среда, 28 февраля 2018 г.

Dan Kelch has a quick roundup of a few useful Git features – hooks, reflog, aliases, and more – to improve your version control skillz: Git is a fantastic tool, used by millions of people around the world. While Git GUIs can be useful tools, using git on the command line has a higher ceiling for productivity, especially when one can use...

This is a pretty straightforward idea combining a WiFi module with a pushbutton, but Random Nerd Tutorials does a great job of walking through the IFTTT dashboards to assist you with understanding the various settings – awesome! For complete project details (schematics + source code), visit https://randomnerdtutorials.com/esp8266-wi-fi-button-diy-amazon-dash-button-clone/ from Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists,...

We’ve only seen a small amount of footage from Avengers: Infinity War, and in it, we’ve seen Captain America has a new shield. There was only a glimpse of it in the trailer. That’s all Redditor blu-tron needed to get to work to replicate the front of the shield. They made the shield from metal and says it weighs less than four pounds. With...

Nice interview with NASA’s Dr. Christyl Johnson from Forbes. “There are so many women that are capable, smart, sharp and good at what they do. What they are lacking is the opportunity to sit across the table from the other minds that are coming up with the innovative solutions,” says Dr. Christyl Johnson, NASA’s Deputy Director for Technology...

Via Build-its-inprogress A while ago I added the hall effect encoder IC I’ve been using directly to the motor controller PCB. The controller sits directly on the back of the motor (with a magnet added to the motor shaft), and the phase wires solder straight in. I also have a pair of board-mounted XT30 connectors on the DC bus for easy daisy-chaining....

via HYPERALLERGIC For over two million years, humans and their predecessors have left behind stone tools. Our evolutionary history is littered with these utilitarian artifacts: from Australopithecus to Neanderthals to sapiens, early hominins created handaxes, scrapers, and stone cores across Eurasia, Africa, Southeast Asia, even Australia....

1748 – Swedish physician and naturalist Anders Sparrman is born. He sailed for the Cape of Good Hope in January 1772 to take up a post as a tutor. When James Cook arrived there later in the year at the start of his second voyage, Sparrman was taken on as assistant naturalist to Johann and Georg Forster. After the voyage he returned to...

Wednesday: • At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index. • At 8:30 AM, Gross Domestic Product, 4th quarter 2017 (Second estimate). The consensus is that real GDP increased 2.5% annualized in Q4, down from the advance estimate of 2.6%. • 9:45 AM: Chicago Purchasing...

Freddie Mac reported that the Single-Family serious delinquency rate in January was 1.07%, down from 1.08% in December. Freddie's rate is up from 0.99% in January 2017. Freddie's serious delinquency rate peaked in February 2010 at 4.20%. These are mortgage loans that are "three monthly payments or more past due or in foreclosure".  Click...

CR Note: This is a repeat of earlier posts with updated graphs. A few key points: 1) There is a clear seasonal pattern for house prices. 2) The surge in distressed sales during the housing bust distorted the seasonal pattern. 3) Even though distressed sales are down significantly, the seasonal factor is based on several years of data - and...

Here is the earlier post on Case-Shiller: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index increased 6.3% year-over-year in December It has been more than ten years since the bubble peak. In the Case-Shiller release this morning, the seasonally adjusted National Index (SA), was reported as being 7.0% above the previous bubble peak. However, in real...

From the Richmond Fed: Fifth District Manufacturing Firms Reported Robust Growth in February Fifth District manufacturing firms saw robust growth in February, according to the results from the latest survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. The composite manufacturing index jumped from 14 in January to 28 in February, the second highest...

Excerpts from prepared statement from Fed Chair Jerome Powell: Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress After easing substantially during 2017, financial conditions in the United States have reversed some of that easing. At this point, we do not see these developments as weighing heavily on the outlook for economic activity, the...

S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for December ("December" is a 3 month average of October, November and December prices). This release includes prices for 20 individual cities, two composite indices (for 10 cities and 20 cities) and the monthly National index. Note: Case-Shiller reports Not Seasonally Adjusted...

From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Another 2018 First For Mortgage Rates Mortgage rates fell for the third day in a row--the first time that's happened so far in 2018! Much like last week was slightly less spectacular than its "best in 2018" designation, today also comes with caveats. Even though rates technically did fall for the...

The president’s adviser and son-in-law lost his top-secret clearance, a White House official and another person familiar with Mr. Kushner’s situation said. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2F0854Y via IFT...

Lawmakers in both parties are recalibrating their positions on gun control in the wake of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2BUsWUB via IFT...

In a rare move, Justice Stephen G. Breyer dissented from the bench, saying the majority was violating fundamental constitutional principles. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2EVX2Ki via IFT...

The city placed black shrouds over statues of Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson after a deadly white nationalist rally last August. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2HToeHy via IFT...

Ms. Hicks, the White House communications director, told lawmakers investigating Russia’s election interference that she has not lied about matters relevant to their inquiry. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2F3iicQ via IFT...

Nine Marines were among those being treated after a letter containing a hazardous but unknown substance was opened on the Virginia base near the Pentagon. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2F1EPqE via IFT...

Whether it is saber-rattling in the South China Sea, proselytizing on American campuses or censorship of the web, China has alienated one constituency after another. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2ossxkX via IFT...

