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How much economic growth is necessary to reduce global poverty substantially? - Our World in Data

Our World in Data Articles by topic LatestAboutDonateAll chartsSustainable Development Goals TrackerCoronavirus pandemic: daily updated research and data.Read moreHow much economic growth is necessary to reduce global poverty substantially? by Max Rose...

How our cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis | Pursuit by The University of Melbourne

Pursuit Home/How our cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis/ Search Menu How our cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisisGlobally, thousands of governments have declared a climate emergency, but cities h...

Useful Quote - "Write drunk, edit sober"

This morning on In Town & Out (CBC Radio), guest, Sandesh Meghnath, mentioned this Ernest Hemingway quote: "Write drunk, edit sober."Ernest Hemingway Useful quotation... ...except, "The quote "write drunk, edit sober" is often misattributed to Ernest...

The weight of repetitive tasks | Seth's Blog

Clip source: The weight of repetitive tasks | Seth' We all do many boring, repetitive tasks in our daily routines. Things we would rather NOT be doing. Wouldn't it be great if we could get some help eliminating some of that drudgery! With a few minu...

“Well, it seems great to me” | Seth's Blog

"Well, it seems great to me" Of course it does, you made it. If you shipped it to the world (or even showed it to a colleague) it might be because you liked it. You made it for yourself. But if your music, your graphic design, your website–wha...

Ray Gompf's Driving Lessons

Ray is a retired truck driver/author/friend.Ray Gompf's "Driving Lessons"08/18/2009 at 9:36am Ray sent me this as a private e-mail, but I'm sure he won't mind if I share it. Sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday but I was quite busy and wanted to ...

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel - AVC

desktop Feb 22, 2021 The Light At The End Of The Tunnel In my Jan 1st post talking about what I expected to happen this year, I wrote: I think we will see the end of the Covid Pandemic in the US sometime in the second quarter. I believe the US wi...

Transporting 5 MG in 1956

13. Transporting a 5 MB hard drive seemed like aserious job back in 1956.

Emily Spinach

From CNN's Weekly "The Good Stuff" Newsletter, published every Saturday Who knew? We NEED to talk about Emily Spin...