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Propaganda

Kim Jong Un photos hold few clues to 20-day mystery absence

By: Bloomberg | Published: May 3, 2020 6:43:19 am In this photo provided by the government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cuts a tape, watched by his sister Kim Yo Jong, during his visit to a fertilizer factory in Sunchon, South Pyongan province, near Pyongyang. (AP)Kim Jong Un’s first…

bubmagMay 3, 2020

Kim Jong Un

What Kim Yo Jong’s rise to the top says —

Hong Kong (CNN)About 20 years ago, while traveling across Russia in his forest-green armored train, Kim Jong Il is reported to have made something of a confession to a foreign emissary.It was 2001 and the North Korean leader was touring the country for three weeks. Accompanying him was Konstantin Pulikovsky,…

bubmagMay 3, 2020

Meritocracy

How skills assessments help you recruit better employees

Forget résumés – actual work samples from an interview candidate are better assessments of their capabilities. (Rawpixel pic)As much as 80% of employee turnover results from bad hires. That means approximately 40 million people leave their jobs – voluntarily or otherwise – because of bad hiring. The cost of a…

bubmagMay 3, 2020

Slavery Abolition

“So true!”: Trump claims he “has done more for Blacks than all the other Presidents combined”

(AP/Getty/Salon) Trump apparently thinks he’s done more than end slavery per his appeal to black voters Bob Brigham May 3, 2020 12:36AM (UTC) This article originally appeared on Raw Story President Donald Trump made eye-brow raising claims about how he has impacted African Americans on Saturday. With the public health…

bubmagMay 3, 2020

Nuclear Weapons

Trump hails Kim reappearance, but North Korea denuclearization prospects bleak

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday welcomed the reemergence of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un after weeks of speculation about his health, but prospects for the U.S. efforts to persuade Pyongyang to denuclearize appear as bleak as ever. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a…

bubmagMay 3, 2020

Kim Jong Un

Trump hails Kim reappearance, but North Korea denuclearization prospects bleak

By David Brunnstrom and Matt SpetalnickWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday welcomed the reemergence of North Korea's Kim Jong Un after weeks of speculation about his health, but prospects for the U.S. efforts to persuade Pyongyang to denuclearize appear as bleak as ever.On Saturday, North Korean media…

bubmagMay 3, 2020

NOAA

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 2 May 2020

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 2 May 2020 Status Report From: Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) Posted: Saturday, May 2, 2020 Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast SDF Number 123 Issued at 2200Z on 02 May 2020 IA. Analysis of Solar Active Regions and Activity…

bubmagMay 3, 2020

Trade War

In many ways, stockmarkets have been extraordinary in 2020

Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hubWHEN A BEAR growls, it is natural to be…

bubmagMay 3, 2020

Greenland

A Fan of The Office Just Put Michael Scott’s Face on Your Favorite Dunder Mifflin Employees

Before we were celebrating birthdays via Zoom, and before not wearing pants to work was the norm, SoulPancakea media company founded by The Office star Rainn Wilsonwas on a mission to foster human co… Read More

bubmagMay 3, 2020

Cursor

Check for borrows in bitwise operations

2020-05-03: Had to add a complement step in the ULEB section. Seems I couldn’t actually avoid that crummy-looking notation. Spotted by redditor /u/Y_Less. In the fourth installment of his series on sorting with AVX2, @damageboy has a short aside where he tries to detect partitioning (pivot) patterns where elements less…

bubmagMay 3, 2020

Kim Jong Un photos hold few clues to 20-day mystery absence

What Kim Yo Jong’s rise to the top says —

How skills assessments help you recruit better employees

“So true!”: Trump claims he “has done more for Blacks than all the other Presidents combined”

Trump hails Kim reappearance, but North Korea denuclearization prospects bleak

Trump hails Kim reappearance, but North Korea denuclearization prospects bleak

Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Geophysical Activity Report and Forecast 2 May 2020

In many ways, stockmarkets have been extraordinary in 2020

A Fan of The Office Just Put Michael Scott’s Face on Your Favorite Dunder Mifflin Employees

Check for borrows in bitwise operations

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