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Somehow, without really intending to, I absorbed many years ago a line from The Brothers Karamazov that still comes to mind, verbatim, with surprising frequency: “The impotent and infinitely small Euclidean mind of man.” It burbles up whenever a book I’m reading or a podcast I’m listening to prompts me to envision something impossible—the vast …

From time to time I log into the various servers under my control, and start snooping around – just looking at what’s going on, and making sure that there aren’t any unexpected things happening, and also that the stuff that should be happening, actually is happening! I look at the process list, the syslog, root’s mailbox, and anywhere else …

HOUSTON – Gut issues, headaches and even just feeling tired could all be signs you are eating something that doesn’t agree with you. Do you have a food sensitivity that is impacting your health? KPRC 2 Investigates looks into various types of food intolerance tests. We look into how these tests work and we even …

A much-debated plan that would end New Jersey’s public health emergency over COVID-19 but allow Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration to retain many powers to keep battling the pandemic through the end of this year has hit a sudden road block. State Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin abruptly announced he was canceling a planed vote on the …

Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams is back inside the Disney World bubble in Orlando, but is now under investigation for his activity while he was gone, according to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic. The league’s findings will determine how long Williams needs to spend in quarantine before he can rejoin the …

President Donald Trump’s has defended himself after he appeared to struggle lifting a glass of water and descending a staircase at his graduation speech at West Point. During the speech on Saturday, Trump used two hands to sip from a glass of water, and then gingerly descended a ramp as he looked at his feet and …

(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin extended its slide Wednesday, breaking below $9,000, a key level watched by analysts as a potential line of support. The largest digital token fell for the third day, with losses amounting to nearly 9% for the week. The cryptocurrency traded around $8,795 as of 11:43 a.m. in New York. “Cryptocurrencies are in …

That’s Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren describing a December 2018 conversation she had with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in advance of their respective decisions to run for president in 2020. Which, wow. Those eight words are very problematic for Sanders — particularly since they seem to run counter to his long-stated support of women running for …

Ecuadorian Minister of Energy Carlos Perez (L) shakes hands with Hu Jiandong, Executive President of … [+] Ecuadorian Ecuacorriente, subsidiary of China’s CRCC-Tongguan consortium, in Tundayme, Zamora Chinchipe in southeastern Ecuador on July 18, 2019, during the ceremony of the beginning of operations of the Mirador mine, Ecuador’s largest copper mine. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA …

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West recently made headlines for purchasing a massive property in the state of Wyoming. While the family is still splitting their time between California, Wyoming, and some of their other vacation properties, West and Kardashian have already started to raise some eyebrows during their time at their new residence. But the …