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Not really FOMO, but it would have been nice to have been able to attend the first meeting of Front End Study Hall yesterday. Still, glancing through the notes, especially in light of having recently pressed Publish on a redesign of one of my other sites, made me once again reass … | Continue reading
bumblebeeappletree: So a while ago I commissioned @thefruitloop-chan to make a Solarpunk poster for anyone to use! And this beautiful piece was made! This is a blank for people to put text on, and here’s the two text ones that I put over Anyone can print them and put them up and … | Continue reading
"Parts of the country are set to see months' worth of unhealthy air quality days." Experts warn millions of Americans will be exposed to 'staggering' wildfire smoke: 'Going to slowly make some parts of the country relatively unlivable' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Learning Dutch in the Netherlands can bring many benefits as an expat. You can make Dutch friends, get to know the culture better through the language, integrate more easily and... | Continue reading
As far as I’m concerned, this 8-minute YouTube video by Becca Farcace at The Verge is required viewing for anyone interested in the Meta Ray-Bans and will give you valuable context for this blog post. I didn’t see it until after I already had my Ray-Bans, but Farcace does an exce … | Continue reading
Many terminals and text editors support what I’ll call “line number paths” of the form
Speaking of drafts you discover and then decide to publish, this was from last week. So I just used ChatGPT to learn about some CSS selector concepts I was confused by and, on a whim, asked it to quiz me to make sure that I understood everything. It was a very good experience tha … | Continue reading
Have you ever wondered how IPv6 even managed to make port numbers awkward? Poul-Henning Kamp, of Varnish and FreeBSD fame: Colon was chosen [for IPv6] because it was already used in MAC/ethernet addresses and did no damage there and it is not a troublesome metacharacter in shells … | Continue reading
This year’s Pixar Fest runs April 26 through August 4, 2024 at Disneyland Resort, and there are so many themed novelties being offered, like popcorn buckets, and sippers, that I wanted to do a separate post to make sure you didn’t miss any. The Festival Celebrating not only Pixar … | Continue reading
Crunchy, refreshing vegetables, crisp pita, and a tangy pomegranate dressing make this a satisfying salad you’ll want to eat every day. | Continue reading
Sensors and analytics give oil well operators real-time alerts when things go wrong, so they can respond before they become disasters. | Continue reading
Amazon has been providing deep discounts on hundreds of Kindle books on account of World Book Day which is celebrated on April 23. This should bring cheers to hard-core book lovers who are looking to replenish their stock with new titles. They stand to make some serious savings t … | Continue reading
Here is something for Kobo enthusiasts to rejoice in. The new generation Kobo devices that the company stated will officially make their market debut on April 30th is already available for pre-order on Walmart. What is intriguing is that the new Kobo devices also came to be liste … | Continue reading
A challenge these A.I. tools have is that we’re coming down from the novelty high we had at the launch of ChatGPT a year and a half ago and now they need to deliver on actual use cases that make people’s lives better. As someone who uses Claude almost everyday, I think there’s cl … | Continue reading
Pothos plants are already known for being particularly good at purifying indoor air, so imagine if it were possible to make them 30 times better at doing so. Neoplants' Neo PX system is claimed to do just that, using special soil-dwelling bacteria. Continue Reading Category: Arou … | Continue reading
A new study, drawing on five years of data collected across 84 countries, proves what seems self-evident. | Continue reading
Yellowstone's lake's ice cover has remained unaffected by increasing temperatures due to increased snowfall. But this could make it vulnerable to a sudden shift. | Continue reading
Dear Food52 Community, I was just in Portland, OR, where the sun decided to make an appearance, and Denver, where it decided to snow in late April. Now back in Brooklyn with its cherry blossoms and garbage. Read More >> | Continue reading
David Pierce for The Verge: Rabbit R1 Hands-On: Early Tests With the $199 AI Gadget Almost immediately, though, I started running into stuff the R1 just can’t do. It can’t send emails or make spreadsheets, though Lyu has been demoing both for months. And: Rabbit’ | Continue reading
"If you keep going and you keep persisting … that can make a big difference." Girl Scout's protest protects forest from potential development: 'Your voice is really powerful' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Muddycap is the handle of an anonymous artist/designer whose bio reads "I make chairs and shits." His Instagram is a deep portfolio of insane chair designs. (Most appear to be renderings, though he can be seen making models in some shots and occasionally shows IRL full-size build … | Continue reading
Korean artist/designer Oneseo Choi must have a steady supply of castoff aluminum extrusions. His "Pattern of Industry" series uses them to make furniture:Because Choi is branded both an artist and designer, it's a little trickier to evaluate the work. If it's art, it's essentiall … | Continue reading
If you have really basic questions about your new AirPods, this guide will help you with everything from connecting them to cleaning them. It also includes some tips for improving sound and customizing controls—that will make the most out of your new Apple earbuds. Read more... | Continue reading
Introduction Writing and selling your own book is not complicated. The following post shows my approach to self-publishing. Publishing books is cool for many reasons. My main reason is not to make money through self-publishing, but to show how I operate as Interim Manager and Int … | Continue reading
