What is Clippy meme? Origin. Clippy, a paperclip with googly eyes and expressive eyebrows, was designed by Kevan J. Atteberry to serve as a user-friendly troubleshooter for people using Office applications including Word and Excel. Is Clippy a man? In other words, Clippy was the ultimate mansplainer. And while it’s bizarre to gender an anthropomorphic […]
What happened to the skin changer in the Hobbit? In the Battle of Five Armies, Beorn appeared transformed into a giant bear, rescued Thorin from the Goblins and killed their leader, Bolg.. Beorn presumably died some time before the War of the Ring began and was succeeded by his son Grimbeorn the Old. Why isn’t […]
What does Cedric Villani do now? He is now professor at the University of Lyon. He was director of the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris from 2009 to 2017. He has held various visiting positions at Georgia Tech (Fall 1999), the University of California, Berkeley (Spring 2004), and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (Spring […]
Who owns Ghirardelli Chocolate? LindtGhirardelli Chocolate Company / Parent organization The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company has changed hands several times. They are now owned by the Lindt, yes the chocolate from Switzerland. If you want to bask in more chocolate lore (and chocolate), plan a trip to the Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival. Tickets are $20 in advance […]
Does HttpClient follow redirect? By default, following the HTTP Spec, the HttpClient will automatically follow redirects. For some usecases, that may be perfectly fine, but there are certainly usecases where that’s not desired – and we’ll now look at how to change that default behavior and stop following redirects. What is follow redirects in HTTP? […]
What is mobility diffusion? The key difference between mobility and diffusion coefficient is that mobility is the ability of a charged particle to move due to the effect of an electrical field whereas diffusion coefficient is a constant that describes the relationship between molar flux and the concentration gradient. What is Einstein’s diffusion equation? Einstein […]
What is Uncinate ridging? The uncinate process is one of the unique features of the cervical vertebrae. Uncinectomy and uncoforaminotomy are widely used to decompress the nerve in the intervertebral foramen and to remove osteophytes from the uncinate process. What is Uncovertebral arthropathy? Uncovertebral arthrosis is osteoarthritic changes seen at the uncinate process of the […]
Did Val Kilmer Make His Mark Twain movie? After his cancer treatment, Kilmer turned the script–about Twain’s imaginary correspondence with Christian Science Founder Mary Baker Eddy— into “Cinema Twain.” The 90-minute film version of the stage play screened in film festivals in 2017. How did Val Kilmer Mark Twain do? Kilmer told Vanity Fair in […]
What is data sparsity in machine learning? In AI inference and machine learning, sparsity refers to a matrix of numbers that includes many zeros or values that will not significantly impact a calculation. The goal is to reduce the mounds of matrix multiplication deep learning requires, shortening the time to good results. How does machine […]
Can we harvest water from air? Water vapor in the air can be extracted by condensation – cooling the air below its dew point, exposing the air to desiccants, or pressurizing the air. AWGs are useful where pure drinking water is difficult or impossible to obtain, because there is almost always a small amount of […]
