Slash Gear on why Windows Phone failed
Old Windows Phone, who dis?
Old Windows Phone, who dis?
On 17th September, the UK government announced an initiative called Sankore, with up to £1.9 million in funding to strengthen science, technology and innovation in Ghana and Nigeria through its West Africa Research and Innovation Hub.
The press release also has a link to an information page on how to apply.
Jet Suit Radio, anyone?
For Knowable Magazine, Liam Drew explained how a new drug that could reduce effects the risk of kidney disease in Black Americans of West African descent: […] success will depend upon drugs reaching the right people — and reaching them before kidneys are damaged beyond recall.
orama is a full-text, vector, and hybrid search module with a unique API
and all in less than 2KB. Been seeing a lot of these JavaScript search modules pop up and while vector search isn’t all that new, it’s nice to see lightweight versions for smaller scale projects. And the docs are powered by Astro!
Why lies beneath?
From jot to bot.
Auto Shenanigans travelled to Redditch to trace the history of cloverleaf interchanges and ask why there aren’t more in the UK. Spoiler alert: cost and safety.
What a remarkable orange-ment!
John D. Cook wrote an interesting blog post on mentally multiply by π should you not have access to a calculator. As someone who remembers π to 11 decimal places and used it as a chat-up line once (it kinda worked), this resonated with me.
I found this site via wiby that showcases a ton of vintage computer product designs from the 80s, 90s, and early 00s. What a time to be alive.
What is theirs is mined.