Ask anyone who plays video games extensively, and they more than likely have at least two studios they go to bat for. We all have developers who, in our eyes, can’t really do any wrong (even though they can and sometimes do); maybe it’s because they were responsible for a life-ch … | Continue reading
This cleaning hack offers a refreshing solution that benefits homeowners and the planet alike. Dad shares simple AC maintenance tip that could easily slash your electric bill: 'My home is way cooler now' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Referred to as "the Lynx album" by the band Mountains of Jura, the LP is a 7-track journey into the vast, emotionally diverse wilderness, much like the untouched scenery a lynx would inhabit. | Continue reading
Today’s Micro.blog Analog Tools meetup featured bags of all sizes, shapes, and purposes. 🎒 All the better to carry our analog tools! 🖋️📓🗂️ We’ll meet again in June. Let me know if you’d like to join us! | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024 Minnesota's new flag to follow: Yesterday, President Biden journeyed to the National Museum of African American History and Culture to offer an address. He was commemorating a major event. Early on, his offered the passage shown below. For the full transcri … | Continue reading
Jackson Reed and The Silverbirds' does an amazing job in capturing that vintage feeling and transporting it into modern days with such ease, it's astounding. It's a timeless song that just got revisited in the best possible way. | Continue reading
If you want to travel on 22nd May 2024 from Paris to Berlin (Germany), Verviers (Belgium) or Luzern (Switzerland), the app and website for SNCF ticketing, SNCF Connect, will show you prices and sell you a ticket. Try the same on 24th May 2024 and it will not. Here are […] The pos … | Continue reading
When I announced I would be closing my communities earlier this year, a curious thing happened: a surprising number of regulars replied with some variation of “I think this is my exit.” While some were specifically talking about Matrix, claiming that mine was the only room they w … | Continue reading
In more than ways than one, The Acolyte is being poisitioned as a different Star Wars show than the other live-action offerings. Not only is it winding back the clock to the High Republic era, it’s also doing something different on the action front with some Force-powered martial … | Continue reading
The three offshore wind projects that have already been approved could combine to power more than 2.3 million homes. State opens new round of proposals for offshore wind farms: 'We are committed to seeing the economic development' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I propose that everything that occurs between the decision to plant a tree and the full expression of its canopy is short-term thinking. The post Short Term Thinking | 2409 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
No, there hasn’t been much activity on this blog lately; since getting back from holiday at the end of last month, I’ve been reaping the consequences of managing more or less to stay off work email during the holiday, namely a terrifying backlog of things to do and respond to at … | Continue reading
☕ This morning's cuppa: Golden Assam from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Company here in Portland. It's lighter than our usual Scottish Blend, and it's growing on me. | Continue reading
I bought a kayak a couple of weeks ago. It’s one of those fold-up jobs by Oru, and I got it instead of a more traditional kayak because it’s very light and can easily fit inside my car instead of being strapped to the roof. | Continue reading
Twenty-six years of writing online! 🎉 The “on this day” plugin isn’t surfacing my first post, so here it is. In it, I recount my first bout with depression and internet addiction. It feels both dated and prescient. But hey, I’m still here. | Continue reading
The CATL Shenxing PLUS battery is a big step forward for the EV revolution but a significant risk to traditional manufacturers. The post CATL Shenxing Battery Strikes Fear Into The Hearts Of Governments & Automakers appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Let’s start with some brief history on the transition to EV sales, and then get to the big topic: transitioning the ICEV (internal combustion engine vehicle) fleet to electricity. The world passed peak ICEV sales back in 2017 EVs were only a small fraction of total vehicle sales … | Continue reading
This is the thirty-ninth part of a fiction serial, in 757 words. It seemed the questioning by the SIS people was a formality. Had Alison been her friend? Did she have many conversations with her? Was she aware what work Alison had been doing? It followed some kind of format, and … | Continue reading
Pipeline construction in the area could destroy heavily relied on fish stocks as well as increase coastal erosion. Leaked documents shed light on concerning details of pipeline construction plans: 'The locals were very shocked' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Pipeline construction in the area could destroy heavily relied on fish stocks as well as increase coastal erosion. Leaked documents shed light on concerning details of pipeline construction plans: 'The locals were very shocked' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It’s Cannes season, and along with advanced screenings of upcoming movies, studios are looking at what films to buy for domestic or international distribution. One of the films on the market during the festival is The Monkey, which found a US distributor in Neon. Read more... | Continue reading
