As a genre and TV staple, the evening talk show is a static enterprise. It doesn’t easily invite change. Even as newcomers like Jimmy Fallon and James Corden try to enliven the format with viral videos and karaoke bits, it hasn’t evolved much since the […]
Day: February 23, 2019
Fortnite goes big on esports for 2019 with $100 million prize pool
Epic Games, maker of the ultra popular Battle Royale game Fortnite, is putting up another $100 million in prize cash for competitive tournaments in 2019. The company made waves in the esports world last year, announcing $100 million prize pool for the 2018 competitive year, […]
Estimate the Friction Coefficient in That Massive Nascar Pile-Up
[embedded content] I don’t normally watch many NASCAR races, but I do come across some NASCAR videos online. Sometimes these clips become the basis of a great physics problem. In this case, it’s a 21-car crash at the Daytona 500 earlier this week. There are […]
Pensioni, chi ha fatto richiesta per accedere a quota 100: penalizzate le donne
Gli ultimi dati forniti dall'Inps sui lavoratori che hanno richiesto di poter accedere alla quota 100, l'anticipo pensionistico introdotto dal governo con la … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit via Blogger https://ift.tt/2U3r1DE
Pensioni, la corsa di “quota 100” verso la prima verifica sul budget
Nelle prime tre settimane di sperimentazione, “quota 100” ha superato di slancio 60mila domande di anticipo pensionistico. Una valanga di richieste … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit via Blogger https://ift.tt/2STKXwh via Blogger https://ift.tt/2E77cnX
Android leads the way in business but security concerns remain
New research from Panasonic Business has shed light on the fact that the use of Android tablets and handhelds are on the rise in business but security still remains a big concern for many organizations. On average, 72 percent of tablets and handhelds used in […]
Estimate the Friction Coefficient in That Massive Nascar Pile-Up
[embedded content] I don’t normally watch many NASCAR races, but I do come across some NASCAR videos online. Sometimes these clips become the basis of a great physics problem. In this case, it’s a 21-car crash at the Daytona 500 earlier this week. There are […]
Latchel wants to make maintenance easier for landlords and property managers
Relationships between landlords and their tenants don’t need to be fraught ones. With Y Combinator-backed Latchel, landlords and property managers can access a 24/7 maintenance service that takes requests from tenants and deploys the right professional to fix the things that need fixing. “At first we thought […]
Briq, the next building block in tech’s reconstruction of the construction business, raises $3 million
Bassem Hamdy has been in the construction business for a long time. He spent the last few years at the construction software business Procore, now a $3 billion dollar company developing technology for the construction industry, and now Hamdy is ready to unveil his next […]
navel-gazing: Word of the day for February 23, 2019 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot
navel-gazing , n : Contemplation of one’s navel as an aid to meditation. (derogatory) Excessive focus on oneself; self-indulgent introspection. (sometimes derogatory) (Disproportionate) concentration on a single issue.