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- 40 years of programming https://liw.fi/40/ 8 comments programming
- A 28-year-old New Yorker, wrote a five-movement piece of music in programming code and loaded it onto a $1.50 chip, added a lithium battery, an on/off switch, a fast-forward button, and a volume knob and—voila: 40 minutes of 1-bit electronic music http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748703649004575437702587248376.html?keywords=1-bit 5 comments technology
- 40 years of programming https://liw.fi/40/ 4 comments programming
- 40 years of programming https://liw.fi/40/ 15 comments programming
- After 40 years, baseball program returning to NYU http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/nyu-brings-back-baseball-program-40-year-hiatus-article-1.1700286 5 comments baseball
- Turbo Pascal celebrates 40 years of innovation and legacy in the programming world https://www.techspot.com/news/101067-turbo-pascal-celebrates-40-years-innovation-legacy-programming.html 5 comments programming
- How hard is it to program elevators? Theresa Christy has been making a living out of it for 40 years. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424127887324469304578143200385871618.html 65 comments technology
- Canadian opinions of the U.S. at lowest in nearly 40 years, polling program shows https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadian-opinions-of-the-us-at-lowest-in-nearly-40-years-polling/ 25 comments politics
- Canadian opinions of the U.S. at lowest in nearly 40 years, polling program shows https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadian-opinions-of-the-us-at-lowest-in-nearly-40-years-polling/ 26 comments politics
- Canadian opinions of the U.S. at lowest in nearly 40 years, polling program shows https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadian-opinions-of-the-us-at-lowest-in-nearly-40-years-polling/ 1166 comments worldnews
- 40 years ago today, NASA received approval to begin the space shuttle program http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2145.html 6 comments space
- 40 years today the Leafs introduced mandatory player names on the back of their sweater. Ballard had them stitched on in the same colour as the jersey so as not to hurt program sales. https://youtu.be/S5YgxaV-6qU?t=10m19s 74 comments hockey
- Clinton's campaign announced this morning that she will pursue an expansion of funding for primary care services at community health centers by $40 billion over 10 years, and would also allow individuals below the Medicare age to opt into the program, starting at 55 years old. http://abcnews.go.com/politics/hillary-clinton-announces-details-health-care-plan-bernie/story?id=40460770 8 comments politics
- We've created a 40 courses, 4 academic years Computer Science curriculum, using FREE courses from the MIT OpenCourseWare program. How to Gain a Computer Science Education from MIT University for FREE. https://laconicml.com/computer-science-engineer-mit-university/ 7 comments technology
- A state program in Colorado that’s reduced teen pregnancies by 40 percent over five years and teen abortions by 35 percent is facing opposition from a Republican state lawmaker http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/01/26/lawmaker-opposes-teen-pregnancy-prevention-program-iuds-stop-small-child-implanting/ 56 comments politics
- "The House position on cuts to the SNAP program are totally unacceptable," Harkin said. The House has passed a separate nutrition bill that would cut some $40 billion over ten years from spending on what used to be called food stamps. http://www.agriculture.com/news/policy/harkin-farm-bill-negotiating-starting_4-ar35245 10 comments politics
- For the past 40 years, the United States and other advanced economies have been pursuing a free-market agenda of low taxes, deregulation, and cuts to social programs. There can no longer be any doubt that this approach has failed spectacularly; the only question is what will—and should—come next https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/05/30/after-neoliberalism 14 comments politics
- Joseph E. Stiglitz: After Neoliberalism. For the past 40 years, advanced economies have been pursuing a free-market agenda of low taxes, deregulation, and cuts to social programs. This approach has failed spectacularly; the question is what will – and should – come next. https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/after-neoliberalism-progressive-capitalism-by-joseph-e-stiglitz-2019-05 5 comments economy
- Customers rush in for final weekend of "Cash for Clunkers" program. Phone at Honda dealer in Georgia "ringing off the hook". Successful beyond anybody's imagination, cleaner more mpg cars on the road, customers incentivized to buy, dealers' sales are up 40 percent from last year. http://www.cnn.com/2009/us/08/22/clunkers.rush/index.html 35 comments reddit.com
- US pollution regulations meant to protect humans from dirty air are also saving birds. So concludes a new continent-wide study. Improved air quality under a federal program to reduce ozone pollution may have averted the loss of 1.5 billion birds during the past 40 years https://mailchi.mp/cornell/release-clean-air-act-ozone-reductions-saved-at-least-15-million-birds-1319360?e=f0b505020c 240 comments science
- AskScience AMA Series: We're volcanologists with the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program. 40 years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted in a very big way. We are here to talk about St. Helens and volcanic eruptions. Ask us anything! http://volcano.si.edu/ 438 comments askscience