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Man Trapped in Circling Waymo on Way to Airport
It "felt like a Disneyland ride," reports CBS News. A man took a Waymo takes to the airport — only to discover the car "wouldn't stop driving around a parking lot in circles." And because the car was in motion, he also couldn't get out.
Still stuck in the car, Michael Johns — a tech-in...
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Employers are Offering Remote Work with Lower Salaries
"In many instances, there's a catch: flexible work but at lower pay..." writes Fortune.
"Remote workers are accepting lower salaries in order to achieve remote status. Some are taking as much as 5% to 15% less pay to do so, while other employers are reversing the strategy to entice workers to come...
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Should First-Year Programming Students Be Taught With Python and Java?
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: In an Op-ed for The Huntington News, fourth year Northeastern University CS student Derek Kaplan argues that real pedagogical merit is what should count when deciding which language to use to teach CS fundamentals (aka 'Fundies'). He makes the case for Northe...
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Steam On Linux Ends 2024 With Small Marketshare Boost, AMD Linux CPU Use Near 74%
Phoronix reports on Valve's "Steam Survey" results for December 2024, saying the new numbers "reflect a nice upward trend for the Linux gaming statistics and a high point in recent times."
In November the Steam Survey reflected a 2.03% marketshare for Linux... Roughly inline with what we have been...
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Brazil Ended Daylight Saving Time. But It Might Bring It Back
Brazil ended daylight saving time in 2019, reports the Washington Post, adding that some Brazilians loved the change, "particularly those who commute long distances and are no longer forced to leave their houses in pitch blackness." But "In the heavily populated southeast, the sky begins to brighten...
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