Michelle Yeoh is back in Trek. | Screenshot: YouTube Star Trek: Section 31 will premiere as a direct-to-streaming movie on January 24th on Paramount Plus, which revealed the date during a Trek panel at the New York Comic Con. Fans will finally see Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek: Disco … | Continue reading
I really dislike the practice of replacing passwords with email “magic links”. Autofilling a password from my keychain happens instantly; getting a magic link from email can take minutes sometimes, and even in the fastest case, it’s nowhere near instantaneous. Replacing something … | Continue reading
OmTimes (Registration Required): In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there are five elements and five seasons, with the latter part of Summer considered a special time of year in the cycle of seasons and elements. Late, or Indian Summer is that fifth season – a special time between … | Continue reading
Getty Images There is a belief widely held across the Western world: Chinese students are schooled through rote, passive learning – and an educational system like this can only produce docile workers who lack innovation or creativity. We argue this is far from true. In fact, the … | Continue reading
The white student who killed a black homeless man on the subway last year is either a killer or Good Samaritan, depending on who you ask. Finally, a jury will decide. | Continue reading
The 3 AI Use Cases: Gods, Interns, and Cogs Drew Breunig introduces an interesting new framework for categorizing use cases of modern AI: Gods refers to the autonomous, human replacement applications - I see that as AGI stuff that's still effectively science fiction. Interns are … | Continue reading
Men and women experience pain relief differently, and a new study may shed light on why women are more prone to chronic pain and less responsive to opioid treatments. A recent study from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, investigating meditation as a trea … | Continue reading
WP Engine has filed hundreds pages of legal documents seeking an injunction against me and Automattic. They say this about community or some nonsense, but if you look at the core, what they’re trying to do is ask a judge to curtail my First Amendment rights. The First Amendment i … | Continue reading
The terrorist group brutalizes innocent people with impunity. But finally, some citizens are saying, ‘Enough.’ | Continue reading
Here comes a DIY smartwatch project that is unlike any other we have come across so far. It is the DRM Watch 3 made by Drfailov that is being discussed here and it is unique in that it comes with a 2.7-inch Sharp Memory Display. That’s quite something when seen from the perspecti … | Continue reading
We have seen E Ink Prism 3 displays being used for creating color-changing dress materials before though here is one that changes color or shows a different pattern based on changes in the heart rate of the wearer. Named Yi Mo or e-MooDress, the unique color-changing clothing mat … | Continue reading
The Tewksbury earthquake’s minimal local damage but widespread impact was due to its rupture direction, funneling shaking from New Jersey towards New York City, with the anomaly highlighted in studies on seismic energy distribution. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake in Tewksbury startle … | Continue reading
Who called it “intellectual property problems around the acquisition of training data for Large Language Models” and not Grand Theft Autocomplete? — Jens Ohlig, on March 8th 2024 Tags: training-data, llms, ai, generative-ai | Continue reading
Jamie Zawinski, one of the original creators of the erstwhile Netscape browser, recalls the day the first version, Netscape 0.9, was shipped thirty-years ago, last week: According to my notes, it went live shortly after midnight on Oct 13, 1994. We sat in the conference room in t … | Continue reading
"I just don't get why people disrespect these parks." Yellowstone park ranger steps in after tourist damages iconic feature: 'They deserve a lifetime ban' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
thehumorousace: Ace color palette cake recipes in German and Englisch PS: Personally those would be better than the *other* type of quickie in my opinion, as a sex repulsed ace Id much rather eat cake | Continue reading
annnathegayblogger: Part 2 1. bisexual 2. aroace 3. genderfluid 4. lesbian 5. trans 6. woman 7. non-binary 8. gay man 9. agender 10. demiboy | Continue reading
dorkrow: and theres nothing at all you can do about that. | Continue reading
39raccoons: it’s ace week apparently so here’s my two cents contribution in the form of this short old personal comic | Continue reading
