By Serdar Yegulalp Enterprise software needs tests the way buildings need fire and safety inspections. If you know certain electrical conditions or structural issues could lead to catastrophe, you look for them not …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: September 2019
Richard Stallman resigns from Free Software Foundation after defending Jeffrey Epstein behavior
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•Richard M. Stallman, godfather of free software and open source, has resigned as FSF president and board member and his position at MIT. …read more Source:: Linux
Harnessing tomato jumping genes could help speed-breed drought-resistant crops
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•Once dismissed as ‘junk DNA’ that served no purpose, a family of ‘jumping genes’ found in tomatoes has the potential to accelerate crop breeding for traits such as improved drought …read more Source:: Science
Atlantic Ocean may get a jump-start from the other side of the world
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•A key question for climate scientists in recent years has been whether the Atlantic Ocean’s main circulation system is slowing down, a development that could have dramatic consequences for Europe …read more Source:: Science
Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist
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•Astronomers have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, a rapidly spinning pulsar approximately 4,600 light-years from Earth. This record-breaking object is teetering on the edge of existence, approaching …read more Source:: Science
Carp aquaculture in Neolithic China dating back 8,000 years
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•Researchers analyzed fish bones excavated from the Early Neolithic Jiahu site in Henan Province, China. By comparing the body-length distributions and species-composition ratios of the bones with findings from East …read more Source:: Science
Apple Watch Series 5, $500, or Linux PineTime smartwatch, $25?
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•A new open-source smartwatch is in the works with a planned price of $25. …read more Source:: Linux
Can a Raspberry Pi 4 really replace your PC?
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•The Raspberry Pi 4 is a big step up in power – but is it good enough for me to use for everyday work at my desk? Let’s find …read more Source:: Linux
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.3: Kernel fixes are about user impact, nothing else
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•Linux kernel developers get a gentle reminder of a lesson Linus Torvalds has been shouting at them for years: if there’s no user impact, shut up. …read more Source:: Linux
Antibiotic resistance surges in dolphins, mirroring humans
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•Scientists obtained a total of 733 pathogen isolates from 171 individual wild Bottlenose dolphins in Florida and found that the overall prevalence of resistance to at least one antibiotic for …read more Source:: Science