This Sperm Whale Relocation Is Further Evidence They Have a ‘Culture’
Two vocal clans around Galápagos took up and left. Others moved in. Continue reading This Sperm Whale Relocation Is Further Evidence They Have a ‘Culture’
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Estimate Your English Vocabulary Using Python
We take our mother tongue for granted, a language we learn as young children without realizing the effort involved. It is only when as adults we try to pick up another language that we fully understand how much hard work surrounds each acquired word.
Depending on who you listen to, estimates vary as to the size of a typical native English speaker’s vocabulary. The ballpark figures seem to put most adults under 20 thousand words, while graduates achieve somewhere around 23 thousand words. It’s a subject [Alex Eames] became interested in after reading a BBC article on it, and he …read more
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Microsoft TypeScript 2.0 Language — Ready for Prime Time in IT?
Microsoft updates TypeScript language to 2.0. It’s an open-source superset of JavaScript, but said to be easier to use, more productive, create more reliable code, and compile down to standard JavaScript. Version 2.0 adds features such as non-nullable types and expanded control flow analysis. Plus tagged unions, the never type, this types for functions, and of course glob support…
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Windows 10 Tip: Change the System Language
In today’s Ask the Admin, following on from a previous article on how to change the interface language for a user account, I’ll show you how to change the default interface language in Windows 10 for new users, the welcome screen and system accounts.
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Dogs Know When You’re Giving Them Half-Assed Praise, Study Says
Canine brains respond to tone and pitch, just like ours. Continue reading Dogs Know When You’re Giving Them Half-Assed Praise, Study Says