The unexpected death of the Iranian president may be the vent that allows a volcano of rage to explode. Reuel Marc Gerecht explains. | Continue reading
Daniel & Chris share their first impressions of OpenAI’s newest LLM: GPT-4o and Daniel tries to bring the model into the conversation with humorously mixed results. Together, they explore the implications of Omni’s new feature set - the speed, the voice interface, and the new mul … | Continue reading
Funding will support NOAA’s efforts to increase tsunami detection capability for improved tsunami warnings [Last week], the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced $30 million to modernize and replace the equipment on the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) O … | Continue reading
CHICAGO, IL – Bedrock Materials, a pioneering battery technology startup launched out of Stanford University in 2023, [has] announced a successful close of $9 million in seed funding alongside the inauguration of its new Research & Development (R&D) headquarters in Chicago, Illin … | Continue reading
🏝️ I got 2 days off work and had an extra-long weekend with Monday 20th being a holiday here! 🥳 I didn’t have anything planned, I just took the time to relax and slow down. Reading, journaling, playing Stardew Valley, long walks, yoga and running. That’s about sum … | Continue reading
Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal: [Apple vice president of iPad and Mac product marketing Tom] remained firm: iPads are for touch, Macs are not. “MacOS is for a very different paradigm of computing,” he said. He explained that many customers have both types of devices and think … | Continue reading
A new bill in California offers an alternative to Australia-style link taxes. PLUS: OpenAI explains itself | Continue reading
At thoughtbot, we’ve built many infrastructures on AWS and are experts in migrations. We’ve designed this guide to help anyone going through the same process to build a complete platform on AWS from scratch following the recommendations from AWS prescriptive guidance. Check out t … | Continue reading
Up early, and, with Sir R. Slingsby (and Major Waters the deaf gentleman, his friend, for company's sake) to the Victualling-office (the first time that I ever knew where it was), and there staid while he read a commission for enquiry into some of... | Continue reading
If you use Slack on Ubuntu but were frustrated to find screen sharing under Wayland only showed a black screen (or made the entire app crash) you’ll be pleased to hear those issues are now fixed. I’m not a Slack user —who’d I talk to, myself?!— and while I hear that this popular … | Continue reading
Two decades into making speakers, Sonos has now come up with its first headphones – the Sonos Ace. The headphones are also similar to any out there and sport shades of black and soft white. However, a nice thing with the Sonos Ace is that the ear cups are completely removable. Th … | Continue reading
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Tadoº, the European-based smart heating company, has announced a new line of products called tadoº X. These products feature upgrades from the company’s previous V3+ range, support the new Matter smart home standard, and are built on the Thread protocol for a more reliable connec … | Continue reading
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A Texas age verification law will rob people of anonymity online, chill access to speech for privacy- and security-minded internet users, and entirely block some adults from accessing constitutionally protected online content, EFF argued in a brief filed with the Supreme Court la … | Continue reading
"You can definitely get some oddly shaped carrots in hard soil." Gardener shares simple process for growing hearty carrots: 'That explains my lack of carrots' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"This is a huge opportunity for brands and producers." Snack company releases first-of-its-kind chip bag: 'The potential to revolutionize packaging as we know it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Our correspondent tried to foment class war at the country’s most prestigious horse race. But it’s hard to bring a rich man down. | Continue reading
Every movie starts with a script and a movie we’ve all been waiting for is finally getting one. Michael Lesslie, the writer of last year’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, is in negotiations to write Marvel Studios’ upcoming live-action X-Men movie. Read more.. … | Continue reading
Power Meter City in the USA now has stock of the sought-after Favero Pro MX Power Meter and the Hammerhead Karoo 3 The post Favero Pro MX in stock | Hammerhead Karoo 3 in stock appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike r … | Continue reading
About 15 years ago, I'd say I was at my high point of weird internet fame, where a few thousand people online knew who I was. When you run a big community website, you get to know thousands of people and they got to know me too. The | Continue reading
It costs less energy to get fossil fuels, but we can't use them as efficiently. | Continue reading
"We must live it, now, a day at a time and be very careful not to hurt each other." | Continue reading
XDefiant, Ubisoft’s free-to-play arena shooter, launched on Tuesday for PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X, and almost immediately… Continue reading XDefiant servers run into big matchmaking problems on launch day The post XDefiant servers run into big matchmaking probl … | Continue reading
