It is sometimes portrayed that whenever an Inquisitor came to a district the people ran and hid for their lives, fearing an overzealous murderous madman who falsely accused anyone who floats! But nearly the opposite is true. The people desired and even celebrated the death of condemned heretics. Even an accused heretic would feel safer […]
This January marked the centenary of the formation of the First Labour Government. The product of an inconclusive election the previous month, in which the Conservatives won the most seats but were unable to win a parliamentary vote of confidence, Labour was able to form a minority government with the backing of the Liberal Party. […]
Regarding Afghanistan, Americans are less likely to remember the Soviet Union’s war there and Moscow’s own rather ignominious pull out. This is unfortunate because there are lessons to be learned from the USSR’s ill-fated foray into Afghanistan that US policymakers ought to have heeded during our own twenty-year war. My latest historical novel, The Righteous […]
Our journey commences in ancient times, where the seeds of astrophysics were sown amidst the fertile intellectual landscapes of early civilizations such as ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, China and Greece to name a few. Among the pioneers of this era were Democritus of Thrace born in the 5th Century BCE, whose revolutionary atomic theory posited that […]
🚀 Immerse yourself in the world of Kotlin as the latest podcast episode unveils the inner workings of the Kotlin Foundation! 🎙️ Join Sebastian and Hadi and a stellar lineup of guests, including Ksenia Shneyveys, Trisha Gee, Kevin Galligan, Charles Anderson, and Jeffrey van Gogh, as they share exclusive insights into the foundation’s mission, projects, […]
New to the world of podcasting? You might be wondering, well, what is a podcast? And how do they work? In this article I’ll cover what a podcast is, what they’re used for, and how to get started as a podcast listener or creator. What is a podcast and how do they work? A podcast […]
🚀 Immerse yourself in the world of Kotlin as the latest podcast episode unveils the inner workings of the Kotlin Foundation! 🎙️ Join Sebastian and Hadi and a stellar lineup of guests, including Ksenia Shneyveys, Trisha Gee, Kevin Galligan, Charles Anderson, and Jeffrey van Gogh, as they share exclusive insights into the foundation’s mission, projects, […]
🚀 Immerse yourself in the world of Kotlin as the latest podcast episode unveils the inner workings of the Kotlin Foundation! 🎙️ Join Sebastian and Hadi and a stellar lineup of guests, including Ksenia Shneyveys, Trisha Gee, Kevin Galligan, Charles Anderson, and Jeffrey van Gogh, as they share exclusive insights into the foundation’s mission, projects, […]
🚀 Immerse yourself in the world of Kotlin as the latest podcast episode unveils the inner workings of the Kotlin Foundation! 🎙️ Join Sebastian and Hadi and a stellar lineup of guests, including Ksenia Shneyveys, Trisha Gee, Kevin Galligan, Charles Anderson, and Jeffrey van Gogh, as they share exclusive insights into the foundation’s mission, projects, […]
January 31, 2020 ∞https://marco.org/2020/01/31/voiceboost2 The latest update to Overcast includes a feature that I’m especially proud of that took over a year to build. Voice Boost 2 is an all-new audio engine that includes professional-grade, mastering-quality loudness normalization. When I first introduced Overcast in 2014, Voice Boost was one of its headlining features: Voice Boost […]