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The Analytical Language of John Wilkins

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This article is about the essay by Jorge Luis Borges. For John Wilkins's magnum opus, see...

This article is about the essay by Jorge Luis Borges. For John Wilkins's magnum opus, see An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language. Short story by Jorge Luis Borges "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" (Spanish: "El idioma analítico de John Wilkins") is a short essay by Argentine writer J...

John McAfee

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British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021) John David McAfee (/ˈmækəfiː/ MAK-ə-fee;[3][4] 18 September 1945 – 23 June...

British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021) John David McAfee (/ˈmækəfiː/ MAK-ə-fee;[3][4] 18 September 1945 – 23 June 2021) was a British-American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United ...

Marchetti's Constant

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Average commuting time Marchetti's constant is the average time spent by a person for commuting each...

Average commuting time Marchetti's constant is the average time spent by a person for commuting each day. Its value is approximately one hour, or half an hour for a one-way trip. It is named after Italian physicist Cesare Marchetti, though Marchetti himself attributed the "one hour" finding to transportation analyst...

Aramaic original New Testament theory

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Belief that the Christian New Testament was originally written in Aramaic This article has multiple issues....

Belief that the Christian New Testament was originally written in Aramaic This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article needs attention from an expert in Bible. See the talk page for details. Wiki...

Segal's Law

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Protestant Work Ethic

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Social-theologic concept "Protestant Ethic" redirects here. For Weber's book, see The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit...

Social-theologic concept "Protestant Ethic" redirects here. For Weber's book, see The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. The Protestant work ethic,[1] also known as the Calvinist work ethic[2] or the Puritan work ethic,[3] is a work ethic concept in sociology, economics, and history. It emphasizes that a...

Ben Franklin Effect

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Proposed psychological phenomenon The eponym of the effect, Benjamin Franklin The Ben Franklin effect is a...

Proposed psychological phenomenon The eponym of the effect, Benjamin Franklin The Ben Franklin effect is a psychological phenomenon in which people like someone more after doing a favor for them. An explanation for this is cognitive dissonance. People reason that they help others because they like them, even if they...

Custom of the Sea

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Unofficial custom practised by officers and crew of ships on the open ocean A custom of...

Unofficial custom practised by officers and crew of ships on the open ocean A custom of the sea is a custom said to be practiced by the officers and crew of ships and boats in the open sea, as distinguished from maritime law, which is a distinct and coherent body of law governing maritime questions and offenses. Amo...

Hierarchical Clustering

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Statistical method of analysis which seeks to build a hierarchy of clusters "SLINK" redirects here. For...

Statistical method of analysis which seeks to build a hierarchy of clusters "SLINK" redirects here. For the online magazine, see Slink. Part of a series onMachine learningand data mining Paradigms Supervised learning Unsupervised learning Online learning Batch learning Meta-learning Semi-supervised learning Self-sup...

Migration of Bar-Tailed Godwit

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Species of bird The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large and strongly migratory wader in...

Species of bird The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large and strongly migratory wader in the family Scolopacidae, which feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish on coastal mudflats and estuaries. It has distinctive red breeding plumage, long legs, and a long upturned bill. Bar-tailed godwits breed on Arctic c...

Squarial

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Satellite dish used by British Satellite Broadcasting Not to be confused with the Ariel Square Four...

Satellite dish used by British Satellite Broadcasting Not to be confused with the Ariel Square Four ("Squariel") motorcycle. The Squarial The Squarial (a portmanteau of the words square and aerial) was a satellite antenna used for reception of the now defunct British Satellite Broadcasting television service (BSB). ...

Wikipedia Has Cancer

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"WP:CANCER" redirects here. For editors who improve Wikipedia's articles about actual physical cancer, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Hematology-oncology...

"WP:CANCER" redirects here. For editors who improve Wikipedia's articles about actual physical cancer, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Hematology-oncology task force. Alternative title: Just because you have some money, that doesn't mean that you have to spend it. This is an essay.It contains the advice or opinio...

