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- TSA introduces 'known traveller' program to let people skip the airport check http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2011/07/airport-security?fsrc=scn%2Ffb%2Fwl%2Fbl%2Fknowntraveller 7 comments
- To people who introduce people to Dynamic programming using the Fibonacci sequence example, why? https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/jxvnz4/to_people_who_introduce_people_to_dynamic/ 4 comments learnprogramming
- How should you introduce people to programming? http://bitbashing.io/education/2014/12/20/intro-to-programming.html 47 comments programming
- TX introduced a website to anonymously accuse people getting an abortion. Can someone write a script or program to spam the heck out of the site with believable details to overwhelm them with fake entries? the site is prolifewhistleblower .com http://prolifewhistleblower.com 17 comments programming
- I'm going to introduce programming to a group of people tomorrow, what are some simple things that I can demo to show off what you can do with a few lines of code? [Crosspost from AskReddit] http://www.reddit.com/r/askreddit/comments/qiqwg/askreddit_im_going_to_introduce_programming_to_a/ 12 comments programming
- TX introduced a website to anonymously accuse people getting an abortion. Is it possible to write a script or program (or delegate bots) to spam the site with potentially believable but fictional details to overwhelm them? http://prolifewhistleblower.com 11 comments coding
- Trump Introduces New Path to Citizenship With $5M ‘Gold Card’. | The president hopes the new program will bring “wealthy people” into the U.S. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-introduces-new-path-to-citizenship-with-5m-gold-card/ 52 comments politics
- With all the WONDERFUL news regarding the JWST, I personally think its a wonderful time to introduce people (of all ages) to Kerbal Space Program! https://store.steampowered.com/app/220200/Kerbal_Space_Program/ 147 comments space
- Introducing Khan Academy: Computer Science, a project led by John Resig that targets people with no programming knowledge http://www.khanacademy.org/cs 181 comments programming
- Some people develop antibodies against PEG, a common polymer found in cosmetics and biopharmaceuticals including some mRNA vaccines. These antibodies can impact the effectiveness of drugs that are capsulated with PEG, a new study shows, and may require screening programs to be introduced. https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/common-polymer-found-in-cosmetics-could-reduce-drug-effectiveness-380175 8 comments science
- Quebec uses classic films to project history, culture for immigrants: Novel program uses Quebec films about the Catholic Church, the Montreal Canadiens, the 1970 October Crisis and Indigenous people to introduce newcomers to local culture and history. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/12/07/quebec-uses-classic-films-to-project-history-culture-for-immigrants.html 3 comments worldnews
- I've held a live programming event to introduce students of Hive Helsinki programming school (similar to Ecole 42 in Paris) basics of Swift and iOS application development. Let me know if you think these events are a good idea to show a tech stack and get more people interested, compared to lectures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krIfO3s3ZrM 2 comments swift