Irish Class, January 11, 2016 Rang Gaeilge, 11ú lá mí Eanáir 2016
Seanfhocal
Is beag an aibhleog a lasann tine mhór.A small coal lights a big fire Is doimhin é poll an amhrais.Deep is the hole of doubt. Adjectives

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  Cé acu Captaen spásloinge is glice, Kirk nó Picard? Tá Picard níos glice ná Kirk./Is glice Picard ná Kirk.
  
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German scientists invent working teleporter, of sorts

An object at one end of the system is milled down layer-by-layer, creating a scan per layer which is then transmitted through an encrypted communication to a 3D printer. The printer then replicates the original object layer by layer, effectively teleporting an object from one place to another.

Put your hands in the box

Guest Post: Bring Back The Slide Rule!
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Irish Class, July 28, 2014 Rang Gaeilge, 28ú lá Mí na Iúil 2014
Le Meas ...

Part of our homework was to write "... a script for a short clip ... to be used at a dating site! But it isn't about you, pick a famous person, dead or alive." Here is my effort:

Dia dhuit! Inseoidh mé cupla rud fúm féin:

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Irish Class, July 14, 2014 Rang Gaeilge, 14ú lá Mí na Iúil 2014
Labhair mé faoi Convergence
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I did not preregister for Convergence this year, but did so at the door ($$), and am glad I did.( Read more... )

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: US need not lose its edge in science ... but if things continue as they have been the last couple decades, it will. This seems quite similar to the talk that Mia McDavid, Rachel Hadley and I heard him give in May
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Chicago wins George Lucas museum

One of the attractions of the Chicago site was the proximity to the "Museum Campus" of the Field Museum of Natural History, the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium. Looks like an example of the Matthew effect.

From Slashdot.