/tsmc-arizona-factory-tensions.html

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https://breakingdefense.com/2023/02/edge-announces-1-1b-deal-with-angolan-navy-unveils-11-new-autonomous-systems/

some folks trust autonomous vehicle software a lot, some are skeptical. either way, the platforms are getting cheaper & more accessible to smaller govs... this is a srsly mixed blessing.

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/beaubec-monastery-ireland

“The dig also uncovered flint arrowheads and the remnants of what might be a stone circle or passage tomb similar to the structures, more than 5,000 years old, found at the nearby UNESCO World Heritage Site of Newgrange.”

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“George McJunkin can be celebrated as an extraordinary man whose inquiring mind, intrepid spirit, and perseverance instigated finds that would transform archaeology.”

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/george-mcjunkin-folsom