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Poem: ‘The Algorithm’ Barbara Quick Edited by Dava Sobel Optimization under uncertainty is a field of study in which my grown son will earn his Ph.D. The math, in his case, concerns the production of wind energy. He reads his papers aloud on the phone to me as a way to…
Poem: ‘The Scalar Nature of Snow’ Glenn R. McLaughlin Edited by Dava Sobel elusive if not rare. there are always vectors and other values if not measured at least felt or experienced at the boundary of ground: imbalance and, therefore, movement. the creation comes, then …
‘The Expanse’ is getting the Telltale Games treatment | Engadget Kris Holt Telltale Games is best known for its narrative-driven spins on existing franchises, and next up for the revived studio is an adaptation of Amazon Prime sci-fi series The Expanse. Telltale says the game, which it’s working on with Deck Nine Games, will delve…
Nick Offerman will play Bill in ‘The Last of Us’ on HBO | Engadget Nathan Ingraham Ron Swanson is coming to the world of The Last of Us. Yesterday, Murray Bartlett, a cast member on the upcoming HBO show based on the video game, said that he recently shot scenes with Nick Offerman, a person…
The Morning After: The latest Unreal Engine demo is ‘The Matrix Awakens’ | Engadget Mat Smith That’s a digital Keanu and, yes, Epic Games’ interactive demo ties into The Matrix Resurrections feature film landing later this month. On December 9th, The Matrix Awakens will be available on your PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S console ahead…
‘The Matrix Awakens’ is an Unreal Engine 5 demo you can download today | Engadget Igor Bonifacic On December 9th, Epic Games will release The Matrix Awakens, an interactive tie-in to The Matrix Resurrections. You can preload the demo to your PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S console ahead of its debut at The Game…
What is ‘The Cloud’ and How Does it Pervade Our Lives? Michael Tabb, Jeffery DelViscio, Andrea Gawrylewski You’re surrounded by it. You can’t send an e-mail without touching it. You can’t watch your favorite streaming series without welcoming it into your home. You don’t know where you’re going, but it’s tracking your every move and…
Poem: ‘The Way of Karma’ Monica Ong Edited by Dava Sobel Composition by Monica Ong (“The Way of Karma” Collage with archival Auntie Betty and map of the Milky Way); “The Starry Grandeur of the Milky Way” from The Circle of Knowledge: A Classified, Simplified, Visualized Book of Answers. Editor in chief: Henry…
‘The Whole Place Feels Wrong’: Voices Across America on What the Climate Crisis Stole The Guardian The jubilation of the Paris climate agreement, where delegates from around the world triumphantlydeclared the climate crisis would finally be tamed, will have felt very hollow to many in the US in the six years since. Following…
Online Marxism simulator ‘The Tomorrow Children’ is getting another shot at life | Engadget Igor Bonifacic Four years after shutting down, The Tomorrow Children is coming back. First announced in 2014, the game was a short-lived PlayStation 4 exclusive that spent a year in early access through the better part of 2017. Now, Q-Games, which led…