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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.economist.com/prospero/2020/03/06/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-turns-42EVERY YEAR the world celebrates the anniversaries of masterworks and maestros. In 2020 there will be a host of events and publications commemorating the lives of Ludwig van Beethoven, Raphael, Charles Dickens, Anne Brontë and William Wordsworth. Such milestones usually come in neat multiples of 50. The 42nd anniversary of anything is rarely observed.Yet on March 8th fans of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" ("HHGTTG") will pay tribute to the comedy science-fiction series, which had its radio premiere on that day in 1978 and was subsequently adapted into novels, TV series, video games and a film. To mark the occasion, Pan Macmillan has reprinted the scripts and novels in colourful new editions ("HHGTTG" was the first book published under their "Pan Original" imprint to sell more than 1m copies). The British Library will host a day of "celebrations, conversation and performance". BBC Radio 4 has aired the original episodes; Radio 4 Extra will put on a "five-hour Hitchhiker's spectacular" including archival material and specially commissioned programmes. Such is the enduring interest in Douglas Adams's story that it is due to be adapted into a new television series by Hulu, a streaming service.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:New sleep method strengthens brain's ability to retain memories: Process that uses smell can strengthen memories stored in one side of the brain:

takyon writes:New AMD Side Channel Attacks Discovered, Impacts Zen Architecture (archive)

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takyon writes:AMD revealed a number of details about its upcoming CPUs and GPUs at its Financial Analyst Day 2020:

takyon writes:Amazon is reportedly working to find a cure for the common cold

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:No joy for all you Rover McRoverface fans: NASA's next Mars bot is christened Perseverance:

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:Paper that claimed the Sun caused global warming gets retracted:

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aristarchus writes:Gizmodo reports:

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martyb writes:Caffeine boosts problem-solving ability but not creativity, study indicates:

An Anonymous Coward writes:The Australian government is investigating implementing age verification to access porn online following a failed UK age verification scheme. Children's charity eChildhood claims that "a third of students aged eight and under attempted to access online pornography in the past six months" including through advertising popups. No mention has been made about how effective the Australian plan will be and what exact measures may be taken to block access online.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for SoyCow4275:Surprise! Students get an unexpected glimpse of a black hole 30,000 light-years away:

martyb writes:Methane emitted by humans vastly underestimated:

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Jman writes:I-Programmer runs a story [0] which says it might not be math chops, but language skills that make a good programmer.This makes sense, at least to me. I'm a fair coder, and can certainly count, but would not consider my math skills to be high level. As a teenager, C.L. Dogson's Symbolic Logic/Game of Logic [1] was a great read, but wading through formulas and proofs has always made me feel like a 4 year old.To each his own. For my main "Human" language - English - I'm a pretty good communicator, and that also reflects in the dozen or so coding "dialects" I've kept up with over the years. In basic training I was surprised to test very high at language skills when I absolutely detested spanish in high school (the teacher had something to do with it) and even after living with a German gal for quite some time now have only the rudiments of that language.This story resonated because I agree with it, coming around to thinking a good thirty years ago that programming is more of a language than a math skill - just not specifically one for a "human" language.I treat coding like writing a story, itself a variation of the scientific method: 1) first draft, 2 revise, 3 go to 2 until the screen's output matches what's in my head as closely as possible.So, at least in my case, language skills being much better than math skills result in a fair ability to program.The folks at Stack Overflow [2] had a long thread on a similar subject some time back. Soylentils, what do you think?[0] https://www.i-programmer.info/news/99/13517.html

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takyon writes:TSMC & Broadcom Develop 1,700 mm CoWoS Interposer: 2X Larger Than Reticles

isj writes:It is time for a quiz slightly biased toward older, larger systems giving old farts an unfair advantage.

takyon writes:WFIRST, proposed for cancellation, is approved for development

takyon writes:El Capitan Supercomputer Detailed: AMD CPUs & GPUs To Drive 2 Exaflops of Compute

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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:'Surfing attack' hacks Siri, Google with ultrasonic waves: Researchers use ultrasound waves vibrating through tables to access cellphones:

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