Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, is stepping down
Charles Martinet, the voice actor who has portrayed Mario since 1991, is stepping down, Nintendo announced Monday morning. Besides voicing the world’s most famous plumber, the 67-year-old Martinet also portrayed Luigi, Wario, Waluigi and the baby versions of these characters in more than one hundred titles across the Mario video
Read moreHigh-leverage Activities for Engineering Managers
Photo by Annie Spratt on UnsplashEvery manager has the same number of hours in a day, yet some consistently achieve better results, foster innovation, and cultivate teams that are both happy and highly productive. What sets these managers apart? The secret often lies in their commitment to high-leverage activities.As you navigate
Read moreMastodon account
I have an account on Mastodon: johndcook@mathstodon.xyz. Note that’s @math… and not @mast… One advantage to Mastodon is that you can browse content there without logging, while Twitter is becoming more of a walled garden. You can browse my account, for example, by going to the URL https://mathstodon.xyz/@johndcook There’s hardly
Read more‘All-in-one’ sales tech platform FlashIntel raises $10 million
As businesses brace for a slowing global economy, they are seeking avenues to streamline budgets, including trimming their SaaS expenses. Sales tech, in particular, is known for being fragmented with an array of highly specialized solutions. That’s why Yi Shi started FlashIntel with an ambitious goal: offer an all-in-one sales
Read moreLevel up at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 roundtables
You won’t have to search very hard or go very far to engage in compelling conversations next month at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. In fact, you’ll find more than two dozen in the agenda — just look for the roundtable discussions. One of the most popular attractions at Disrupt, roundtables are
Read moreHow Data Governance Leaders Can Identify Quick Wins
I am writing today’s blog post from Tucson, where I wrote the epilogue to Digital Trailblazer. “I’m taking a different type of walk today, a hike actually, on one of the trails winding through Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona,” is how I opened the chapter where I reflect on
Read moreAn X glitch is breaking native images, links posted before December 2014
A glitch on X, formerly Twitter, seems to have broken links and images posted using the social network’s native service before December 2014. Over the weekend, a few people speculated that images — including the famous Oscar selfie — were deleted from the service. However, other users pointed out that
Read moreTesla says data breach impacting 75,000 employees was an insider job
Tesla has said that insider wrongdoing was to blame for a data breach affecting more than 75,000 company employees. Tesla, the electric car maker owned by Elon Musk, said in a data breach notice filed with Maine’s attorney general that an investigation had found that two former employees leaked over
Read moreB2B inventory marketplace Ghost reappears with $30M Series B to expand outside US
Ghost, providing a B2B marketplace for surplus inventory, is back with fresh funds in the way of a $30 million Series B round. It’s been one year since Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy launched Ghost’s members-only marketplace, with $20 million in Series A capital, to help brands and retailers discreetly
Read moreFake primes
Someone asked on Math Overflow about the distribution of digits in primes. It seems 0 is the least common digit and 1 the most common digit. Dan Piponi replies “this is probably just a combination of general properties of sets of numbers with a density similar to the primes and
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