ace: inside-my-gay-mind: This is a tough pill to swallow and fuck is it true | Continue reading
A busy week at work An interesting OpenUK meetup this week around whether Open Source can be a business Announced our next OpenUK meetup, all about the IndieWeb 🎉 Very frustrating losing all my desktop (+ work) tabs - but managed to work out why Created my /slashes page C … | Continue reading
Dave Winer, writing at Scripting News: One of the things that makes me want to see Automattic stick around and grow is that they have a really large codebase that has been scaled, debugged and maintained for over 20 freaking years. And the most important thing — they don’t break … | Continue reading
unchartedspark: 💚 Overrated 💜 (2024, posted on Valentines Day) | Continue reading
phoebeebies: Another one! I’m currently drawing pride flags as anthropomorphised medieval/high fantasy personas because…why wouldn’t I? Here’s the aromantic pride flag! 💚 | Continue reading
Baby animals are often placed in farmers' fields by their mothers but are left completely vulnerable to the blades of large mowers. Organization uses aerial drones to save baby animals from 'grisly' encounters: 'Accidents are happening more and more often' first appeared on The C … | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: If you'd like one of the badges in the bonus panel, please just attend one of the yacht meetings. Today's News: | Continue reading
aleprouswitch: BEFORE GRUNGE WAS BIG, IT WAS BLACK L: Tina Bell, Bam Bam R: Doug Pinnick, King’s X | Continue reading
allurahomeofbeauty: Edited and directed by Lok Hong | Continue reading
blackexcellence: Get ready to immerse yourself in a month-long celebration of Black joy, Black excellence, and Black art. Following the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s announcement that the theme for Black History Month 2024 is “African Americans … | Continue reading
longliveblackness: Congo is silently going through a silent genocide. Millions of people are being killed so that the western world can benefit from its natural resources. More than 60% of the world’s cobalt reserves are found in Congo, used in the production of smartphones. West … | Continue reading
kateammann: ALT Happy Ace Week!!! 🖤🤍💜 | Continue reading
Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in observing intrinsic magnetic structures in kagome lattices, which may significantly influence future quantum computing and superconductivity applications. A research team led by Prof. Qingyou Lu from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Sci … | Continue reading
The Sergio Miralles Podiatry Clinic project by Vitale Studio presents a fresh and innovative approach in the podiatry field. This project, led by expert podiatrist Sergio Miralles, offers a clear departure from traditional clinical designs by focusing on patient experience. Conti … | Continue reading
dyingenigma: Nyaueth Riam for the Face Magazine | Continue reading
For 2025, DC's putting its weight behind its new Absolute books, more crossovers, and the return of Vertigo. | Continue reading
sosuperawesome: Crochet Patterns // Complicated Knots | Continue reading
The most paradoxical thing about creative work is that it is both a way in and a way out, that it plunges you into the depths of your being and at the same time takes you out of yourself. Writing is the best instrument I have for metabolizing my experience and clarifying my own m … | Continue reading
This is apparently from X in February of 2023, though it can now be found elsewhere: So is ass an intensifier in "super mario level ass geological formation", or has it just been bleached into a formative for turning a phrase into a modifier? In any case, you can learn about "Sup … | Continue reading
Instead of optimising for immediate visibility, you always have the opportunity and option to create for a future audience. One that's somewhere in the long tail. If you’re willing to embrace that, you don’t need to worry about algorithms or trends. The post When Is The Audience? … | Continue reading
Grupo Arquitectura designed Four Houses Pinares with the goal of integrating architecture into the natural surroundings. Situated on a descending, wooded terrain, the project includes four independent two-level houses that share common amenities. Continue reading | Continue reading
Vehicles like cars, planes, and boats generally need a) an engine to push them forward, b) steering to direct their motions, and c) a driver to manage both. | Continue reading
The 42nd week of ’24. A busy week, too busy. I’m definitely too optimistic with allowing conversations and meetings in my schedule. But in large part it was also necessary as the coming two weeks are mostly spent on other things (first with our company, spending several days work … | Continue reading