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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby speaking in Chicago on June 5, 2019.Kamil Krzaczynski | ReutersUnited Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on Monday sought to reassure customers about the carrier's safety after a series of flight problems in recent weeks.In one incident this month, a tire fell from one of the carrier's Japan-bound Boeing 777s shortly after takeoff, damaging cars in a San Francisco airport parking lot. In another, a missing panel from the plane was discovered after the older Boeing 737 landed in Oregon on…

Last year wasn’t easy on Amos Watts. But, with a new location secured for his restaurant, he thinks 2024 is already looking better. The Fifth String — which Watts originally opened in LoHi in 2020 — will reopen in 3,200 square feet at 1490 Eudora St., along East Colfax in the Hale neighborhood. Watts said he closed the LoHi location in August because the space wasn’t right for the restaurant. But there was another complicating factor: doctors found benign tumors on his jaw. Watts said he knew The Fifth String wouldn’t…

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured yet another beautiful sight. While observing a series of interacting galaxies known as Galaxy AM 1045-325, Hubble spotted what looked like a celestial “string of pearls.” The unique appearance of the galaxy was caused by magnetic interactions between it and a neighboring galaxy, NASA says.Before these galaxies merged, NASA says that they were rich in dusty clouds of molecular hydrogen that may have remained inert. But, when the merger jostled the clouds, the hydrogen…

After the star-studded mystery thriller The Number 23 debuted in cinemas in 2007, many people became convinced that they were seeing the eponymous number everywhere. I was in school at that time, and some of my classmates would shudder whenever the number 23 appeared in any context. Other people became fascinated by this form of numerology because as soon as you pay more attention to a certain thing—including a number—you get the feeling that you see it too often to be purely coincidence.For a long time, people assumed…

Neil Gaiman is well known for his melodic, dreamy voice, which has been put to use on everything from audiobooks to voicing the Simpson’s cat Snowball. But Neil Gaiman the singer? When he’d occasionally perform live with his ex-wife, the musician Amanda Palmer, his voice was described by the New York Times, perhaps a little unkindly, as “a novelist’s version of singing”.Next month Gaiman is bringing that voice to the Sydney Opera House, where he’ll be performing with the Australian string quartet FourPlay. How is he…

If you’ve got a holiday party or gathering coming up, Nanoleaf’s Essentials Matter Smart Holiday String Lights will help set the mood without putting a dent in your wallet. Typically $119.99, right now, the 65-foot string lights are only $44.99 at Best Buy, which is significantly cheaper than they were on Black Friday and a new all-time low.If you’re looking for a piece of decor that’ll get everybody in the Christmas spirit, these twinkly string lights are it. With 250 addressable LEDs capable of displaying more than 16…

Sheryl Crow is heading to the UK for a string of live dates in 2024 it has been confirmed. The rock icon will be performing at The Piece Hall in Halifax on 13th June, headlining Kent’s Black Deer Festival on 15th June, performing at Nocturne Live in Oxfordshire on 16th June, and headlining Hampton Court Palace Festival on 18th June. The 2024 UK live show announcements follow the news that Crow will release her 11th full-length studio album ‘Evolution’ on 29th March 2024. The star had publicly stated that she…

Kanye West’s wife, Bianca Censori, has sustained her new signature look after stepping out again wearing tiny dresses that leave little to the imagination while accessorizing her looks with huge stuffed animals.However, her latest choice of stuffed animal might’ve been shade at Kanye’s, AKA Ye’s, ex-wife: Kim Kardashian.Currently attending various artsy events in Miami, Bianca was spotted again wearing an extremely revealing outfit, barely covering her body with an elaborate silver string ensemble.Kanye West’s wife,…

34% Faster Integer to String Conversion AlgorithmAre we printing integers fast enough?1. IntroductionIn computer programming, converting given integer to a string is a common operation, which should be done for example before printing the integer to the screen, or printing it to any kind of textual file, such as *.xml, *.json, *.csv, *.txt, etc…It is well known that integers (as well as everything else) are stored in computer memory in binary format — as sequences of 0s and 1s. For example:number 12 is represented in…

Christmas comes but once a year — yet your holiday decor need not be locked into one single look. With the new, affordable Nanoleaf Smart Holiday String Lights, you’ll be able to tune 20m of lights to any sparkling, twinkling, or flashing colored pattern that you want to see on your tree, with the ability to download hundreds of preset looks, make your own, and control them all with your voice or iPhone.Happily HomeKit compatible thanks to integration with the fledgling, platform-agnostic Matter standard, they’ll bring…