From the original Desktop databases linking files to distinctive icons, to the sophistication of QuickLook, how display of thumbnails for files has changed in Mac OS. | Continue reading
I borrowed a bike from our hosts in el Vilosell so I could ride the rough hilltop trail to the bridge over the river Set, 3km away, and find a geocache. | Continue reading
A new course offered by a local Volkshochschule (VHS) in Berlin is offering participants access to the document archive of the Ministry for State Security and secret police (Stasi... | Continue reading
It’s been seven years since my father passed, taken from us far too soon at the age of 51. I was only 18 then, and while time has softened some of the pain, his influence remains a constant part of me. He was a person full of curiosity and passion, qualities I feel he passed down … | Continue reading
SmolLM2 New from Loubna Ben Allal and her research team at Hugging Face: SmolLM2 is a family of compact language models available in three size: 135M, 360M, and 1.7B parameters. They are capable of solving a wide range of tasks while being lightweight enough to run on-device. [.. … | Continue reading
After months of no direct trains running from Amsterdam to London, Eurostar has announced that it is set to resume the international train route from February 10, 2025. Amsterdam... | Continue reading
Welcome to the latest edition of Come On Over, Food52 editorial director Julie Vadnal's newsletter that's all about hosting gatherings big and small—without losing your cool. Got company? Sign up here for her emails. I’ll share a secret with you: I prefer Friendsgiving over Thank … | Continue reading
Asciminib (Scemblix) has been approved for adult patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase (CP). The accelerated approval was granted by the FDA on 29 October 2024. Earlier, asciminib was approved by FDA in … | Continue reading
Omega and Swatch's MoonSwatch line of fashion wristwatches may not qualify as haute chronologie or a showcase of the watchmaker's craft, but they have managed to introduce what may well be a unique function in the Mission to EarthPhase watch. Continue Reading Category: Wearables, … | Continue reading
This post was written by Gowri Nayar, an EFF legal intern. Imagine driving to get your nails done with your family and all of a sudden, you are pulled over by police officers for allegedly driving a stolen car. You are dragged out of the car and detained at gun point. So are your … | Continue reading
BOO!!! Well, it's been quite a week -- the above is a representation of how I feel, and we're not yet even AT the week I've been dreading since, oh, November 2020. In case you missed any of our nonsense this week, or you need distractions, over at Drinks With Broads the free… The … | Continue reading
We've been focusing in on some of the powertrain innovations Mahle has been developing and fine-tuning for the electric car and truck market, and the company hasn't been letting its ebike offerings slide, either. This week, it launched its lightest electric bike drive series yet. … | Continue reading
Historians picking thru the wreckage to find out just who played the biggest part in crashing democracy, and ultimately, civilization, will, of course, assign blame to Petro-Dictators like Vladimir Putin and Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.But a chapter will have to be written about … | Continue reading
Though primarily known for cameras and office equipment, Ricoh boasts that its lenses are the preferred choice of top projector makers around the world. So it's no surprise that its latest laser projector makes use of Ricoh glass "to deliver high-quality, color-rich 4K images fro … | Continue reading
Of the approximately three non-Heidi people I even recognized from Heidi Klum's Halloween party -- at least as of the hour at which I am writing this post -- Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini did the best job sticking the landing. This is an outstanding Danny and Sandy costume, e … | Continue reading
Before and after. Financial Times (paywall): The extraordinary downpours were driven in part by higher temperatures in the Mediterranean, a largely enclosed sea whose warmth is a store of energy that can only be released via evaporation, creating the conditions for intense storms … | Continue reading
For the first day of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), I want to start with something difficult, and the reason why I’m participating in this monthly challenge. I’ve lost all affection for my writing voice, and I don’t entirely know why. These days, it’s challenging for me … | Continue reading
From your car to your kitchen, these things are bound to make your life easier. | Continue reading
Starring Gwen. The post PANTS WHAT: A Double Feature first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
The budding partnership between Russia and North Korea may now be blossoming into space. | Continue reading
Holiday specials and streaming rights; the questionable future of linear cable channels; Bob Iger’s Endgame gets interesting; Sports Corner with Rob Manfred, Jason Kelce, and Charles Barkley; Behold, the power of CBS; and some TV shows you should watch.… | Continue reading
The botnet is being skillfully used to launch "highly evasive" password-spraying attacks. | Continue reading
On Wednesday I had a great chat with Connie Loizos, the editor in chief of TechCrunch, you can view the video here: Then yesterday Automattic filed its legal responses to the spurious lawfare from WP Engine, Silver Lake, and Quinn Emanuel. It’s a bit long, but if you have time gi … | Continue reading
Most of us do it, be it romantic, familial, friendly or formal, but kissing among humans and where and how it originated is still hotly debated among historians and anthropologists. Now a new theory has been put forward: That our evolutionary loss of body hair is at the root of t … | Continue reading
