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American psychology professor Nicholas DiFonzo described what might be called the phenomenon of the sucker in his 2008 book The Watercooler Effect.LoadingIn the mid-1800s, he related, an American cigar manufacturer named George Hull carved the figure of a giant man from a block of gypsum and buried it in Cardiff, New York. He dug it up, made a hullabaloo about “discovering” it, and charged admission to the gullible.The hoax was so successful a banker named David Hannum bought Hull’s giant and charged the crowds even more…

SQL INTERMEDIATEIntermediate SQL for ETL dev to Data Engineer TransitionPhoto by Campaign Creators on UnsplashThere is nothing called Self join in SQL. Hear me out.Often Data Analysts and Data Engineers need to find patterns in data that are not obvious. However the insights can be generated and patterns identified by using common SQL practices, like Self Join.Many beginners often struggle to understand Self Join. They confuse Self Join in SQL as another command like the Inner or Left Join. But Self Join is not a keyword…

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A new study has shown that using simple analogies to encourage players to focus on their environment can significantly increase sprinting speed. This technique, which improves performance more quickly than traditional training methods, has potential applications in both elite and grassroots sports, suggesting a new approach to coaching and athletic development.Sprinting “like a jet plane taking off” will help produce Premier League star strikers of tomorrow, new research has revealed.  A study conducted at the University…

Microplastics are everywhere. In fact, we even saw major bottled water brands reporting microplastic contamination back in 2018, which means they’re likely also in our everyday drinking water. Thankfully, scientists say there is an easy way to remove most of the microplastics from your drinking water.The surprising answer to how to remove microplastics from your drinking water is to boil the liquid and then run it through a filter. Researchers from the Guangzhou Medical University and Jinan University in China…

Logitech has been in the webcam game since way before the pandemic made having one a necessity. But for some reason, none of them were good enough to be part of its flagship productivity lineup alongside peripherals like the and That changes now with the introduction of the $200 MX Brio which sports a new sensor for significantly improved image quality, upgraded mics and a special hinge that could be really handy for presentations.Even before you get to photo and video quality, the MX Brio impressed me with a much more…

If you haven’t spent a lot of time inside Google Maps—besides getting from A to B and finding the nearest restaurant or bar—then you might not know about all the various features stuffed into the app since it first launched in 2005.No Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the “Benefits of Slavery” One of those features is lists: They’re not hugely prominent inside the app, but they let you gather together curated lists of places on the map, giving you a way to plan our a road trip, shortlist a selection of…

Thanks to electric bikes, more people than ever before are discovering the joys of car-free living. Many others find that they can at least leave their car in the garage more often, using an e-bike instead for many of their around-the-town trips and errands. But when the weather is cold, e-bikes can sometimes feel less enticing. For anyone who had dreaded the rude awakening of cold air in your face, I think I might have found a trick that can help: swapping a typical bike helmet for an insulated ski helmet.…

Image Source : PIXABAY Broadband If you think your mobile data is not enough and you need something bigger and better, here is a solution from BSNL, a central public sector undertaking which is known as the telecom company. Here is a cost-effective broadband plan from the telecom company which is priced at Rs 777, and has been designed to cater to the needs of users who…

Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNETAbove is what my current open tab list looked like before I used the organizational techniques I'm sharing in this article. Also, I'm using a fresh Chrome profile for screenshots because I have a lot in my Chrome setup that's confidential to clients and project partners. One good way to get started is to group all your tabs into groups. If you don't have any tab groups, right-click the tab and choose Add Tab to New Group (as shown at 1 below). Then give the group a name (shown at 2)…