Germany’s ‘Universal Basic Income’ Experiment Proves It Doesn’t Encourage Unmployment

People “are likely to continue working full-time even if they receive no-strings-attached universal basic income payments,” reports CNN, citing results from a recent experiment in Germany (discussed on Slashdot in 2020):

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Microsoft is Killing Skype – and Refusing Refunds for Prepaid International Calls

Skype is shutting down after two decades on May 5th, notes the Washington Post.
But the bigger problem for retired attorney Karen Griffin is that Microsoft won’t refund the money they paid into a Skype account for cheap international phone calls:

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What are the acceptable ranges of MSE, MAE, and PSNR values in the context of image encryption?

In my research on image encryption, I use the metrics MSE (Mean Squared Error), MAE (Mean Absolute Error), and PSNR (Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio) to evaluate the level of distortion between the original image ( I ) and its encrypted version… Continue reading What are the acceptable ranges of MSE, MAE, and PSNR values in the context of image encryption?