The end of May means the approach of the feature freeze for Godot 4.1, and this dev snapshot aims to give you as many new features to test as possible.
Handling of Release field in propose_downstream job # We have recently made some fixes to the process of handling the Release field regarding the %autorelease macro, so let’s take that opportunity to explain how it works.
You can maintain the Release field manually, you can use a dummy value or you can take advantage of the %autorelease macro.
Maintaining Release manually # You can maintain the Release field manually as you would do downstream, for example you could bump the value every time you make changes to the spec file and reset it to 1 when you release a new version.
There are many ways to control a robot arm, with the simplest being a sequential list of rotation commands for the motors. But that method is very inefficient when the robot needs to do anything complex in the real world.
Matt from Viam Robotics has upgraded an old 1980s Omnibot with a Raspberry Pi to give it new modern features.
N4MI0 is using a Raspberry Pi to power a Pepper’s Ghost effect betta fish project that looks like a fish in a bowl.
This research team is using Raspberry Pis to monitor glacier calving in Peru and Iceland using cameras to make 3D renders of glaciers.
With models starting from $9, Milk-V is offering an enticing trio of Raspberry Pi alternatives — all of which are powered by a RISC-V CPU
The sink() function in R is used to divert R output to an external connection. This can be useful for a variety of purposes, such as exporting data to a file, logging R output, or debugging R code.
In the clinical trials reporting industry, there is an incorrect assumption that SAS software is ideal as regulatory agencies “require” it. Regulatory agencies generally do not mandate the use of specific software for clinical trials reporting. They primarily focus on the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of the reported data.
WATCH our promo here. Cruinni̼ na n̉g takes place on Saturday 10th June, and this year more than 500 free creative events are planned for thousands of young people throughout the country, including Forest Bathing in Castlefreke, Celestial Mechanics at the Dunsink Observatory, a recreation of Clones Town in ceramics, Hula hooping in Waterford...
His career as a musician and a painter over six decades ended abruptly when he was convicted of sexually abusing teenage girls.
There must be better ways of opting out.
According to information made public, government negotiators are considering a drastic 50 percent cut in funding for adult education based on a proposal by the Ministry of Finance. Such a decision would have severe consequences for employment, continuous learning, public well-being, and regional equality. A joint statement from 14 organizations warns that numerous educational institutions would be forced to shut down as a result of these budget cuts.
Last year, I wrote about the Turing Smart Screen low-cost 3.5-inch display based on a WCH CH552T 8-bit E8051 core microcontroller that connects to a PC or other device through a USB Type-C cable in order to display system or other information using AIDA64 software or an open-source Python software.
DFRobot “FireBeetle 2 ESP32-S3” is a 2MP camera board with ESP32-S3N16R8 dual-core WiFi and Bluetooth microcontroller fitted with 16MB flash and 8MB PSRAM, and offered in two versions: a more compact variant with a PCB antenna, and one with an external antenna offering a better signal quality.
SONOFF has been producing a wide range of new products over the years, and since the beginning of the year, the company introduced various new products and features including the iHost Smart Home Hub local hub which no longer requires cloud connectivity. The one we are going to review is the Ultimate Smart Touch Wall Switch (also known as the SONOFF TX Ultimate).
AMD has just unveiled the Ryzen and Athlon 7020-C series processor family designed for Chromebooks, with up to four “Zen 2” cores clocked at up to 4.3 GHz, AMD RDNA 2 graphics, and promises of high power efficiency with Chromebook based on the entry-level Athlon Silver 7120C processor lasting up to an estimated 19.5 hours on a charge.
ZOTAC PI430AJ Pico is the first mini PC equipped with (two) Airjet solid-state active cooling chips introduced at CES 2023, doing without the metal case required by typical fanless systems, and instead relying on a plastic case. The PI430AJ Pico is powered by a recent 7W Intel Core i3-N300 octa-core Alder Lake-N processor coupled with up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and an M.2 NVMe SSD up to 1TB capacity.
Contemplating your mortality might sound morbid, but it’s actually a key to happiness.
