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Podcast of the Week: Syntax

I recently discovered the Syntax web development podcast, hosted by Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski, and I've sinced started binging on the episodes at 1.25x speed! The podcast covers a wide range of full stack web development topics with usually one area per episode. Both Wes and Scott run successful coding tutorial businesses and are experienced developers.

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Entrepreneurial Parasite

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A parasite found on cats may make you more entrepreneurial. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found that students infected with Toxoplasma Gondii were 1.4 times more likely to major in business and 1.7 times more likely to to pursue a management and entreprenurial pathway. It is thought that the parasite encourages risk taking behaviour in the host in an attempt to increase the chances of it spreading to other cats.

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Cultural Constellations

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This is a beautiful interactive website that showcases how the same stars form different constellations across the many sky cultures, from the Western Modern constellations to those of the Navajo, Norse, Hawaiian and Aztec cultures to name but a few.

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DJI Node

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DJI have created NODE (Network of Drone Enthusiasts), a community of drone pilots and owners with the aim of advocating for fair and responsible drone regulations in Europe.

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Rusangano Family - Djoboé

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A new track from Rusangano Family! Listen here.

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Quantum Computing With Python

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Here is an interesting tutorial on Dataespresso about how to get started with Quantum computing by creating a pseudo-random number generator using quantum gates with Python.

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Dashboard Design Rules

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This is a very useful article by Taras Bakusevych on UXPlanet.org about the do's and dont's of dashboard layout and design. DAshboard type, graph purpose, layout flow and margins are just a few things that should be defined before design is addressed.

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Design

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Water Lake On Mars

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A subglacial lake has been discovered on Mars. The Mars Express spacecraft discovered the 20km wide body of water 1 meter below the surface South pole using ground penetrating radar.

Space

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Cool Thing Of The Week: XY Cell Lif3

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A biology professor at Morehouse College offered students to have their grades curved if they made a music video about any topic they had covered in class. Student Julien Turner duely obliged!

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Star Wars Backgrounds

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This is a fascinating Twitter thread detailing how the backgrounds of the original Star Wars movies were created using Matte paintings on glass to create the various scenes before CGI.

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