Well, I assume it did. Isn't EVERYONE technically an Oscar hopeful? The post Savannah’s Film Festival Brought Out Some Oscar Hopefuls first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
The following JEP is targeted to JDK 24: 478: Key Derivation Function API (Preview) | Continue reading
Before you optimize your code, you should run a profiler to understand how your code performs. In Python, you can use cProfile to profile your code. cProfile is part of the Python standard library. With cProfile, you can find out: How long functions take to run in your code, both … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court on Friday night left in place a ruling by Pennsylvania’s highest court that requires election boards in the state to count provisional ballots submitted by voters whose mail-in ballots had been deemed invalid. The brief unsigned order came just four days before. … | Continue reading
Work is currently underway on an extremely slim new skyscraper in Dubai. Despite its supertall height of 380 m (1,246 ft), the tower will be just one apartment wide – or 22.5 m (73 ft). Continue Reading Category: Architecture, Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construction, Skyscraper … | Continue reading
I went this morning with Sir W. Pen by coach to Westminster, and having done my business at Mr. Montagu's, I went back to him at Whitehall, and from thence with him to the 3 Tun Tavern, at Charing Cross, and there sent for up the maister of the... | Continue reading
Today bloggers across the IndyWeb started doing AMAs with questions from a variety of sources. Here are the writers I found with tagged Mastodon posts. I remember every mean thing anyone ever said to me - By Keenan answering "If you could instantly change one internal pattern or … | Continue reading
Yee [end turn] haw The post Coldridge Explores The Wild West One Hex At A Time appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Democracy isn’t just a bunch of abstract principles and dusty laws in some book somewhere. It’s the values we live by. It’s the way we treat each other, including those who don’t look like us or pray like us or see the world exactly like we do. President Barack Obama. | Continue reading
This was our second edition in Antwerp. At least for a while it will be our last one in Antwerp either. Well, at least in the wonderful Bourla Theatre as it will be restored for the next couple of years (the estimate is between 3 and 5 years). We are looking into other options fo … | Continue reading
The initial batches will be shipped in late November at the earliest. | Continue reading
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to do a Novel writing month, but I have signed up for writingmonth.org with the idea that I want to write at least 10,000 words in my journal (this blog counts) and another 10,000 words at least for office work. For office work, I’ll only count wor … | Continue reading
These budget-friendly picks will have you stepping out with your best foot forward. | Continue reading
My October in music at last.fm 1 The Lemonheads 16 scrobbles 2 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 12 3 Juliana Hatfield 9 4 Michelle Shocked 6 5 Alabama Shakes 5 6 Belle and Sebastian 5 7 De La Soul 5 8 k. d. lang 5 9 R.E.M. 5 10 The Slits 4 As always, the… | Continue reading
Unlock Anthropic's Claude 3 Haiku model's full potential with Amazon Bedrock's fine-tuning for enhanced accuracy and customization. | Continue reading
"The more you enable these people structurally or systematically, the more footing they gain until they become a default" The post The Dragon Age Review Controversy Shows How Much YouTube And Twitter Have Poisoned Video Game Discourse appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
By Leo Babauta Last year, I turned 50 years old … and I found myself thinking about aging more than I ever had before. To be clear, 50 years old is still pretty young, but there’s something about the number that had me realizing that my 60s and 70s aren’t very far away, and it [… … | Continue reading
Great blow-up sculpture. Blog moderation policy. | Continue reading
The Grand Mosque of Mopti, also known as Komoguel Mosque, is a prime example of Sahelian and Niger Valley architecture that stands 15 meters tall and is made out of mud brick. This mosque was built in the 1930s, on the site of an older mosque that had been built in the early 20th … | Continue reading
Apple on Monday in the Irish press release for this week’s operating system updates: Mac users in the EU can access Apple Intelligence in U.S. English with macOS Sequoia 15.1. This April, Apple Intelligence features will start to roll out to iPhone and iPad users in the EU. This … | Continue reading
A newly characterized anti-viral defense system in bacteria aborts infection through a novel mechanism by chemically altering mRNA. | Continue reading
Pixelmator Team: A new home for Pixelmator Today we have some important news to share: the Pixelmator Team plans to join Apple. This is huge for this company, and it’s well-deserved. Pixelmator has long-been a prime example of what a great Apple developer looks like, and I’ | Continue reading
GitHub’s annual month-long game jam, where creativity knows no limits! Throughout November, dive into your favorite game engines, libraries, and programming languages to bring your wildest game ideas to life. Whether you're a seasoned dev or just getting started, it’s all about h … | Continue reading
The name Miguel Hernández is applied to numerous structures and institutions around Alicante and Elche on Spain's Costa Blanca. These include the airport serving Alicante and the university based in Elche. Hernández was one of the most important poets (amongst many poets and arti … | Continue reading