The late singer stretched human expression to its fraying limits—and then her story became a folktale.
It has allowed one distributor to keep shipping painkillers despite a judge’s recommendation to strip its license.
Hope your umbrella's sturdy.
"...the modifications to secure the level crossings will be completed in two months..."
Discord's captcha asked users to identify a 'Yoko,' a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI.
It’s been a big month for US data privacy. Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee all passed state privacy laws, bringing the total number of states with a privacy law up to eight. No private right of action in any of those, which means it’s up to the states to enforce the laws.
Religion and miracles often go hand in hand, so it should come as little surprise that Israel, which just marked its 75th birthday, is something of a miracle.
Our dangerous times are driving an unprecedented tempo of strategy writing in Canberra.
How grief has warped the lives of the Uvalde shooting victims’ families and friends.
The U.S.S. Mannert L. Abele was broken in half by two kamikaze attacks and sank in 4,500 feet of water, killing 84 sailors.
If confirmed by the Senate, the Air Force chief of staff would become the senior military adviser to the president.
A group of about 100 families will now have the chance to argue in court against releasing the writings of the assailant who killed six people at a Christian school.
After the Supreme Court ruled last year that people could carry guns outside their homes, legal challenges and legislative debates have been playing out across the country.
The crucible of grief after school shootings has spurred some people to push for change. One year after Uvalde, three activists share their stories.
As Nato is in a period of transition and reorganisation, Finland's time at the Netherlands' headquarters may be temporary.
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy told reporters during a visit to Belgrade on May 25 that Serbia and Kosovo should quickly implement an EU-brokered agreement to normalize ties, calling it a step forward that both sides should be proud of.
"Our association is constantly asserting itself as one of the independent and self-sufficient centers of the emerging multipolar world," he stressed.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš to NATO Headquarters in Brussels on€ May 24, thanking him€ for Latvia’s contributions to the Alliance, including leadership on defense spending, and deployments to maritime operations and missions in Kosovo and Iraq.
Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-populated enclave within Azerbaijan, has been a source of conflict in recent years.
Disney+’s American Born Chinese, based on the best-selling graphic novel, offers a confident take on the second-generation experience.
The lack of military training facilities is a “showstopper” for the Baltic states’ better interoperability with allies, Harald Gante, Commander of Germany’s Field Army, has said.
In 1994, Fulgence Kayishema, together with other co-perpetrators, murdered€ over 2,000 men, women, elderly and children refugees in Kivumu commune.
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Minister of Justice Rose Mutombo filed an International Criminal Court (ICC) complaint against Rwanda on Tuesday over Rwanda’s alleged involvement in the theft of natural resources in the DRC.
“What I’m creating is a necessary evil,” the app’s founder claims while operating in a city with falling crime rates.
Afghanistan's Taliban-controlled Foreign Ministry says the bodies of 18 Afghan migrants who died of suffocation while attempting to cross into Bulgaria have been transferred to Kabul.
Currently, 3.8 million people are now displaced in Somalia, exacerbating a dire humanitarian situation where some 6.7 million people are struggling to meet their food needs.
the Lumen teamn chats with Professor Jon Penney about how Lumen has been part of his work.
Island residents experienced howling winds and periods of intense rainfall, which left most of Guam without power. Officials had yet to assess the damage, but typhoon warnings remained in effect.
"We launched humanitarian projects to support 335,000 people in the most vulnerable areas"
"...it has an estimated value in excess of 2 billion euros..."
Residents of Guam are cleaning up after Typhoon Mawar tore through the remote U.S. Pacific territory and ripped roofs off homes, flipped vehicles and shredded trees. Officials say there were minor injuries reported but no fatalities. The typhoon is the strongest to hit the territory of roughly 150,000 people since 2002. It briefly made landfall Wednesday night as a Category 4 storm. The island’s international airport flooded and the swirling typhoon churned up a storm surge and waves that crashed through coastal reefs and flooded homes. A police sergeant says Guam has been “very blessed” without any deaths or major damage.
A decree formalizing the measure, which was passed in 2021, is riddled with exceptions. Critics call its effect symbolic, at best.
