Source: Lapham’s Quarterly
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The phrase “wine-dark sea” from Homer’s Iliad has stuck with us through the ages, even though its meaning is incomprehensible. Translators have debated on how to render it, but it remains a mystery why the sea was compared to wine.
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🌊 In ancient Greek, oínopa pónton literally means “wine-faced” or “wine-ish,” and it is used by Homer of the sea and oxen only.
🌊 Liddell and Scott’s Greek-English Lexicon established the enduring “wine-dark” translation.
Source: Observable Plot
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Plot is built with D3 and is a tool that will feel familiar to users who are already familiar with D3.
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Source: Wall Street Is Finally Going to Make Money Off the Permian
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Bloomberg Daybreak Asia provides live market coverage 24/7 between Hong Kong and New York, allowing investors to track their investments from around the world.
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Source: Xhtml Friends Network
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XFN allows web authors to show their relationships with the people in their blogroll using hyperlinks, by adding a “rel” attribute to their tags.
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Source: Harvey AI Raises $21M In A Series A Round Led By Sequoia
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AI legal tech startup Harvey has raised $21m in a Series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital. The company has been integrated into global law firm Allen & Overy and formed a partnership with PwC. Harvey is yet to become commercially available but has been made available by invitation, making it the first company built on top of GPT-4 in the world.
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Source: Sperm counts are declining. Scientists believe they have pinpointed the main causes why
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Pollution, smoking, age, and certain health conditions are the biggest contributors to sperm damage, according to an analysis of nearly 27,000 studies by researchers at Semmelweis University in Hungary. Sperm counts around the world have halved in the last 50 years.
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Source: Minidisc FAQ: MDLP (“Long-Play”) Mode Topics
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ATRAC2 was never incorporated into an exported Sony product, but was used in a digital music distribution system offered via the SkyPerfecTV satellite service in Japan. ATRAC3 is similar to ATRAC2 in structure, the only difference being the use of QMF instead of PQF for band splitting.
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