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Haiti’s ‘deal with the Devil’: The malicious tale that emerges every crisis
It comes up every time Haiti suffers a crisis. Take 2010, when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook Port-au-Prince flat, killing some 220,000 people. Aftershocks were still rattling the capital when Pat Robertson took to the Christian Broadcasting Network to pinpoint the disaster’s cause. “Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want …
A tale of Interface Smuggling in Go net/http
The humble beginnings Once upon a time, I had a use case for serving the contents inside of a zip file over HTTP, preferably without unpacking the .zip to a temporary directory. Go is a language made for writing HTTP servers. Since we can represent zip file as a filesystem fs.FS, how hard would it …
A Sudden Awakening:A Cautionary Tale For Today’s Youth!
It was a hot, humid night on July 11, 2002. I was being chauffeured around Manhattan, New York City, in my two-door, white, Mercedes Benz CL600 by my friend Craig Boogie, when we pulled in front of a busy night club. “Jamila come with me for a moment.” Craig said zealously as he jumped out …
Country diary: A living fossil with a tale to tell
When the 12th Earl of Strathmore, a 19th-century nimby who made an immense fortune from coal, refused to allow trains across his Gibside estate, the North Eastern Railway adopted an expensive alternative route via four viaducts and a cutting. After the line closed in 1962 it became the Derwent Walk Country Park, beloved by ramblers, …
The Technology 202: Google earnings signal a tale of two tech industries
Google’s first quarter earnings were an early warning flare, highlighting how tech companies that rely heavily on digital advertising are exposed to the broader economic head winds caused by the novel coronavirus. But the company indicated other areas of its business are benefiting as people’s work and entertainment shift online. “Most people had assumed advertising …
China Spins Tale That the U.S. Army Started the Coronavirus Epidemic
BEIJING — China is pushing a new theory about the origins of the coronavirus: It is an American disease that might have been introduced by members of the United States Army who visited Wuhan in October. There is not a shred of evidence to support that, but the notion received an official endorsement from China’s …
UFC 246: A Tale About a Cowboy – UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC 246: A Tale About a Cowboy UFC – Ultimate Fighting Championship Conor McGregor wants boxing match with Manny Pacquiao to open new Las Vegas stadium CNN Conor McGregor and Cowboy Cerrone make weight for UFC 246 ESPN UFC star Conor McGregor wants to fight at Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas Review-Journal Opinion: No One Knows How Much Conor McGregor …
CEO ouster, looming layoffs and devaluation turn WeWork into cautionary tale – TechCrunch
Major layoffs are all but inevitable at high-flying real estate startup WeWork after Adam Neumann succumbed to pressure today to step down as CEO and take the role instead of non-executive chairman of the company he cofounded nine years ago. Two well-placed sources tell us that the scope is likely to be massive, and includes …
A Real Life Heart Healthy Fairy Tale
Thanks to our all-knowing nanny state I need to say up front that I'm not a doctor and that this article in no way makes any medical claims. In fact, all I'm going to do is tell a fairy tale. If my story inspires you to take action please confer with your "healthcare professional" first. …
The tale of technology: A snapshot of the future of storytelling
Bring your storytelling into the modern age with Story Times – The art and science of visual storytelling, a partnership between The Drum and Shutterstock that will showcase how technology and modern storytelling can be the perfect pairing for marketers. In an age of big data and even bigger marketing spends, the power of a …