The oversupply of virtually emissions-free electricity is mainly due to spring flooding, which is super-charging hydropower production.
Scientists making the "Air-gen" device have discovered that any material can be used to generate electricity from the air.
California regulators say the state is unlikely to run short of electricity this summer, thanks to new power sources and a wet winter that filled reservoirs to restart hydroelectric power plants shuttered during the drought. Officials say more than 8,000 megawatts of new wind, solar and battery power will come online by September. One megawatt of electricity is enough to power about 750 homes. California normally has more than enough electricity to power the homes and businesses of its more than 39 million people. But the electrical grid has trouble when it gets really hot and everyone turns on their air conditioners at the same time. California ran short of power in 2020. That caused brief blackouts for hundreds of thousands of households.
We at DarkSky International want to express our sincerest thank you and congratulations to dark sky advocates around the world for making International Dark Sky Week 2023 a resounding success!/blockquote>
A small group of orcas is ramming into sailboats in waters off the Iberian Peninsula. Researchers say they do not know what is driving the unusual behavior toward boats.
Helsinki's Korkeasaari Zoo has opened an emergency number to provide advice to people who find wild animals in urgent need of help.
It really works.
On Thursday, May 25, the bear cub€ which was delivered to the Rīga National Zoo in April after being found alone next to a highway is heading to her new home at the La Taniere zoo in France, the Nature Conservation Agency said.
While clinics face ultra-low birth rates, the government has also frozen doctor appointment fees.
Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Twitter have all drastically reduced the size of their teams focused on internet trust and safety as well as ethics as the companies focus on cost cuts.
In the wake of a US default, investors searching for safe assets may have no viable alternative to US Treasuries.
Note: Among non-retirees with self-directed retirement savings. Data: Federal Reserve; Chart: Axios Visuals
Men are far more comfortable investing their own retirement money than women, a new Fed survey shows.
In U.S. debt limit talks, even going to the brink of default can harm investor confidence. Yet the nation has survived past cases of mini default.
All of the public feuding is good, actually.
Despite reaching the€ US$31.4 trillion debt limit in January, discussions between the White House and congressional leaders only began on May 9.
Policymakers from various countries meet in Moscow to discuss the issue of Eurasian integration in a multipolar world.
Results of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) published on May 25 by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) show that in Q1€ 2023 Latvian unemployment rate constituted 6.4€ %.€ Over the quarter it fell by 0.3€ percentage points and over the year by 0.9€ percentage points.
PM-apparent Petteri Orpo (NCP) said that the latest EU comparison confirms the urgency of major fiscal reforms. Finland was the only EU state where the debt ratio of public finances rose last year.
A recent study conducted by the Grey Economy Information Unit of the Finnish Tax Administration has found that the tax credit for household expenses has a limited impact on reducing shadow economy activities among businesses. While there is a lower risk of engaging in shadow economy practices for companies that provide services eligible for the tax credit, the overall average risks of shadow economy activity do not differ significantly between sectors eligible for the credit and other sectors.
The Greens have sought to publicly release a list of names of PwC employees allegedly involved in the tax advice scandal. But the finance committee on Friday decided instead to refer the tabling of the document to Senate Clerk Richard Pye after concerns were raised it could jeopardise an Australian Federal Police investigation.
The budget clash, in many ways, represents the fiscal equivalent to the battle over cultural issues raging through Republican-controlled states.
And why local governments hate it
Over a thousand tenants holding signs like "Cap the Rent" and "The Rent is Too Damn High" marched in one of NYC's biggest tenant protests in years.
Gautam Adani has found his way back into the world’s top 20 billionaires list as his conglomerate makes a stellar recovery after bleeding for weeks on the stock exchange.
Summer revelers be warned—Airbnb is embarking on an anti-party crackdown.
A new report by Politus Analytics shows relatively similar emotional trends among Erdoßan and Kñlñçdaroßlu supporters, with the February 6 earthquakes evoking large spikes in various emotions in both constituencies.
