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28 Jul

[DAY 90-92] I made a shell script to build me a world cup database

stp2y0 CommentsNewsbash, coding, community, database, development, engineering, inclusive, learning, postgres, software

Hi everyone! Welcome back to another blog where I document the things I learn in web development. I do this because it helps retain the information and concepts through active recall. On days 90-92, I finished building a script to automate creating a database, a translator using a shell script, and started building an interactive bash program. The first project is where I created a bash script to make a database about world cup matches in PostgreSQL. This is part 2 out of 5 certification projects in the relational databases course in freecodecamp. I also made a script on the…

28 Jul

40,000 Taylor Swift fans got themselves a free Eras Tour show in Munich as ‘Taylor-gating’ hit a new level

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Thousands of people who couldn't score tickets to a Taylor Swift's Eras Tour show in Munich enjoyed the concert from a hill nearby.German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that local police had estimated that around 40,000 people gathered on the Olympic Hill overlooking Munich's Olympiastadion on Saturday.Inside the stadium, Swift performed her set to 74,000 fans. Fans on the Olympic Hill waiting for the concert to begin. Felix Hörhager/Picture Alliance via Getty Images While speaking to the crowds at the beginning of the concert, the Grammy-winning artists acknowledged the extra attendees outside the stadium."We've got people in a park outside the…

28 Jul

I threw my son’s Xbox out the window. Now, he’s a national champion gamer playing for college scholarships.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sherry Williams. It has been edited for length and clarity.My sons, Taylor and Tyler, started playing video games when they were 5 and 6. Like most kids, they loved gaming and started playing a bit too much. They started rushing through homework in order to play. I'm an elementary school teacher, so that wasn't going to fly. I made a new rule: the boys could only game on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.During COVID, we were all home together when the school sent me a notice that Taylor, who was a freshman…

28 Jul

How to Publish an npm Package

stp2y0 CommentsNewscoding, community, development, engineering, inclusive, software

Publishing an npm package allows you to share your code with the world, making it accessible to other developers who can use it in their projects. Whether it's a utility, a library, or a tool, npm makes the process straightforward. In this guide, I'll walk you through the steps to publish your npm package. Step 1: Set Up Your Project Before you can publish a package, you need to have a Node.js project set up. If you haven't done so already, create a new directory for your project and navigate into it: mkdir my-awesome-package cd my-awesome-package Enter fullscreen mode Exit…

28 Jul

Bitcoin Bros Go Wild for Donald Trump

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Trump’s speech is an hour behind. A half hour into the wait, restless attendees start chanting “Trump.” The woman sitting in front of me murmurs her own chant:“Bitcoin, bitcoin—that’s what they should be chanting.” She must have gotten the memo: It’s not a Trump rally; it’s a bitcoin rally.When Trump finally takes the stage to “God Bless the USA,” he basks in the glory of his standing ovation, “thrilled…to become the first American president ever to address a bitcoin event.” His next step is to pander to his supporters in the audience. “This is the kind of spirit that will…

28 Jul

Stevie Nicks says she postponed 2 shows after an infection ‘went crazy’ and landed her in hospital

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Stevie Nicks has opened up about the health issue that caused her to reschedule two shows on her UK tour and left her in the hospital for two days.The Fleetwood Mac frontwoman played the last show of her two-year tour in Glasgow on July 24, when she shared details of the "crazy" medical emergency that forced her to postpone the original date for her stop in the city.Nicks, 76, abruptly axed the show at Glasgow's OVO Hydro arena on July 6, just hours before she was due onstage.Venue representatives told ticketholders that the show had been rescheduled because of a…

28 Jul

Development of ‘living robots’ needs regulation and public debate

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Researchers are calling for regulation to guide the responsible and ethical development of bio-hybrid robotics -- a ground-breaking science which fuses artificial components with living tissue and cells. In a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a multidisciplinary team from the University of Southampton and universities in the US and Spain set out the unique ethical issues this technology presents and the need for proper governance. Combining living materials and organisms with synthetic robotic components might sound like something out of science fiction, but this emerging field is advancing rapidly. Bio-hybrid robots using living muscles can…

28 Jul

I moved from Connecticut to California. I loved it, but felt so relieved when I returned to New England years later.

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In 2015, my boyfriend (now husband) was accepted to a graduate program in Southern California. With nothing tying me down to our home state of Connecticut, I moved across the country with him. We stayed in California for over six years — and I spent most of my 20s there — but we ultimately chose to return to New England in 2021. Yes, California really is that expensive Laguna Beach is beautiful, but living near it comes with high prices. Carly Neil It costs a lot to live anywhere nowadays, but Southern California takes that notion to a whole new…

28 Jul

Generative AI pioneers the future of child language learning

stp2y0 CommentsGenAILanguage Acquisition; Child Development; Learning Disorders; Literacy; Artificial Intelligence; Educational Technology; Computer Science; Computer Programming

Professor Inseok Hwang from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, along with students Jungeun Lee, Suwon Yoon, and Kyoosik Lee from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at POSTECH in collaboration with Professor Dongsun Yim from Ewha Womans University's Department of Communication Disorders have created an innovative system for generating personalized storybooks. This system utilizes generative artificial intelligence and home IoT technology to assist children in language learning. Their research was showcased at the "ACM CHI (ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems)," the leading conference in human-computer interaction, where it earned an "Honorable Mention Award,"…

28 Jul

A boomer helped pay for his daughter’s college and her husband’s student debt. He won’t start gifting their inheritance until they curb their spending.

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Ken, a semi-retired health services executive, helped his daughter and her husband pay for college and for their home.He'd like to start transferring more of his wealth to them via annual cash gifts — but not until he's confident they've got their spending under control."I'm afraid to do it right now because I just don't want it to become part of the sinkhole," Ken, who is in his early 60s and based in the Southeast, told Business Insider. He asked BI to use his first name only for privacy reasons.Ken is among the baby boomers who have started transferring their…