‘We can’t wait another year’: disaster-hit nations call for climate aid
Countries on the frontlines of climate change have warned they cannot wait another year for long-sought aid to recover from disasters as floods and hurricanes wreak havoc across the globe. ⌘ Read more

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In Cuba, a haven for the world’s tiniest bird
The wings of the world’s tiniest birds are a near-invisible blur as they whizz around tourists visiting a private Cuban garden that has become a haven for the declining species. ⌘ Read more

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‘Not good enough’: Governments fail on racism against First Nations and culturally diverse people, report finds
Findings in a Human Rights Commission report show governments across all sectors are failing to identify and deal with racism across the country. The country’s Race Discrimination Commissioner says there are “systemic failures” in dealing with racism that need to change. ⌘ Read more

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Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next
Lee Saedol was one of the world’s top Go players, and his shocking loss to an A.I. opponent was a harbinger of a new, unsettling era. “It may not be a happy ending,” he says. ⌘ Read more

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Real-life ‘stillsuit’: Dune-inspired upgrade for spacesuits allow astronauts to recycle urine into water
Astronauts on spacewalks famously have to relieve themselves inside their spacesuits. Not only is this uncomfortable for the wearer and unhygienic, it is also wasteful, as—unlike wastewater on board the International Space Station (ISS)—the water in urine from spacewalks is not recycled. ⌘ Read more

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Israeli Military Admits Wide-Ranging Failures in Border Village Attacked on Oct. 7
The military said that it had “failed in its mission” to protect Kibbutz Be’eri, but exonerated a general who authorized tank fire there on a house where Hamas fighters were holding hostages. ⌘ Read more

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Israeli Military Admits Wide-Ranging Failures in Border Village Attacked on Oct. 7
The military said that it had “failed in its mission” to protect Kibbutz Be’eri, but exonerated a general who authorized tanks to fire on a house there where Hamas fighters were holding hostages. ⌘ Read more

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Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next
Lee Saedol was one of the world’s top Go players, and his shocking loss to an A.I. opponent was a harbinger of a new, unsettling era. “It may not be a happy ending,” he says. ⌘ Read more

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It Turns Out the Picassos Anchoring a Gallery’s Exhibit Were Not by Picasso
The Museum of Old and New Art in Australia claimed to have placed several Picassos inside a women’s restroom to protest a court ruling against the women-only exhibit. The curator now says they were fake. ⌘ Read more

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In-reply-to » I've been thinking about a new term I've come across whilst reading a book. It's called "Complexity Budget" and I think it has relevant in lots of difficult fields. I specifically think it has a lot of relevant in the Software Industry and organizations in this field. When doing further research on this concept, I was only able find talks on complexity budget in the context of medical care, especially phychiratistic care. In this talk it was describe as, complexity:

how can we concretely think about “Complexity Budget” and define it in terms that can be leveraged and used to control the complexity of software dns ystems?

Not exactly on “Complexity”, more on UX, although I use this book as a reading material for design courses, on how finally the user receives all that complexity with tragic consecuences:
https://www.tragicdesign.com

And on that “complexity” that the user doesn’t see, usually I go with “Software Architecture: The Hard Parts”
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/software-architecture-the/9781492086888/

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