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Okay, so we have some good news and some bad news. The bad news: Meghan Markle says she’s (probably, most likely, *almost definitely*) done with acting for good. The good news: She would be as jazzed ...

Communication-system designers have always had to deal with trade-offs among data reliability, efficient use of available spectrum, data throughput, and cost. Error-correction coding (ECC) is one of ...