Francisco Varela

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Chilean scientist and philosopher For other people named Francisco Varela, see Francisco Varela (disambiguation). In this...

Chilean scientist and philosopher For other people named Francisco Varela, see Francisco Varela (disambiguation). In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Varela and the second or maternal family name is García. Francisco Javier Varela García (September 7, 1946 – May 28, 2001) was a Chilean biologist, ...

Bicycle Day (Psychedelic Holiday)

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Not to be confused with the United Nations designated World Bicycle Day. Bicycle Day is a...

Not to be confused with the United Nations designated World Bicycle Day. Bicycle Day is a global holiday on April 19th celebrating the psychedelic revolution[1] and commemorating the first psychedelic trip on LSD by Dr. Albert Hofmann in 1943, in tandem with his famous bicycle ride home from Sandoz Labs.[2][3] It is...

IBM and the Holocaust

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2001 book by Edwin Black This article is about the book. For the historical background, see...

2001 book by Edwin Black This article is about the book. For the historical background, see IBM during World War II. IBM and the Holocaust IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation is a book by investigative journalist and historian Edwin Black which d...

Erasure Coding (Forward Error Correction)

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This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Erasure code" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this template mes...

Fr. Gregor Johann Mendel

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Augustinian friar and scientist (1822–1884) Part of a series onGenetics Key components Chromosome DNA RNA Genome...

Augustinian friar and scientist (1822–1884) Part of a series onGenetics Key components Chromosome DNA RNA Genome Heredity Nucleotide Mutation Genetic variation Allele Amino acid Outline Index History and topics Introduction History Evolution (molecular) Population genetics Mendelian inheritance Quantitative genetics...

Quantum Turing Machine

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Model of quantum computation Turing machines Machine Turing machine equivalents Turing machine examples Turing machine gallery...

Model of quantum computation Turing machines Machine Turing machine equivalents Turing machine examples Turing machine gallery Variants Alternating Turing machine Neural Turing machine Nondeterministic Turing machine Quantum Turing machine Post–Turing machine Probabilistic Turing machine Multitape Turing machine Mul...

Cutting Stock Problem

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Mathematical problem in operations research This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this...

Mathematical problem in operations research This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "Cutting stock problem" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2...

Neo (Keyboard Layout)

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Keyboard layout Layers of the Neo LayoutLayer 1Layer 2Layer 3Layer 4Layer 5Layer 6 The Neo layout...

Keyboard layout Layers of the Neo LayoutLayer 1Layer 2Layer 3Layer 4Layer 5Layer 6 The Neo layout is an optimized German keyboard layout developed in 2004 by the Neo Users Group,[1] supporting nearly all Latin-based alphabets, including the International Phonetic Alphabet,[2] the Vietnamese language, and some Cyrill...

Earth Abides

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1949 novel by George Rippey Stewart Earth Abides Earth Abides is a 1949 American post-apocalyptic science...

1949 novel by George Rippey Stewart Earth Abides Earth Abides is a 1949 American post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by George R. Stewart. The novel tells the story of the fall of civilization from deadly disease and the emergence of a new culture with simpler tools. Set in the 1940s in Berkeley, California, the ...

Charge of the Savoia Cavalleria at Izbushensky

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Cavalry charge in World War II You can help expand this article with text translated from...

Cavalry charge in World War II You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as ...

Ice to treat soft-tissue injuries contraindicated by creator of protocol

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Medical acronym For other uses, see Rice (disambiguation). RICE is a mnemonic acronym for the four...

Medical acronym For other uses, see Rice (disambiguation). RICE is a mnemonic acronym for the four elements of a treatment regimen that was once recommended for soft tissue injuries: rest, ice, compression, and elevation.[1] It was considered a first-aid treatment rather than a cure and aimed to control inflammation...

Refal

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Functional programming language This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article...

Functional programming language This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Find sources: "Refal" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Refal Refal ("R...

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