One of the most popular traditional kids activities is making a compass with a needle, cork and magnet. This simple… The post How To Make A Compass with Cork & Needle appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Have you seen that photo of a dog attempting to make sweet and passionate love to a robot dog? It’s gone viral on sites like Reddit, Instagram, and X. But it’s fake. Hopelessly, tragically fake. Read more... | Continue reading
The company's in profit, and ad revenue increased 18%. Sponsored by Podcastle. Create, Edit, Publish, and Grow your podcast -- all in one collaborative, AI-powered platform. Make your voice heard with Podcastle. Visit https://podnews.net/update/spotify-billion for the story links … | Continue reading
Speaking of Korean translation and AI, as we did in recent posts (see "Selected readings"), let us take a look at the latest developments in Korea: New AI-based translation tools make their way into everyday life in Korea AI equipped with natural language processing software, whi … | Continue reading
There are so many products out there, so you need to learn how to convince potential customers that yours is the best. You might believe in your product, but you’ll need to persuade others that what you’re selling is a quality product and use sales techniques to sway their decisi … | Continue reading
Now that it’s getting colder, it’s time to make sure your furnace is in tip-top shape. If your furnace has been neglected over the summer, you may face having no heat in your home over the winter. You need to ensure your furnace receives regular maintenance to increase its lifesp … | Continue reading
"It doesn't make sense to allow tons of pollution that damages our health just from cutting grass and blowing leaves around." State advances with major plans to ban gas-powered equipment in extensive new law: 'Cleaner, quieter electric options are readily available' first appeare … | Continue reading
Hello, coming to you from the PAST, we have thoughtbot open source updates ranging from January 19 (last post) and February 2nd. Two weeks of back-dated updates that will make you feel like it’s still Q1! We saw updates to the following projects (with handy links to jump to their … | Continue reading
About a month ago, we provided an update to Dolt's correctness. Since then, we've continued to make improvements; here's what we've been up… | Continue reading
As a JVM Sustaining Engineer, my focus has always been on discovering ways to make it easier to diagnose and troubleshoot JVM issues, enhancing JVM serviceability, and enabling users gain critical insights into their Java runtime environments. Recently, I have ventured into the w … | Continue reading
Sulfur dioxide in the wine reacts with the aluminum to make hydrogen sulfide. | Continue reading
Two ENERGY Star-certified smart thermostats are on sale right now at up to 32% off, which helps make investing in a connected device that offers not just convenience and greater control over your heating and cooling, but also significant energy savings, even more affordable. And … | Continue reading
We’ve all been there before. You unbox your shiny new PC, everything preinstalled, and you’re so excited you’re practically molting in your chair in anticipation for it to boot up. You’re so engrossed that you forget there’s a 10-ton gorilla lying in wait just around the corner. … | Continue reading
The spheres collapse under pressure, giving the fluid very unusual properties. | Continue reading
Designer and manufacturer unknown, but this chair hails from 1970s Norway, according to reseller Møbelhøker.It demonstrates mastery of steam bending and, surprisingly, it's listed as a folding chair. You can guess where the pivot point is, though the hardware is unseen. The armre … | Continue reading
Next time you stop by the Flathub website you will notice it’s had a bit of a revamp. The latest UI refresh lands a year after its last big redesign and builds on that look by adding new on-page features. These changes make it easier for Linux users to find the apps they are look … | Continue reading
We found a faster, better way to make restaurant-worthy poached eggs—and it takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish. | Continue reading
Curated with alchemic perfection, DCxPC Live released an album that definitely is a must listen for fans of ska, by The Phensic a trailblazing band that actually feels fresh and make the scene interesting. | Continue reading
Michael Levin in Noema: They are assembled from components that are networked together to process information. Electrical signals propagate throughout, controlling every aspect of their functioning. Being general problem-solvers, many of them have high IQs, but they routinely mak … | Continue reading
Yuval Noah Harari in Haaretz: In the coming days Israel will have to make historic policy decisions, ones that could shape its fate and the fate of the entire region for generations to come. Unfortunately, Benjamin Netanyahu and his political partners have repeatedly proven that … | Continue reading
I spotted this CSS used in a very popular WordPress theme: Those .specificity and .extra-specificity classes sure pop off the page, don’t they? I wonder what they do. Asking the author directly would be a good way to find out, but who wants facts when we can make wild assumptions … | Continue reading
It’s been 23 years since Brian Helgeland gave us A Knight’s Tale—and the director’s been thinking about ways it could’ve continued ever since. But once he settled on an idea, he apparently went to Netflix to make the pitch... only to find that the streamer’s algorithmic overlords … | Continue reading
If you were hoping that all your cultish rituals and stuck voodoo dolls would make the iPhone FineWoven cases meet an untimely end, then you don’t know Apple. After one Apple tipster asserted that the maligned iPhone cases would soon be as dead as the Dodo, we may instead be look … | Continue reading