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to learn contract bridge, I find the bcalc single/double dummy solver bcalc useful: http://bcalc.w8.pl/index.php?lang=en&topic=download also good is the freeware bride program Wbridge5, which has won several world
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to learn chess, there's scid and the stockfish engine included in distros such as debian and ubuntu. There's also the lc0 engine, which is the open source version of the mighty Deep Mind AlphaZero chess engine - linux installation
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What's your favorite free game that runs on Linux, and teaches you something?
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A Stirling engine powered Swedish sub sank the USS Ronald Reagan in a war game exercise. It was able to get within range of the aircraft carrier because the Stirling engine is very quiet. For more about Stirling engines, I recommend readi
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I always thought Feynman's treatment of electrodynamics wasn't very original, that it was just the standard approach you could find in other textbooks. It turns out, Feynman thought so to, but later came up with a much better way
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I'm reading "Combat Fighter Tactics and Maneuvering" by Shaw, along with the combat aviation and auto racing manuals at https://github.com/bencaddigan/esports-for-engineers
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What's your favorite technical book to read during this time of home quarantine?
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Live Online Video Classes Are ‘The New Face-to-Face.’ So How Many Students Can They Handle at a Time? https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-04-16-live-online-video-cl...
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Minerva's Innovative Platform Makes High Quality Higher Ed Personal And Affordable https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanderark/2019/04/08/minerva...
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Minerva Project Raises $57M to Support Its Tech Platform—and Spin Off Its School https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-07-11-minerva-project-rais...
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Minerva Forum is a winner in EdTech. Is there an open source alternative?
2 points by scorecard 7y ago|4 comments
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by scorecard 7y ago
I was answering a somewhat different question, namely, what is the minimum you need to live in quarantine for 30 days, starting with nothing but water and electricity. I'm not assuming the person has an oven or a refrigerator, or acce
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've read that Amazon keeps low inventories for efficiency reasons, leaving the company vulnerable to supply shortages. Already the quarantine in China has disrupted some Amazon supply chains. It see
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How would you prepare for a 30 day coronavirus quarantine in your home?
3 points by scorecard 7y ago|4 comments
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That ringing in your ears? Don’t assume it will just fade away (2015)(washingtonpost.com)
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The Doomsday Clock moves closer than ever to midnight(wired.com)
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Qubes OS version 4.0.3 released(qubes-os.org)
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