So much of our online and technological lives rely on standards, the sets of rules designed to make sure our favorite gadgets and services work together. At their best, they make everything work seamlessly, and we never need to worry about what’s happening behind the scenes. But … | Continue reading
Save 92% on a license for Microsoft latest OS—Windows 11 Pro—grabbing it for just $14.97. | Continue reading
I discovered this statement, attributed only to “JBD”, in a Mastodon post from the Programming Quotes account. “A good API is not just easy to use but also hard to misuse”. I think it’s genius. And designing an API like … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Wait, the Daily Telescope is back? Sort of. | Continue reading
These strategies exploit shoppers, particularly novice thrifters, who believe they're getting bargains. Customer raises alarm over concerning behavior at local thrift store: 'I have reported my local [store] a few times' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most definitely don’t | Continue reading
By delivering newspapers, munitions and secret messages to resistance groups, among many other incredible tasks, the brave fighters strove for a freer world | Continue reading
Azul has helped hundreds of enterprises find a viable way forward for their Java applets and JWS implementations, minimizing risk. The post Keeping Java Applets Alive with Azul Platform Core appeared first on Azul | Better Java Performance, Superior Java Support. | Continue reading
Companies today are increasingly dependent on technology. If you build a product or offer a service, there is a chance that you have an IT team supporting your business in delivering value to customers. This remains true even for organizations whose offerings aren’t strictly digi … | Continue reading
Save 50% on a subscription to NordPass Premium and organize your complex passwords in a secure place. | Continue reading
NGC 4941 dazzles in a new Hubble image, showcasing star-forming regions and a supermassive black hole that dramatically alters its host galaxy through radiation, jets, and intense gravitational forces. This week’s featured image from the Hubble Space Telescope showcases the strik … | Continue reading
Current conditions: The Silver Fire, which erupted in eastern California on Sunday, spread to 1,589 acres and is 47% contained • More than 200,000 customers in Michigan are still without power following an ice storm • Torrential downpours this week could drop four months’ worth o … | Continue reading
Stages As every flower fades and as all youth Departs, so life at every stage, So every virtue, so our grasp of truth, Blooms in its day and may not last forever. Since life may summon us at every age Be ready, heart, for parting, new endeavor, Be ready bravely and without remors … | Continue reading
Model context protocol standardizes how AI uses data sources, supported by OpenAI and Anthropic. | Continue reading
Robert Rodriguez's 'Sin City,' one of the most faithful comic book adaptions ever made, brought pulp back to the big screen. | Continue reading
Every time I see “mAh” on a consumer product, I cringe. Megahertz are starting to bruise, too. That’s because the most critical components of portable gadgets — batteries and processors — should really be measured in watts: it’s the one common spec that gives you a real idea … | Continue reading
"It’s either going to be managed retreat or unmanaged retreat." Residents of coastal town divided over future plans amid looming crisis: 'The stakes really couldn't be higher' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
From Dürer's groundbreaking hare to the fable of the hare and the tortoise, a hidden hare in a well-known Turner and a white rabbit for the first of the month? | Continue reading
See also this paper on "Links Between Cantonese and Ancient Middle Chinese". I asked Don Snow, a specialist on Cantonese language, if the video and the paper are "cogent, well-done, convincing?". His reply: Basically, I would say yes. Obviously the video is designed to be as ente … | Continue reading
School-aged kids will learn to make an accordion sketchbook in this fun project. We’ve included a free printable template to… The post Accordion Sketchbook Art Project for Kids appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
How did the music industry get through hip-hop sampling in the 80s without blowing itself up? I was paying attention to copyright issues in software at the time, we used copy protection, but we knew it didn't work. It was just how things were done. | Continue reading
Save 40% on an HP laptop with 8 GB of memory and 512 GB of hard drive storage space. | Continue reading
I have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones. Are there easy ways to delete data—files, photos, etc.—on phones so it can’t be recovered? Does resett … | Continue reading
The rabbit hole of quantum gets weirder the deeper you go—but also has plenty of promise. | Continue reading
Buying a giant battery for the next blackout or off-grid adventure can be daunting, especially when hundreds or even thousands of dollars are on the line. Get it wrong and you’ve either spent too much money for something you’ll never use or discover that you didn’t buy enou … | Continue reading