In the first round, Recep Tayyip Erdogan had earned 49.52 percent of the vote while Kemal Kilicdaroglu€ received 44.88 percent.
Video of the national bird being handled by Miami zoo visitors caused an outcry in New Zealand. Even the prime minister weighed in.
For decades, many voters grew accustomed to a certain set of norms that seemed to govern political systems like rules. But elite groups have lost the power they once had to enforce those norms, or decided to change their own behavior.
Israel’s prime minister has long advocated a small state, free markets and benefit cuts. But his new budget is heavy on subsidies for the ultra-Orthodox community, whose political support he needs.
The country shouldn’t discriminate against older workers, and older workers shouldn’t insist on staying in jobs they can no longer really carry out.
Mr Modi has chosen to dedicate the building without the Indian President's participation.
The DPM was taking on the latest language that had emerged at the recently concluded Group of Seven summit.
The country is set to hold elections in January amid large protests.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda could call an early general election if the parliament passed a motion of no confidence in the government, Prime Minister Ingrida à  imonytė said on Thursday.
The Florida governor seems to understand that in today’s GOP primary, serious people need not apply.
The attitude that Erdoßan and his closest companions have in the face of the "fabricated video" scandal, that the state is addressing the public with lies and with falsifications, risks a total attack on society's sense of reality. The near and serious threat is this.
Trump milked grievance on his social media platform yesterday in advance of being indicted. ABC did him the favor of claiming he was doing something else.
The musicians had participated in the opening events for the party's election campaign offices in ðzmir.
The push to restrict or place controversial books in public schools has prompted many local communities to seek greater empathy and civic engagement.
“Filmmakers for the Prosecution” tells the story of how two scions of Hollywood contributed crucial evidence and made a documentary that was suppressed by the U.S. Army.
Amichai Chikli championed the billionaire when his tweets were criticized for anti-Semitic overtones. I asked Chikli why.
Please, sleep easy knowing that you’re making war poison for a company that cares.
The film traces a betrayal that’s trivial, comical, and also completely devastating.
The party members did not allow the K24 microphone on the lectern during the press conference of the two leaders.
In the name of the eight prisoners, their family members received the award named after Sevinç Ãâzgüner, a socialist politician assassinated in 1980.
The government has replaced all but a few of the HDP mayors in Kurdish-majority regions since the 2019 local election. The Kñlñçdaroßlu-Ãâzdaß protocol pledges to maintain this practice, but exclusively for individuals with "proven connections to terrorism."
Ahead of the crucial presidential runoff on May 28, the main opposition leader repeated his claims to send all refugees back to their own county.
Green Left Party and HDP members are among the detained in the raids that took place early in the morning.
Hours before Clare Nowland died, the police announced charges against the officer who used the stun gun on her in the care facility where she lived.
Ms Nowland’s family said she died “surrounded by the love and support of her family”.
Bolivian Roman Catholic Church leaders Wednesday admitted that the Church had been “deaf” to the persistent sexual abuse which has occurred within its schools as outrage over recent reports of child sexual abuse by priests continues to grow.
The chancellor of the Vilnius Archdiocese has been convicted of the acquisition and possession of pornographic material. He was also accused of having sexual relations with a minor, but the investigation was later dropped, the Delfi news website reported.
They were accused of supporting People’s Defense Force members sheltering in a monastery.
"...preliminary proceedings initiated against seven individuals..."
The UK Home Office announced new reforms on Tuesday regarding international students and their ability to bring their families with them into the country. The move is seen as an attempt to control the UK’s rising immigration numbers. In 2022, alone, the UK reportedly issued half a million student visas to international students.
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union's initiative for a vote of no-confidence in the government has failed to get the backing of other opposition MPs.
Being an unspecified “white” person has allowed many Americans to blend in. In this era of identity-driven polarization, we should acknowledge all the ways we are different.
Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office. The charges were released Thursday night, hours after a Republican-led House investigative committee recommended impeaching the state’s top lawyer. The House could vote on the recommendation as soon as Friday. If it impeaches Paxton, he would be forced to leave office immediately.
