Botanists discovered a new lipstick vine species, Aeschynanthus pentatrichomatus, in the Philippine rainforest. Found during a 2022 expedition, the plant is critically endangered and underscores the need for conservation in biodiversity hotspots. Scientists have announced the dis … | Continue reading
Food historian Max Miller stumbled upon the original recipe for 1980s/90s school cafeteria pizza (you know, with the iconic rectangular slices) and decided to whip up a batch (with “pourable dough”). Tastes just like it. You can like — all of those herbs are exactly the same as t … | Continue reading
Hi, Spring fans! (and happy holidays!) in this installment I talk to Intact's Luke Shannon about their use of Spring, developer portals, and so much more. | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I round up the tech and productivity projects we have planned for our annual holiday break. On AppStories+, I explain the refinements he’s made to my reading setup. Comfort Zone Chri … | Continue reading
As the year wraps up, I wanted to jot down some quick reviews of the lesser known apps that I've come to rely on in my daily life. I looked at my phone's apps and listed things that are very good at doing just one thing | Continue reading
Bad Stan naming I realized recently that we followed the confusing terminological convention of ML in our description of Stan’s categorical_logit function. In Stan, if there’s a suffix to a distribution, it describes the scale of one or more of … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Xavier H.M., writing on his Mastodon page: Your neocities blog is cute but I can’t read the 5pt font and your cursor is the size of a bread crumb. The web page is loading so many gifs my computer sounds like a boeing 747. disassociated once, in a way, looked like a Neocities webs … | Continue reading
Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, and Lily-Rose Depp star in the vampire film, now in theaters. | Continue reading
Welcome to the latest edition of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly newsletter, Hey There, It’s Amanda, packed with food, travel, and shopping tips, Food52 doings, and other matters that catch her eye. Get inspired—sign up here for her emails. Photo by Amanda Hesser Photo by A … | Continue reading
Located in Hangar 42 at Blackpool Airport, which was built in 1939 for the Royal Air Force, the Spitfire Visitor Centre is a museum featuring, among other attractions, full-scale replicas of World War II-era Spitfire fighter aircraft. Reconstructed using original parts, the aircr … | Continue reading
Reach out and circle something. | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: Ian M. Banks 🏷 Genre: Scf-fi / fantasy 🗓 Published: 04 September 2008 📄 Pages: 514 🧐 My rating: ★☆☆☆☆ (1 star) The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to … | Continue reading
We finally have a real definition of the elusive "AGI." | Continue reading
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In 1979, a wild rabbit swam aggressively toward President Jimmy Carter's fishing boat in 1979. It quickly became known as the "killer rabbit attack," and was used against him by Ronald Reagan's campaign in the 1980 election. The incident occurred on April 20 while Carter was fish … | Continue reading
Presentify When I started working in EdTech, instructors were still using transparency based overhead projectors. When interactive white boards arrived, incorporating connected computers for use instead of grease pencils and plastic, it felt like the future, but the high cost of … | Continue reading
I know. But look, I like a good pun, and also, some really bad ones. — JS | Continue reading
Kids upstairs, relaxing. Would take them outside but, 1, I’m working, kind of, a 2 it’s raining still […] | Continue reading
Dark energy does not exist, and the universe, while continuing to expand, is not doing so in a uniform fashion. In other words, the cosmos may look more like a potato, rather than a sphere. This according to recent research by astronomers and scientists at the University of Cante … | Continue reading
"I need to do this." Homeowner demonstrates how simple ceiling fan adjustment saved them up to 30% on energy bills: 'This is new to me' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Image: The Verge ChatGPT isn’t working for many users right now. With numerous reports on social media, we also confirmed that the chatbot loads but isn’t able to respond to queries, while others are seeing an “internal server error” message. It looks like the outage started arou … | Continue reading
You can watch the first five seasons of The Dick Van Dyke show on YouTube for free — the first season is here. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
The imaging satellite was decommissioned two years ago and abandoned to burn up upon reentry through Earth's atmosphere. | Continue reading
Part of the Mars Trilogy Technical Commentary Series. Contains spoilers for this chapter and earlier chapters. Google Mars .kml. Literary commentary podcast. [Edit: If you enjoy this kind of thing, you may find a career at my company, Terraform Industries, rewarding. We’re hiring … | Continue reading
You can use them for so many kitchen projects. READ MORE... | Continue reading