The latest software can handle everyday scenarios on the road, even ones it's not used to. Tesla owner shares unbelievable video of car navigating congested roads with no hands on wheel first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Study finds that AI fundamentally lacks the human capability to make creative mental connections, raising warning signs for how we deploy AI tools. | Continue reading
Scientists carefully positioned lasers to compress billions of electrons together, creating a beam five times more powerful than ever before. Researchers at SLAC have achieved a major milestone in accelerator physics by creating an ultrashort electron beam with record-breaking pe … | Continue reading
Cold, windy, and overcast. The ring of daffodils in my yard offers a bright yellow rebuke to the grayness. Drink your tea! says the towhee. I’m trying. | Continue reading
Hello, it's been a while. There's a new links page on gilest.org, where I shall be posting links for the time being. Bluesky's nice and all that, but an archive with some attached RSS (like wot you're reading now) will be a better choice. Since I last troubled your RSS reader, th … | Continue reading
The prompt: Here's a drawing and a profile picture. I'd like you to insert the person in the profile into the drawing, and adapt it as you see fit, but the face of the person in the profile should be in the same style as the ones around it. I gave it a snapshot of the art from th … | Continue reading
The post ServiceNow looks to Canada as market for AI deals heats up appeared first on The Logic. | Continue reading
In the post-pandemic world, airlines have been struggling to figure out how to deal with […] | Continue reading
Both his daughter and mother had to spend hours in the hospital in hyperbaric chambers. Father reveals how careless cleaning service put his family's health in jeopardy: 'You sue the socks off this business owner' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The beautiful art that came with the season finale of Severance could have been drawn by ChatGPT, it's that good, in the way that machine art is good. There's a point of view reflected in its creations, looking into a soul that in no way exists. We're learning about it, but it's … | Continue reading
My server has been coughing up hairballs tonight. It coughed up a link to this piece from two years ago, when Twitter pulled the plug on their API. It knocked everything I had built on the Twitter API off the air. Every thing. Just like that. That's what tonight was like here. It … | Continue reading
"It's going to be really hard for the world to catch up." Automaker unveils jet-inspired SUV with 'super impressive' features: 'My jaw dropped' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Bari Weiss on some great news from our newsroom. | Continue reading
WordLand and Scripting News and a bunch of other sites/apps were off the air starting about 1AM Eastern, but mostly things seem to be working now, shortly after 6AM. It was a big scramble, I had to provision a new server on Digital Ocean. | Continue reading
"It shows how innovation can turn challenges into opportunities for positive change." Report highlights surprising shift in cryptocurrency's future: 'The technology that some feared ... is now helping' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Arctic winter sea ice reached its lowest extent on record at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, while global ice coverage also hit a record low in mid-February. On March 22, 2025, Arctic sea ice reached its lowest winter maximum on record, according to NASA and the National Snow … | Continue reading
Tyler Cowen, Jed Rubenfeld, Coleman Hughes, and others join The Free Press. Plus: NIH chief Jay Bhattacharya sits down for his first interview. And much more. | Continue reading
Do you disagree with any of these controversial takes about bootstrapping? In episode 768, Rob Walling unpacks a series of semi-controversial beliefs about bootstrapping from ScrapingBee’s Pierre de Wulf. Rob evaluates each point from Pierre's tweet, discussing topics like rebran … | Continue reading
by Barry Goldman One day many years ago my wife got stuck in the shower. She doesn’t know exactly how it happened, but that’s the gist. She finished taking a shower, pushed on the door to get out, and it wouldn’t open. She jiggled the door, and she banged on the door, and she pus … | Continue reading
One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs full | Continue reading
"They appear to not understand that your perennials are in fact ‘food.’" Gardener fires back at HOA after being fined for lush garden: 'I gave them two chances to be nice' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Chinese tech companies use smugglers, loopholes, and innovation to work around U.S. chip restrictions | Continue reading
Long believed to be particularly associated with males, new research is revolutionising our understanding of autism - by Gina Rippon Read at Aeon | Continue reading