Two and a half years ago, I presented a carefully thought-out argument for not requiring schools to teach cursive, calling it ...

Artifacts from of the 75-year-history of SRS are on display in a special exhibit at the Savannah River Site Museum in Aiken.

It is no secret that we like slide rules around the Hackaday bunker, and among our favorites are the cylindrical slide rules. [Chris Staecker] likes them, too, and recently even 3D printed a version.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This yellow aluminum circular slide ...

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SOME modern writers attribute the invention of the rectilinear slide rule to Edmund Gunter, others to William Oughtred, but most of them to Edmund Wingate. This disagreement is due mainly to lack of ...

The 2025 Winter Meetings in Orlando unofficially wrapped up Wednesday afternoon with the annual Rule 5 Draft. The Rule 5 Draft gives minor leaguers who are not top prospects a big-league opportunity ...

New additions will normally be updated on a quarterly basis each January, April, July, and October and the next quarterly update will be in early April 2026. - If a sprinkler head is popped up, the ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Roth IRA requires you to wait five years from the first contribution to withdraw earnings tax-free. Each Roth conversion starts a new five-year waiting period for penalty-free withdrawals. Inherited ...

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