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Get Regency-Ready For Season Two With These Gorgeous ‘Bridgerton’-Inspired Pieces

You’d have to be living under a rock not to recognize the influence that Bridgerton has had on the fashion world. After the binge-worthy Regency-era series that highlights London high society went viral on Netflix in December 2020, runways were flooded with many fashion elements featured in the romantic period piece: demure empire-waist dresses, dramatic …

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Drew Timme censored his halftime speech in hilarious fashion during Gonzaga’s postgame interview

Fashion / By Alex

The No. 1 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs survived against the No. 8 seed Memphis Tigers on Saturday night in a round of 32 game that had Final Four intensity. Memphis had been one of the hottest teams in college basketball since a lineup change near the end of January, and they pushed the Zags to their …

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Taking Too Many Vitamins? Side Effects of Vitamin Overdosing

Health and Fitness / By Alex

Nowadays, everything from bottled water to orange juice seems to have souped-up levels of vitamins and minerals in it. That may sound like a way to help cover your nutritional bases, especially if your diet is less than stellar. But routinely getting an overload of vitamins and minerals can hurt you. Too much vitamin C …

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‘Skinfluencers’ Promote Risky Beauty Hacks on TikTok

Health and Fitness / By Alex

March 11, 2022 — A young woman is having her lip swabbed with an unknown substance, smiling, on the TikTok video. Seconds later, another young woman, wearing gloves, pushes a hyaluron pen, a needle-free injector for dermal fillers, against the first woman’s lips. In the next cut, the first woman is smiling, happy. “My first …

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Childhood Cold Allergy Lingers and Raises Risk for Anaphylaxis

Health and Fitness / By Alex

In children, the rare disorder cold urticaria (coldU) tends to persist for years and carry an elevated risk for anaphylaxis, a study from Canada reports. ColdU often affects young adults but can occur at any age. “Data on coldU in children are sparse,” the authors write in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. For people with coldU, …

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A letter to Microsoft for not attributing authors of the Edge Flatpak app

Tech / By Alex

Microsoft recently posted an article and an announcement about cloud gaming on the Steam Deck. The authors promoted the Edge Flatpak application in a way that would lead people to believe that Microsoft itself is the maintainer of the Flatpak application when that isn’t the case. I am the maintainer and author of the Edge …

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Rust’s unsafe pointer types need an overhaul

Tech / By Alex

Aria Beingessner March 19th, 2022 1 Background 1.1 Aliasing 1.2 Alias Analysis and Pointer Provenance 1.3 CHERI 2 Problems 2.1 Integer-To-Pointer Casts Are The Devil 2.2 References Make Really Strong Assertions 2.3 Offsets And Places Are A Mess 3 Solutions 3.1 Distinguish Pointers And Addresses 3.1.1 Redefining usize 3.1.2 Replacing Pointer-Integer Casts 3.2 Fixing Places …

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Just some red flags. No big deal. Just ignore them (2020)

Tech / By Alex

Onboarding at a new company can be a weird thing. Besides the very corporate-sounding name itself (that makes some of us think “waterboarding”), there are some odd ways they try to “teach” the new employees. Here’s a situation: you’re in a conference room with about a dozen other new people. You’re handed a touch bar …

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What ‘The Adam Project’ Gets Wrong About Time Travel—According to Scientist

Travel / By Alex

Time travel may seem like just the subject of science fiction fantasy in movies like Back to the Future and The Adam Project, but believe it or not, time travel is real. At least that’s the claim of esteemed theoretical physicist Ronald Mallett. Professor Mallett of the University of Connecticut is a staunch believer, and …

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OMG, I Want to Rent That House: Boulder, UT

Travel / By Alex

Bedrock Homestead Cave, Boulder, UT (Airbnb): This home is a little smaller than our usual features, but it gets a mention because it may just be one of the most unique homes we’ve come across, especially as those of the outdoorsy persuasion start gearing up for summer travel. Located eight miles outside of Boulder, UT, …

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