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Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

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Which Metallic Alloy Is Composed of Copper and Zinc?

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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 2, 2024.

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The best board games of 2024 so far

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A photo taken of the board game Wyrmspan in play. It shows multiple cards arranged side by side, with game items, like an egg, sitting on top of one.
Photo: Stonemaier Games

The year’s slow start gives you plenty of time to focus on these gems

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crhill1979
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Not too much I've been excited about in terms of new games so far this year, but that's probably for the best since I still have so many unplayed games on the shelf downstairs.
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Who Proposed the First Bank of the United States in 1791?

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Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for May 1, 2024.

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91 2/6.
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Priest accused by cops of spending over $40,000 of church funds on Candy Crush and Pokémon Go, says it might have happened because he's not a 'details guy'

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Lawrence Kozak is accused by police of misusing funds from Saint Thomas More Parish.

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crhill1979
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Father Justin would've never done this.
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Catholic 'media ministry' defrocks AWOL AI priest after it told faithful you can baptise babies in Gatorade and that, sure, it can totally perform your wedding

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Father Justin is just Justin, for now.

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crhill1979
5 days ago
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Just more evidence that AI is the new blockchain: there's definitely a use for it, but not the thing that everyone is trying to use it for.
osopeligroso
4 days ago
So you’re saying my new AI-powered Religion As A Service startup is a bad idea? Just think though: you’d get your own customized Bible that only includes the parts you agree with, and you’d actually get responses to your prayers. There’s a real unmet market need here
crhill1979
4 days ago
A cloud Bible would be a great idea. It would make edits much easier next time someone discovers more apocrypha.
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