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There was a different vibe and sound to practice number six at the Green Bay Packers training camp. Both were provided by shoulder pads as the team put on the gear for the first time this summer.   You could feel an uptick in the energy and there were long awaited football drills taking place, like the always interesting one on one pass rushing drill between offensive and defensive linemen. Pro Bowl guard Elgton Jenkins, now learning the left tackle spot in David Bakhtiari’s absence got in three straight reps with Preston Smith.   Each more spririted than the next.   Rookie center Jo...

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Scientific American Teens and Other Volunteers Help Seniors Find Scarce COVID Shots Sign-up systems for vaccines are horribly confusing, so people across the U.S. set up Facebook pages and phone lines with hands-on help Advertisement Waking up at the crack of dawn. Dialing the same busy phone line for hours on end. Clicking through confusing prompts on website after website. With demand far outstripping supply, the frenzied search for a COVID vaccine appointment can be overwhelming, even for eligible people in high-priority, high-risk groups, such as older adults. “It’s been a nightmare,�...

How businesses fail to get the best from software Managers forget developers furnish creative and profitable solutions, Jeff Lawson says Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 04:42 Frank Dillon Jeff Lawson: “Don’t blame an engineer for writing bad code. The truth root cause is often not technical but rather organisational.”   Companies that recognise and fully utilise the talents of their software developers are increasingly dominating their industries, a trend that has been hugely acc...

Tech companies mobilize to schedule vaccine appointments, but often fall short On Jan. 14 at 8:43 p.m., Patrick McKenzie tweeted a plea for tech engineers to help him set up a website to track covid-19 vaccine availability in California. McKenzie, who heads a Bay Area financial services tech company, issued the call to "anyone in California [who] wants to do a civtech project which matters." The response was swift and resounding. In less than an hour, someone had set up a chat group for brainstorming the effort. By 12:24 a.m. the next day, 70 people had joined. By noon, the tracker was live. ...