Here’s a question at the intersection of marketing and electronics: who is buying Intel CPUs right now after Intel has told the world that they will render the current socket, and therefore all current motherboards, obsolete before the end of 2024? “Intel’s next-gen desktop CPUs … | Continue reading
There have been many LLOG posts on misuse of the term "passive voice", going back to 2003. As far as I can tell, the most recent post was "'Is is the passive voice you don't like?'", 8/11/2021. In "'Passive Voice' — 1397-2009 — R.I.P", I wrote that the traditional sense of passiv … | Continue reading
Father, I’m here again after my last,what is it called?Prideful exit. I find myself on my kneesat the end of my bed,wearing the dress of last night,perhaps my favorite for the memoriesattached to it, the caress it gives.The touch of having belonged at a time,a time of laughter an … | Continue reading
A surge in cases of a rare autoimmune disease during COVID-19 waves in England led to the discovery of a new syndrome. | Continue reading
Former team members have either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups. | Continue reading
AI counter app from my PyCon US keynote In my keynote at PyCon US this morning I ran a counter at the top of my screen that automatically incremented every time I said the words "AI" or "artificial intelligence", using vosk, pyaudio and Tkinter. I wrote it in a few minutes with t … | Continue reading
The crypto community has witnessed the appearance of yet another meme coin, and this one has a rather peculiar name… Continue reading ‘WienerAI’ Raises Over $2 Million in Crypto Presale – Best Meme Coin to Buy Now? The post ‘WienerAI’ Raises Over $2 Million in Crypto Presale – Be … | Continue reading
Found writing…. Date unknown ::: Have a bit or much of my old writing venom back. Not sure […] | Continue reading
Today's links Monopoly is capitalism's gerrymander: Handcuffs for the invisible hand. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep rea … | Continue reading
A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, Ernie Smith’s newsletter, which hunts for the end of the long tail. Personal computing has changed a lot in the past four decades, and one of the biggest changes, perhaps the most unheralded, comes down to compatibility. These … | Continue reading
It’s not fancy, but it is delicious. READ MORE... | Continue reading
Berkeley-based startup Profluent has trained an AI to imagine new, never-before-seen CRISPR proteins — opening the door to gene editors with capabilities beyond what we’ve found in the wild. They’re also making a brand new CRISPR system open source, so any scientist can now start … | Continue reading
"I feel like it really has potential." YouTuber showcases driving experience in futuristic $12,000 electric car: 'It feels really comfortable' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay in Polycrisis: Biden’s announcement this week to sharply raise tariffs on Chinese imports is an escalation in the yearslong tariff war on China. The new tariffs specifically target green goods, most notably electric vehicles, duties on which have now … | Continue reading
Álvaro García Linera in Metapolis: “Nearly all the economic forces that powered progress and prosperity over the last three decades are fading.” World Bank, March 2023Symptoms of a Torn Time For 35 years, from 1980 to 2005, the moral and labour order of much of the world was gove … | Continue reading
Carlos Bravo Regidor in The Ideas Letter: Carlos Bravo Regidor: Let me start with a deliberately general question: Why does inequality matter? Branko Milanović: High inequality matters because it deprives many people of equal access to various activities: school, health services, … | Continue reading
Large Language Models as Cultural Technologies Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:49AM by Robin Varghese | Continue reading
Love or hate ’em, her cabinets are making waves. READ MORE... | Continue reading
Steven Pearlstein in The Washington Post: It is one of the recurring plotlines in the psychodrama of U.S. politics: A talented and charismatic young reformer goes to Washington, is hailed for taking on a corrupt and self-satisfied establishment, but in the end is nearly undone by … | Continue reading
It's been a while since we had a post in the Prescriptivist Poppycock category. This example is more a case of badly-researched etymology, but we'll take what we can get, courtesy of Florent Moncomble, who writes: In the May update of the prescriptive « Dire, ne pas dire » sectio … | Continue reading
On Retrovert, we get to see Richard Berger exploring his experimental side in both lyrics as well as the production. Across the twelve tracks, we get to hear Richard at his finest when it comes to world-building atmospherics. | Continue reading
“The sweetness of a berry is basically guaranteed.” READ MORE... | Continue reading
Since its Early Access release back in 2017, Motion Twin and Evil Empire’s Dead Cells has become one of the most popular roguelikes of the current gaming generation. The two studios may have recently ended development on the game, but it’ll still live on the form of the animated … | Continue reading
It’s official. TikTok is going longform. The application, which is facing a potential ban in the U.S., confirmed to TechCrunch… Continue reading TikTok eyes 60-minute video uploads, drawing ‘mini YouTube’ criticism The post TikTok eyes 60-minute video uploads, drawing ‘mini YouTu … | Continue reading
James Stewart in The New York Times: It’s been 14 years since Goldman Sachs was vilified as a “vampire squid” by Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone. “Organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy,” he concluded then. Goldman has since experienced some hard times, tarred by scan … | Continue reading