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How Gulliver’s Travels predicted AI and our attempts to make sense of it all

Workplace Insight

But what we tend to recall is some stuff about Lilliput, giants, talking horses and possibly something about scientists trying to extract sunbeams from cucumbers. It’s really about one man’s descent into disillusion with the human race. Gulliver’s Travels is one of those books we assume we know.

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Bobtail insurance explained

Higginbotham

In the days when freight was hauled by horses, a teamster would bob a horse’s tail to prevent it from becoming entangled in the wagon harness. Some even believed that removing the caudal vertebrae made the horse’s back stronger. Why is it called bobtailing? Is bobtailing dangerous?

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Retrograde?

Florida Workers' Comp

Thus, in America, essentially a two horse race, but globally there are a great many devices out there, a variety of choices regarding hardware and software, and a ubiquity of smartphones. From a hardware perspective, Apple has a worldwide share of about 14% and Samsung about 20%. Each is less than the "other" category of about 33%.

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Pricing and contracting with your cloud vendor: Tips and tricks

Ahmed's Universe

Even if at the end of the game, you still end up with your preferred vendor, you will do so in much better situation, so that second vendor was quite helpful (and in some cases they may even become the preferred vendor in a classic case of the dark horse winning the race.)

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110 Funny Work Quotes To Jazz Up Your Workplace

Vantage Circle

To him, nine to five was odds on a horse. If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings’. I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific. Lily Tomlin. Archie Bunker. Archie Bunker. Dave Barry.

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Troubling Statistics About Online Gambling

Money Talk

My husband picked one horse, the favorite, and I “diversified” my $10 among three horses with $2, $3, and $5 bets. My husband and I each bet $10 and, upon checkout, the platform charged a $5 service fee or 25% of the amount of our bets! Neither of us won anything.

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A look back at Rachael Blackmore’s six winning rides from the 2021 Cheltenham Festival

Take It Personel-ly

pic.twitter.com/jnLAHq1LWh — ODDSbible Racing (@ODDSbibleRacing) March 16, 2021 [link] It was tipped to be another dominant display from trainer Willie Mullins and jockey Paul Townend at this year’s Cheltenham Festival. Rachael Blackmore ???? However, instead it was Rachael Blackmore who stole all the headlines.

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