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How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military
Restaurant Review: Kwame Onwuachi’s Dōgon in Washington D.C.
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Ozzy Osbourne Died of a Heart Attack, Death Certificate Shows
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Trumps Claims Discrimination by Banks Ahead of ‘Debanking’ Crackdown
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16 Handles’ CEO and YouTuber Danny Duncan are Trying to Save Frozen Yogurt
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Norway’s Hedged Bet on Europe’s Energy Future: A Garbage Disposal for Emissions
A Zoo in Denmark Wants to Feed Your Pets to Its Predators
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With Texas Democrats Gone, Redistricting Plan Is Stymied for Now
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Lyft and Baidu in Deal to Use Chinese Driverless Cars in Europe
Tesla Grants Musk $29 Billion in Stock to Keep ‘Elon’s Energies Focused’
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A.I. Has Ushered in Silicon Valley’s ‘Hard Tech’ Era
The ‘Troublemaker’ Behind Netflix’s Biggest Gamble
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He Survived the Khmer Rouge and Built a Musical Legacy
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The Magic of a Weird Tyler Childers Pop-Up Concert
Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 319
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 319. Here are my solutions to them.
1: Successor to 3 inside a scheme was part of a popular atelier.
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InDesign
Successor to 3 (Adobe developed it to replace the ailing PageMaker) inside (in) a scheme (a design) was part of a popular atelier (for many years it was one of the leading apps in Adobe’s Creative Studio).
2: High speed subatomic particle took the lead in the 1990s.
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QuarkXPress
High speed (express) subatomic particle (a quark) took the lead in the 1990s (by the mid-1990s it had taken around 90% of the desktop publishing market on Macs).
3: Creator of a squire’s assistant was the first, but died before Mac OS X.
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PageMaker
Creator (maker) of a squire’s assistant (a page) was the first (released in July 1985 for the Mac), but died before Mac OS X (by 2000, it was moribund as Adobe was replacing it with InDesign, released in 1999, and it was never ported to Mac OS X).
The common factor
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They have all been leading desktop publishing apps for Macs.
I look forward to your putting alternative cases.
A Tie-Dye Version of Jerry Garcia’s Legacy?
Gwyneth Paltrow Sells Astronomer Like She Sells Goop
A City in Kansas Is Suing Over a Planned ICE Detention Center
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Cruz Criticizes Hochul for Wearing Head Scarf at Slain Officer’s Funeral
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Apple Surprises Investors Worried That It Had Lost Its Touch
Saturday Mac riddles 319
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation.
1: Successor to 3 inside a scheme was part of a popular atelier.
2: High speed subatomic particle took the lead in the 1990s.
3: Creator of a squire’s assistant was the first, but died before Mac OS X.
To help you cross-check your solutions, or confuse you further, there’s a common factor between them.
I’ll post my solutions first thing on Monday morning.
Please don’t post your solutions as comments here: it spoils it for others.
The Political Legacy of Jerry Garcia
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The Political Legacy of Jerry Garcia
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A W.N.B.A. Star Loves These Sneakers. She Gets Fined for Wearing Them.
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