Filipe Espósito, writing at 9to5 Mac: Back in 2020, Apple offered selected developers a custom DTK Mac mini with the A12Z Bionic chip inside, so that they could develop apps for the Apple Silicon platform. After the official launch of the M1 Macs, developers had to return their D … | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Populus: Living and Dying in Ancient Rome by Guy de la Bédoyère, published by the University of Chicago Press. © 2024 by Guy de la Bédoyère. All rights reserved. Certain Roman emperors led the field when it came to dining. Colorful anecdotes abo … | Continue reading
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Star Wars fans have been buzzing about a potentially huge reveal in new footage from The Acolyte, and now a curious change to that footage on YouTube adds fuel to the fire of its accuracy. Read more... | Continue reading
I think it was during the ShopTalk with Blake Watson where “tower defense” games briefly came up and someone recommended Kingdom Rush. It’s not exactly new, coming out in 2011, but it was new to me. I played on iOS. It feels like the total classic of tower defense games. Monsters … | Continue reading
Two and bit years ago, I spotted an entry on Fandom about a “remake” of the Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Being a 2001 fan, I naturally wrote about it. I’ve had a lot of fun with the post ever since. People stumble upon it every now and again, and link to … | Continue reading
For the curious, intrepid explorer looking for a brief getaway from bustling George Town, head northwest, where a sprawling fruit paradise awaits you. Located in northwest Teluk Bahang, the Penang Tropical Fruit Farm is Southeast Asia’s largest collection of fruits. The farm sits … | Continue reading
"The work also shows the impact that can happen when scientists and designers work together." Researchers develop innovative new method to make leather without animals: 'A major achievement' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Villa Vaartjes, located in Almere Oosterwold and designed by NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture, is an innovative and adaptable home. The villa is strategically situated on an archaeological site with unobstructed views and consists of three distinct parts that surround a cent … | Continue reading
Posted a couple of things with WordPress, having moved from Jekyll. ‘s OK, but need to change a few things like meta descriptions. Bit of work to do. | Continue reading
Link: AI Citations. One of the things about what we know as “AI” is that it’s become an all-encompassing term for what I think are a group of actually quite different things. I’m particularly interested in the research going into machine learning models to help predict cancers. T … | Continue reading
She is the Earth, a work of verse, written by Yankunytjatjara (South Australia) poet Ali Cobby Eckermann, was named the NSW Premiers Literary Awards book of the year, on Monday 20 May 2024. Award judges were unstinting in their praise of Eckermann’s writing: She is the Earth is a … | Continue reading
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Hidden right above Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean, the ride that started the Disney Parks attraction-to-movie pipeline, is the members-only Club 33, an exclusive destination for industry professionals, insiders, the rich and the famous, and their lucky friends. There’s ple … | Continue reading
It looks like a tiny semi-truck and trailer, with the driver sitting in an enclosed cab and pulling a spacious cargo trailer behind, but instead of burning fossil fuels for power, the Cityshuttle ePack is pedaled like a bicycle. This zero emission light goods vehicle could be a k … | Continue reading
Elon Musk says SpaceX aims to launch the fourth Starship test flight in about two weeks. | Continue reading
Scientists have used a new technique to synthesize diamonds at normal, atmospheric pressure and without a starter gem, which could make the precious gemstones easier to grow in the lab. | Continue reading
New Phi-3 models: small, medium and vision I couldn't find a good official announcement post to link to about these three newly released models, but this post on LocalLLaMA on Reddit has them in one place: Phi-3 small (7B), Phi-3 medium (14B) and Phi-3 vision (4.2B) (the previous … | Continue reading
Link: Mania! endless revision / fixation on minutiae / sprawl / excessive wisecracking / punchiness / illusory epiphany / paranoia These are the Zone of Fruitless Intensification stage of “the right stuff” – virtues turned to self-defeating vices… necessary strengths that, pushed … | Continue reading
“At least one person from almost any department at a company like this you can imagine got some bad news today” The post Long-time Staffers At RPS, GamesIndustry.biz, VG247 Surprised By Layoffs As IGN Buys Network appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Sydney based product designer Wing Pang, whom I wrote about last week, has published a comprehensive guide to the IndieWeb. Coming from a design background, joining the IndieWeb was an incredibly exciting and rewarding, yet maze-like journey. To be honest, almost every step of th … | Continue reading
Last summer, Sabra, one of America’s leading producers of hummus, announced three new flavors: Barbecue, Buffalo (as in wings), and Southwest. Not to be outdone, Fresh Cravings, a contender for dominance in the retail hummus market, debuted two new flavors of its own later that y … | Continue reading
This dominant and unusual rocky formation of sandstone and siltstone was exposed during white clay mining for brickmaking at the nearby Yarralumla Brickworks for the building of Canberra in the 1940s and 1950s. It consists of two anticlines (upwards folds) with a syncline (downwa … | Continue reading