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Abstract: In this paper a novel algorithm is proposed for underwater image enhancement. The proposed method based on combined local and global image processing in the frequency domain. The basic idea ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...

An auto insurance policy is an agreement between an insurance company and the policyholder. The insurance provider agrees to pay compensation for losses specified in the policy, while the policyholder ...

The Philadelphia trio pays tribute to a baffling 1984 LP of programmed drums and indulgent guitar recorded by an obstinate Lou Reed collaborator. They’re not so much imitators as acolytes. Here are ...

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...

Logarithms are everywhere in mathematics and derived fields, but we rarely think about how trigonometric functions, exponentials, square roots and others are calculated after we punch the numbers into ...

In 2020, amid widespread layoffs and economic turmoil brought on by the COVID pandemic, 1,000 low-income people in Texas and Illinois won something of a lottery. They were selected to receive $1,000 ...

A recent study on basic income, backed by OpenAI founder Sam Altman, shows that giving low-income people guaranteed paydays with no strings attached can lead to their working slightly less, affording ...

The results of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's guaranteed-basic-income study are in. Overall spending increased, but most of the extra cash went to food and rent. Recipients experienced decreased financial ...

Netflix is phasing out its lowest-priced ad-free subscription plan in the U.S., which could drive more viewers to its cheaper ad-supported plan. The Los Gatos, California-headquartered streaming giant ...