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Pseudoscience moving into the mainstream | Opinion

The death of magician and debunker of frauds James Randi was a reminder that even pseudoscience and charlatanry used to come from a kinder world. Randi’s arch-antagonist was the ‘psychic’ Uri Geller, who always seemed to be on 1970s chat shows bending spoons with the power of his mind. I came across Randi (and witnessed a demonstration of his stage magic) while working for Nature after the journal had just published the notorious ‘memory of water’ paper by French immunologist Jacques Benveniste. The editor enlisted the magician to join the team that travelled to the French labs to witness a (failed) attempt to replicate the studies in which a biological molecule was said to retain its activity after being diluted to the point of total absence. That is now seen as one of… Source link

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Breaking: Walker, Meyer get the band back together to buy AK-LNG project from state AGDC agency

They’re true believers in the gasline. Former Gov. Bill Walker and former Alaska Gasline Development Corporation President Keith Meyer are leading an effort to take over the Alaska Gasline project from Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. They announced the launch of Alaska Gasline & LNG LLC, at AGLNG.com today, along with Laborers Local 341 President Joey Merrick, and Bernie Karl, who serves on the board of the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. The group have established the new private entity with the purpose of “requesting and accepting the leadership of the integrated Alaska gasline and LNG project, and moving the project forward to completion. The project has recently completed most of its big federal permits and the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation… Source link

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The US Desperately Needs New Election Tech. Here’s One Option

I know you don’t want to hear about how blockchain technology can fix elections, solve cold fusion, restore trust to America, bring global peace, and invent a new way to slice bread. I’m pretty tired of the blockchain hype cycle too. Many are wearing “I voted” pins to show they voted in the 2020 U.S. national election. Photo by visuals on Unsplash But if there’s one thing that proves current election technology is essentially trash, it’s the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Days later, we still don’t know for sure who won or lost, there are allegations about fraud or miscounts, and multiple legal challenges to the results already. Baseless or not, our current election process and technology invites challenge and provides fodder for… Source link

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Successful Web Design Companies, Part 1

Creating a quote for a job is a difficult task if you are a part of or manage a web design company. Putting a price on your skills can be complicated. You do not want to charge too much, but you want to make the job worth your time. You have to consider everything from how much you will need to outsource to what the job requirements are. Meanwhile, the only thing the person you are working for is concerned about is how much the project is going to cost. One of the easiest ways to handle this is to break it down into who does what job at your web design company. The first category of jobs has to do with the creative process that goes into creating a website. This might include graphic designers, copy writers, or flash developers. Many people who use website design company… Source link

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Adobe has open source developer tool ‘renaissance’

Time was when the Computer Weekly Developer Network wouldn’t pass a 12-month without attending a veritable handful of Adobe developer events, seminars, conferences, use case tutorials and all manner of other good stuff. But then the Earth cooled, the dinosaurs came and went and Adobe seemed to focus on the cloud-based nature of its creative tools above all other subject. But Adobe’s developer heart is (arguably) pure, let’s not forget – this is the company that gave us Cold Fusion, the rapid web-application development computing platform and much more code-related tools besides. Now, in 2020, the company is perhaps having something of a renaissance with its developer community (we jest, obviously, the same core level of coder work was always being carried out, we just… Source link

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Review: Archer “Cold Fusion” |

Overview: Agency has been taken all over the world due to the dangerous nature of their missions, but their latest exploit sees them acting as mediators towards a murder mystery that’s set within the cold recesses of Antarctica. Agency acclimates, both physically and personally, to their new surroundings as the severity of this situation begins to sink in. The number of murder suspects only seems to increase and a wrong move could ignite an international disaster that turns Agency into villains. Our Take: Season 11 of Archer has put its characters through the biggest personal and emotional gauntlets that they’ve ever faced. There’s been a newfound level of vulnerability and mortality to the show on an individual level, but “Cold Fusion” takes these small concepts and… Source link

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