Tom Stoppard #RIP
The improbability of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and the way scenes from Hamlet are woven into the narrative, captivated me the first time I read it, and made me a Stoppard fan for life.
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The King and Queen pay tribute to a "dear friend who wore his genius lightly".Seher Asaf (BBC News)
Jimmy Cliff's death brings to mind The Harder they Come soundtrack. Decades ago, I was lucky enough to find it in a thrift shop - I subsequently played the record to death. While this isn't a Cliff tune, I've always loved it and IMHO it remains the most powerful track on album today (but feel free to disagree - it's a great record all the way through).
The Melodians, "Rivers of Babylon" (1970)
How can we sing King Alpha's song in a strange land?
Original 1970 version by leading Jamaican vocal trio, the MelodiansCheck out Trojan Records' official YouTube channel for more reggae classics, long-lost gem...YouTube
1. It's NOT AI; it's MACHINE LEARNING.
2. If you cannot refer to it as Machine Learning, then you are buying into the TREND that is AI.
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As AI becomes a fundamental component of everything digital, it’s imperative that Mozilla steps in to shape where it goes.Mark Surman (The Mozilla Blog)
Jane Goodall, the primatologist and conservationist, has died at age 91. Here's more from NBC.
#JaneGoodall #Primatology #Conservation #Chimpanzees #Biology #Zoology #RIP #InMemoriam
Goodall's field research changed the understanding of humans' closest relative.Julia Jacobo (ABC News)
#RIP "Heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne has died, just weeks after reuniting with his Black Sabbath bandmates and performing a huge farewell concert for fans."
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The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July.Gemma Peplow (Sky News)
NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who helped keep the Apollo 13 astronauts alive using a combination of a spacesuit hose, sock, plastic bag, cue cards and duct tape, has died at age 95. Four hours after the explosion that tore through Apollo 13 in 1970, Smylie became concerned that the crew would suffocate due to the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the air. He and his team of 60 came up with a plan, tested it and explained to Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert how to build it during their emergency trip back to Earth. Smylie, who died in late April, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his service to the space program. Here's more from @Spacecom.
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#Space #Science #NASA #Engineering #SpaceTravel #EdSmylie #InMemoriam #RIP
Smylie, with his team, found the "way to make 'this' fit into the hole for 'this,' using nothing but 'that.'"Robert Z. Pearlman (Space)
One of my favorite actors has died.
Donald Sutherland, may he rest in peace.
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Donald Sutherland, who starred in 'MASH,' 'Klute' and 'The Hunger Games' franchise, has died. He was 88.Rick Schultz (Variety)
iDnes.cz wrote:
Podle zjištění MF DNES dívka přišla do Česka se svojí matkou kvůli válce na Ukrajině. Její otec zůstal doma, kde bojoval na frontě, ale dostal do ruského zajetí. Dívka tuto situaci neunesla a vzala si život.
Snad už je ti holka líp. My s naší největší starostí o to, jak zaplatit složenky vůbec nemůžeme tušit, jak těžkou hlavu jsi z toho musela mít...
Policisté od úterý pátrali po čtrnáctileté ukrajinské dívce, která odešla z bydliště ve Stříbře na Tachovsku. Ve čtvrtek odpoledne informovali, že pohřešovanou našli mrtvou.iDNES.cz
The official music video for Tina Turner – The Best. Listen to Tina Turner’s greatest hits and more here: https://lnk.to/TinaTurnerGreatestHitsTaken from Tin...YouTube
Der dienstälteste deutsche Radiomoderator, Hans-Werner Lange, ist heute im Alter von 84 Jahren verstorben.markusweidner (SmartPhoneFan.de)
#RIP Lance Reddick, TV star known for ‘The Wire’ and ‘Fringe,’ dies at age 60
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Lance Reddick, who graced TV screens as Cedric Daniels in 'The Wire,' has died of natural causes, a representative told The Times.Alexandra Del Rosario (Los Angeles Times)
British computer scientist and mathematician Kathleen Booth has passed away. Kathleen is credited with inventing the concept of assembly language and implementing the subsequent assembler and autocode for computers at the University of London. Machines: The Automatic Relay Calculator (ARC), Simple Electronic Computer (SEC) and the All Purpose Electronic (X) Computer (APE(X)C)
Kathleen Booth 1922 - 2022
#rip #obituary #computerhistory #retrocomputing #hacking