The selection of a close ally of Jared Kushner to run the president’s 2020 campaign was seen as a power move by Mr. Trump’s son-in-law. Elsewhere, Mr. Kushner had a rough day. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2BUZnlO via IFT...

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he would use legal actions and task forces to crack down on prescription opioid manufacturers, distributors and prescribers. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2oy3VGC via IFT...

Admiral Michael S. Rogers’s testimony was the second time this month that a senior American intelligence official had said that the efforts to interfere in U.S. elections didn’t end in 2016. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2oBVU3D via IFT...

Polls show solid support for stricter laws, especially after mass shootings. But there are also deep disagreement, staunch opposition and growing disenchantment with gun control. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2EXeH4p via IFT...

Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said he had held “high-level” discussions with counterparts about what it would take for the United States to reverse course. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2sWv2jW via IFT...

The Supreme Court appeared frustrated by the poor fit between the law and technology in a clash between law enforcement demands and firms’ desire to protect customers’ privacy. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2FaGeyA via IFT...

In his memoir, “The Line Becomes a River,” Francisco Cantú argues that he needed to be a Border Patrol agent to understand immigration. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2Cp5oZh via IFT...

New evidence that exit polls are a very flawed vehicle for doing post-election analysis. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2owOwqT via IFT...

“We want to talk also,” the president said. But hours later, the top U.S. diplomat on North Korea abruptly announced his departure. from NYT > Politics http://ift.tt/2FB4WWH via IFT...

During the housing bubble and subsequent bust, I noted that the median house price could be distorted by the mix of houses sold. I preferred to use the repeat sales indexes from the FHFA, Case-Shiller and Corelogic (and others). Now that most of the distortion from the bubble is behind us, I thought I'd take a look at the median (and mean)...

From Black Knight: Black Knight’s First Look: Mortgage Delinquencies Decline Sharply in January; Hurricanes’ Lingering Impact on Performance Continues • Calendar-driven effects and fewer hurricane-related delinquencies resulted in a 210,000-loan decline in the number of past-due mortgages • Despite an 8.6 percent monthly decline, delinquencies...

From Professor Tim Duy at Fed Watch: Fedspeak Reiterates Gradual Path Fed speakers continue to reiterate that policy remains on a gradual path of tightening. So far, the inflation data and brightening economy has more emboldened their commitment to gradual rate hikes than a faster pace of hikes. What about fiscal policy? That train has left...

From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 17 February The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during the week of 11-17 February 2018, according to data from STR. In comparison with the week of 12-18 February 2017, the industry recorded the following: • Occupancy:...

From the Kansas City Fed: Tenth District Manufacturing Posted Continued Solid Growth The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released the February Manufacturing Survey today. According to Chad Wilkerson, vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, the survey revealed that the Tenth District manufacturing survey...

The DOL reported: In the week ending February 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 222,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 1,000 from 230,000 to 229,000. The 4-week moving average was 226,000, a decrease of 2,250 from the previous week's...

From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Hit New 4-Year Highs Mortgage rates continued higher today following the release of the Minutes from the Federal Reserve's (aka "The Fed") most recent policy meeting. The Fed was slightly more upbeat than markets expected, saying that most members agreed that a stronger economy increased...

The New York Times reports while speaking to the House Intelligence Committee, Trump aide Hope Hicks admitted she's told white lies for her boss, but said never anything dealing with the Russia probe. Our panel reacts. Read more from msnbc.com Latest Headlines http://ift.tt/2t2CWs9 via IFT...

The head of the NSA, Admiral Mike Rogers, faced a lot of frustration and anger from Democrats when he revealed on Capitol Hill that Trump has not directed him to do more to stop meddling from Moscow. Our panel reacts. Read more from msnbc.com Latest Headlines http://ift.tt/2FDctEl via IFT...

On the same day Jared Kushner lost his high-level White House security clearance, The Washington Post reports - citing multiple current & fmr. U.S. officials - that foreign officials from four countries sought to manipulate the president's son-in-law. Read more from msnbc.com Latest Headlines http://ift.tt/2FCEFHv via IFT...

Jared Kushner has lost access to some intelligence amid his trouble getting a security clearance — which leakers were eager to talk to reporters about. And now Robert Mueller is reportedly asking about Jared Kushner's meetings with foreign leaders. Read more from msnbc.com Latest Headlines http://ift.tt/2FBuVgn via IFT...

Hope Hicks reportedly told House investigators she is required to tell white lies as part of her job in the Trump W.H. Jill Wine-Banks reacts and Natasha Bertrand joins Lawrence O'Donnell with new reporting on Wikileaks' contacts with Trump associate... Read more from msnbc.com Latest Headlines http://ift.tt/2F0LBgu via IFT...

Rachel Maddow reports on three state special elections, two of which, in New Hampshire and Connecticut, were formerly Republican-held and flipped by Democrats, and a third, in Kentucky, that was retained by Republicans but saw a 28 point Democratic swing Read more from msnbc.com Latest Headlines http://ift.tt/2owC9Ll via IFT...

David Fahrenthold, reporter for The Washington Post, talks with Rachel Maddow about the Trump hotel in Panama fighting to remove Donald Trump's name, and the potential political implications if Trump tries tries to insert himself. Read more from msnbc.com Latest Headlines http://ift.tt/2t39G4E via IFT...
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