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  2. Minecraft modding - Wikipedia

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    A Minecraft mod is a mod that changes aspects of the sandbox game Minecraft. Minecraft mods can add additional content to the game, make tweaks to specific features, and optimize performance. Thousands of mods for the game have been created, with some mods even generating an income for their authors.

  3. Raft (algorithm) - Wikipedia

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    Raft is a consensus algorithm designed as an alternative to the Paxos family of algorithms. It was meant to be more understandable than Paxos by means of separation of logic, but it is also formally proven safe and offers some additional features. [ 1 ]

  4. Autodesk Inventor - Wikipedia

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    Inventor allows analyzing 2D and 3D CAD models by creating a virtual representation of the final product in order to validate the form, fit, and functioning before it is built. [2] Autodesk Inventor supports parametric, direct edit, freeform modeling part modeling, and assembly modeling. It provides support for various CAD formats and standard ...

  5. Maria E. Beasley - Wikipedia

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    Maria Hauser [1] [2] was born in about 1836 in North Carolina to a wealthy family. [3] [4] [5] [note 1] Her parents were Anna Johanna Spach and Christian Hauser, [2] and Christian was a miller. Maria showed a keen interest in mechanics as a youth, and spent time familiarizing herself with her father's mill machinery and grandfather's distillery.

  6. Hilary Page - Wikipedia

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    The bricks also later featured slits on their side that allowed panel-like doors, windows or cards to be inserted. Page patented the basic design, a 2 × 4 studded brick, in 1947. This was later followed by patents for the side slits (1949) and the baseplate (1952), designs featured in exhibits at the Brighton Toy and Model Museum. [12]

  7. Carley float - Wikipedia

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    A Carley float. The Carley float (sometimes Carley raft) was a form of invertible liferaft designed by American inventor Horace Carley (1838–1918). [1] Supplied mainly to warships, it saw widespread use in a number of navies during peacetime and both World Wars until superseded by more modern rigid or inflatable designs.

  8. Inventor's paradox - Wikipedia

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    The inventor's paradox is a phenomenon that occurs in seeking a solution to a given problem. Instead of solving a specific type of problem, which would seem intuitively easier, it can be easier to solve a more general problem, which covers the specifics of the sought-after solution.

  9. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    Kálmán Tihanyi (1897–1947), Hungary – co-inventor of cathode-ray tube and iconoscope, infrared video camera, plasma display Mikhail Tikhonravov (1900–1974), Russia – co-developer of Sputnik 1 (the first artificial satellite) together with Korolyov and Keldysh , designer of further Sputniks