Tag: Act

Ruble Balancing, Act III

In early August, the Russian currency fell to a value of one American cent, and the Russian government took action to bring the currency back to 94 to the dollar. Looking back at the trend in 2023, we saw a sharp decline in the value in December 2022, followed by a rebound in January, and then a slo...

The Juggling Act of Product Management

Imagine standing center stage, brightly lit, with the spotlight on you, and balls rotating harmoniously in the air as you juggle. This breathtaking sight isn’t merely about the balls soaring through the air or the juggler but the synchrony between them. Juggling is an intricate art, demanding ...

Linux: make your processes act nice

The nice command allows to schedule the execution priority of processes. In other words controls how much CPU time will assigned to a process relative to other processes, this ensures that important processes get the CPU time is necessary to operate smoothly, Lets see how this works with s...

Can ChatGPT Act as a Tour Guide? This AI Generated Tokyo Itinerary Shows it Can (with Some Caveats)

I’ve been visiting Japan for the past 10+ years, so friends often tap me up for recommendations. It happens so often that I created my own Tokyo guide, which I’m happy to share with anybody who asks. Recently a friend of mine asked for recommendations on LinkedIn, and another friend...

The Antiquities Act and America’s national monuments: Frequently Asked Questions

Over the last week, America’s national monuments and the Antiquities Act have been in the news thanks to elected officials in Colorado asking President Biden to invoke the Antiquities Act and other executive powers to protect lands that are part of the CORE Act, which is stalled in Congre...

How I’m Viewing The Second Act Of My Life

I truly think settling down can kill you. Not settling down with a partner. That might help keep you alive. I mean settling down — as in, slowing down — in life. Maybe the way we organize life is all wrong. You work hard all your life so you can kick back and relax whe...

The Notion of Two Sides and the Act of Indoctrination

This is an analysis of two concepts of indoctrination exhibited below that deal variously with the notion of teaching, indoctrination, and censorship… To teach is to tell, to teach is to say that this is that and that such is so; to teach is to indoctrinate, and no matter the subject. Educ...

Importance of CRPC Act in Criminal Justice System

The Code of Criminal Procedure (CRPC) Act is a vital legislation in the Indian legal system that lays down the procedural law for the administration of criminal justice in India. This act, which came into force on 1st April, 1974, is an important tool for the functioning of the criminal justice syst...

ACT Research: Preliminary NA Classes 5–8 Vehicle Orders Side-Step in June

ACT’s State of the Industry: Classes 5–8 Vehicles report provides a monthly look at the current production, sales, and general state of the on-road heavy and medium duty commercial vehicle markets in North America. It differentiates market indicators by Class 5, Classes 6&ndash...

ACT Research: Trailer Makers Expect Demand to Exceed Capacity Through 2023

ACT Research’s U.S. New Trailer Components & Materials Forecast provides those in the trailer production supply chain, as well as those who invest in said suppliers and commodities, with forecast quantities of components and raw materials required to support the trailer forecast ...

An act of civic responsibility

Dennis doesn’t look too happy here, but he should be. After all, he and his company are riding the wave of the latest mass shooting and AR-15’s are flying off the shelf. Colt and Veilleux are shamelessly making a killing off of the public’s insatiable appetite for their “spor...

When an apology is an act of aggression

On Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009, President Barack Obama signed a Congressional Decree that “apologized” for the wrongs the United States Government committed against Indigenous Americans. Yet, the President held no official ceremony, invited no tribal leaders to witness or receive the apol...

The speech act theory by Austin:

Speech act theory is a branch of pragmatics that examines the meaning of utterances in terms of their performative force. Austin established speech act theory, which clarified that when we talk, we either perform an action or just state something. Language, according to the speech act theory, is ...