A passenger had recorded flight attendants joking about a Mandarin-speaking customer’s English-language ability.
A court in Minsk on May 25 handed parole-like sentences to noted Belarusian educator Yauhen Livyant, his wife Yulia, daughters Halina and Hanna, son-in-law Mikita Drozd, and his associates Alyaksey Ivanov and Alyaksandra Ensayn (aka Vilchytskaya).
A bill containing Iran's Chastity and Hijab law has been presented to parliament, legislation that many see as a continuation of the government's oppression of women and human rights.
A proposed class action in Colorado alleges that Amazon broke state wage and anti-discrimination laws by not letting drivers take breaks to use the bathroom.
How the DNS root zone has changed over the years and what's coming next.
We provide a rundown of Managing IP’s news and analysis coverage from the week, and review what’s been happening elsewhere in IP
French govt complained to EPO over EUIPO election conduct
French finance minister Bruno Le Maire wrote to António Campinos, president of the EPO, to complain over the timing of an event that will be held in Lisbon one week before the EUIPO leadership vote, Managing revealed this week.
Le Maire, minister for the economy and finance since 2017, suggested the event could be seen as interfering with the process to select a new EUIPO executive director.
Managing IP can also reveal that the incumbent executive director, Christian Archambeau, hinted at interference “from Munich” in the decision to remove him last November.
In a rare opposition based on genericness, the Board sustained Tumblr's challenge to an application to register TUMBLOG for "[p]roviding customized on-line web pages and data feeds featuring user-defined information, which includes blog posts, new media content, other on-line content, and on-line web links to other websites," deeming the proposed mark to be generic for the recited services. The Board, without explanation, applied a "preponderance of the evidence" standard, ignoring CAFC case law requiring "clear evidence" of genericness. Tumblr, Inc. v. Mark David-Dale Kindy, Opposition No. 91252639 (May 19, 2023) [not precedential] (Opinion by Judge Jonathan Hudis).
Hailed in the 1960s for her dynamic performances with her first husband, Ike, she became a sensation as a recording artist, often echoing her personal struggles in her songs.
Beloved entertainer Tina Turner lived a storied life of strength, overcoming horrific abuse and a stalled solo career to become one of the most popular singers of her era.
As you may have heard, Tina turner has passed at the age of 83. It is pretty hard to describe how incredible, and important, she was over so many decades.
I've been searching around for a long time for a copy of a vegetation map of Bicuar National Park, Angola, produced in 1968 by J. B. Teixeira. A number of contemporary publications looking at the ecology of Bicuar reference this map, but I realised I have never seen it. To my knowledge, it remains the only vegetation map of Bicuar National Park. I would like to see if I can geo-reference this map and overlay it on a new vegetation map we are producing, to see how they line up.
What happens when one of the most influential game developers of all time writes a love letter to Virtual Reality?
In our lab group we use a lot of repeat inventory tree growth data, from plots in forests, savannas, and woodlands, to understand rates of biomass dynamics and land-atmosphere carbon exchange.
I have created a couple of R functions to download data from a KoboToolbox[1] server, using their API. The functions sometimes fail with a 502 bad gateway error, so it might be worth wrapping them in a try() statement to get them to fail nicely.
The world of programming offers countless paths to learning, from online tutorials and forums to extensive documentation. But one rich avenue for learning and development often goes unheralded: pair reviewing. By pairing up to review code, developers can sharpen their skills, learn from their peers, and contribute to a culture of continuous learning.
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Pair reviewing not only fosters individual growth but also strengthens the team as a unit. The process encourages open communication, mutual respect, and shared ownership of code. It nurtures a sense of camaraderie and mutual respect within the team, contributing to an overall healthier, more productive work environment.
The shared learning experience also helps equalize knowledge across the team, reducing the risk associated with knowledge silos or 'bus factors'. As each developer has the opportunity to both learn and teach, the team becomes more balanced and resilient. As the renowned software engineer Grady Booch once said, "The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple." Through pair reviewing, developers not only work towards creating good, simplifying software but also engage in the enriching process of continuous learning and knowledge exchange.
* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.