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Are Muslim Arabs Especially Likely to Believe in Fate?
Lawrence T. White Ph.D.
The idea that some cultural groups are more fatalistic than others is not new. More than 100 years ago, social theorist Max Weber claimed that capitalism first emerged in Protestant countries and not ...[Continue Reading]
Psychology Today
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Fintan O'Toole: Irelands far-right movement will emerge from the breakfast roll-atariat
Fintan OToole
Welcome to the dictatorship of the breakfast roll-atariat! All power to the HGV Soviets! James Geoghegan, one of the leaders of the fuel price blockades, declared on RTs Liveline the uprising a re ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
1 day ago
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Autonomous wing-in-ground effect aircraft has US military in its sights
David Szondy
Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport (REGENT) has completed the maiden flight of Squire, an autonomous variant of the company's Wing-in-Ground Effect Seaglider aircraft that's being pit ...[Continue Reading]
New Atlas
1 day ago
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Report: California Has Largest Flood Coverage Gap in US
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California has one of the largest flood insurance coverage gaps in the country, a new report shows. Neptune Flood released a new report showing residential flood insurance penetration across the sta ...[Continue Reading]
Insurance Journal
1 day ago
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Why is Irish electricity so expensive? Economists have crunched the numbers
Valerie Flynn
IRELANDS HEAVY USE of gas for electricity generation is one of the main reasons prices here are so high, according to researchers at the ESRI. In 2024, Ireland had the highest electricity prices in ...[Continue Reading]
TheJournal.ie
1 day ago
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Representing 'Jobs to be Done' in a project
Software Crafts
I have had this idea/theory for a while, that most software tools would benefit from a simple built in todo list built into the product directly. The main idea is for users to create jobs themselves ...[Continue Reading]
Softwarecrafts.co.uk
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