Tag: Pool

Understanding Autorelease Pool in Swift for iOS Development

What is an Autorelease Pool? An autorelease pool is a construct used in Swift and Objective-C to manage the memory of objects that are no longer needed. It allows developers to delay the release of objects until a specific scope or function has been completed. Autorelease pools play a vital role ...

Lisbon’s Promising Tech Talent Pool

As part of our network of global hubs, Portugal has proven to be an attractive nearshore location for tech start-ups and scale-ups to thrive. Home to over 200,000 IT professionals and boasting an impressive rate of over 8,000 tech graduates a year, Lisbon is an ever-expanding epicenter of opportunit...

How to Find the Best Pool Cleaning Service Near Me?

A sparkling, clean swimming pool is a delightful addition to any home. However, maintaining it can be a demanding task. Fortunately, you don’t have to do it all on your own. Finding the best pool cleaning service near you can make a world of difference in ensuring your pool remains a refreshin...

Genetic Engineering to Increase Gene Pool

Breeding species with populations lower than MVP may be dangerous as the reduced gene pool can cause more harm than good. For instance, inbreeding can increase extinction risk (Neaves et al., 2015 ). Therefore, cloning can be applicable. However, cloning produces genetically similar organisms, ...

The Vernal Pool — an Ecological Near-Death Experience

Winter, at last, could achieve only a final gasp one late-March day in southern New England. It left a thin mantle of wet snow gathering and slumping on the lower edges of our woodshed roof, rumpled like the skin of a lazy hound. In the quiet, steady dripping from the eaves was a whispered denial...

Swimming Pools (Drank): Why Black Folks Can’t Swim: Racism.

Myparents can’t swim because of racist cowards. These hate-filled white men decided to fill the public swimming pools with concrete than allow black and white people to enjoy the same refreshing cool chlorinated water at the same time. My parents grew up in a desert and they were poor. Not bla...