We got a new game for the holidays: Everdell. Still figuring it out but it’s great so far. Looking forward to checking out the expansions too. | Continue reading
Everything passing quicker than I’d like. What do, change the way I think. Way I perceive time, my […] | Continue reading
Using a pair of satellites, the European Space Agency is set to be able to create artificial solar eclipses on-demand to study one of the most important features of our Sun. Lost in the sheer brightness of the star, the corona, or crown of the Sun, is hotter and larger than the S … | Continue reading
The introverts among us live almost permanently in a sort of internal exile, or a rich inner life, as Waleed Aly referred to it during the COVID-19 lockdowns. But the idea of getting away from it all, without actually going anywhere, is gaining traction more widely, writes Jacque … | Continue reading
Beyond faster data speeds and more reliable service, the next generation of wireless networks—6G—is expected to meet surging demands for data rate and coverage, plus new applications resulting from artificial intelligence. Telecommunications is one of the many industries expected … | Continue reading
CEO Tony Vinciquerra, who's stepping down January 2, has some blame to lay for the failure of Kraven the Hunter and others. | Continue reading
Although U.S. prisons sprouted up before the United States were even formed, it wasn't until 1851 that prisoners were given official inmate numbers. And the first gentleman to receive such a number — 00001 — was a 22-year-old cabinet-maker from Sacramento, California. — Read the … | Continue reading
Tohoku University developed a durable steel-aluminum alloy via 3D printing, overcoming brittleness challenges with advanced laser techniques, paving the way for innovative, lightweight automotive components. Researchers at Tohoku University’s Institute for Materials Research and … | Continue reading
There is "endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is," says California Institute of Technology neuroscientist Markus Meister. "If you actually try to put numbers to it, we are incredibly slow." LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? — Read the rest … | Continue reading
While you’re visiting family this holiday season, if you’re the family tech guru you might get asked some questions about iPhone. This year, why not be a little more proactive and sit down with someone less tech savvy, and with a few tweaks, improve their iPhone experience? Custo … | Continue reading
DeepSeek_V3.pdf The DeepSeek v3 paper (and model card) are out, after yesterday's mysterious release of the undocumented model weights. Plenty of interesting details in here. The model pre-trained on 14.8 trillion "high-quality and diverse tokens" (not otherwise documented). Foll … | Continue reading
Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair at Literary Hub: “Looking back on it, we did used to say, it’s like a divorce,” Paul McCartney reflected on the Beatles’ breakup, now a marathon heading into its fifth year. “It really was like that, but four fellas trying to divorce instead of a … | Continue reading
Because of an earlier SNAFU, the Featured Comments to the "Louis Mendes Test" post got lost. I've restored them now—and we have some street photographers in our midst. Have a look. Mike P.S. I'm not being serious. You don't actually... | Continue reading
Robert Plant spoke with Dan Rather about how the death of his five year old son Karac in July of 1977 had on his incredible music career. | Continue reading
"It was really fulfilling to just give back to the people who need it most." College students transform old classroom into thriving business with innovative modeling: 'There is something for everyone here' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The Shelby County, Alabama Sheriff's Office reports that "on Sunday, December 22nd, deputies responded to an armed and dangerous suspect attempting to roost in a local church parking lot. A brave, young deputy gave chase, risking his life to protect the church flock." — Read the … | Continue reading
Are humans the result of a pig and a chimpanzee mating? Maybe, says Eugene M. McCarthy, who holds a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Georgia, and specializes in studying hybridization in animals. Uri Bram, in his delightful Atoms vs Bits essay, says the idea that humans a … | Continue reading
An electricity cable in the Gulf of Finland was disconnected earlier this week. | Continue reading
'Grand Theft Hamlet' tells the unlikely but true story of a full production of 'Hamlet' staged entirely inside 'Grand Theft Auto Online.' Here's when you can watch in theaters or at home. | Continue reading
The cat death appears to be the first case of H5N1 in the U.S. traced to raw pet food. | Continue reading
Minnesota Guaranteed Free School Meals for All Kids. Now Let’s Do It Nationwide. It’s been a big success: “We can see that students are just better prepared. They’re better able to learn and focus.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
A lucid dream is one in which you're aware of the fact that you're dreaming and can often control what happens. If you can train yourself in the practice, it can help boost creativity, confront fears, practice new skills, and even alleviate recurring nightmares, all while immerse … | Continue reading