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The word “Seminole” is derived from the Muscogean word simanó-li, or “runaway,” reflecting a common heritage, as Upper Creeks from Alabama, Lower Creeks from Georgia, other affiliated tribes and escaped African slaves all sought sanctuary in Spanish Florida. There they mixed with one another, adapted to their surroundings, traded with Britain, Spain and the United States […]
Part three on how we built a Compose based architecture with Mavericks in the Airbnb Android app 10 min read · Apr 11, 2024 By: Eli Hart, Ben Schwab, and Yvonne Wong Trio is Airbnb’s framework for Jetpack Compose screen architecture in Android. It’s built on top of Mavericks, Airbnb’s open source state management library […]
As an industry, generative AI is moving quickly, and so requires teams exploring new ideas and technologies to move quickly as well. To do so, we have been using Gradio, a low-code prototyping toolkit from Hugging Face, to spin up experiments and experiences. Gradio has allowed us to validate concepts through prototyping without large investments […]
When the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Co. launched the Pony Express on April 3, 1860, fanfare for the new express mail service made newspaper headlines from New York to San Francisco. The cheers came loudest from California where proponents hailed its commencement as a vital step forward in linking the Far West […]
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Of all the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 14th is a big one. It’s shaped all of our lives, whether we realize it or not: Roe v. Wade, Brown v. Board of Education, Bush v. Gore, plus other Supreme Court cases that legalized same-sex […]
X, formely known as Twitter, Down News: User reports indicate problems at X People wondered why X was not working. X, Twitter, Down News Today: A few days after Meta apps Facebook and Instagram witnessed a mega outage, X web started showing troubles as several users reported it was working in India which could be because of […]
Valerio Pennicino – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images It’s hard to imagine a better week of Champions League football than we just witnessed. After Tuesday’s pair of scintillating draws, Barcelona beat PSG in Paris, 3-2, while Atlético Madrid held on for a 2-1 victory over Borussia Dortmund. Neither match lacked for drama. Let’s break down the […]
#290: Pillar III: Retention April 10th, 2024 · 29 minutes We conclude a three-part series with the third pillar of a successful app: customer-retention methods and techniques. This episode of Under the Radar is sponsored by: Indeed: Join more than 3.5 million businesses worldwide using Indeed to hire great talent fast. Stream this episode Source […]
1. Cody Family Moves to Kansas Will was born in Iowa Territory in 1846. In 1854 father Isaac moved the family to Kansas Territory in search of a better life. There young Will watched a wagon train embarking on the Oregon Trail and declared that was what he wanted to do. Three years later, at age […]
Robin Ince and Brian Cox dig into the secret lives of plants to discover that there’s more going on in your average garden than you might at first think. They hear why trees are better than humans at re-growing broken bits, while comedian Ed Byrne reveals a surprising understanding of horticulture, despite dropping out of […]