Lameazoid Link List for Thursday 2024-09-19 19-Sep-2024 – Shrek’s home sprayable in PowerWash Simulator next month Brief Summary: ” The Shrek DLC heading to PowerWash Simulator now has a release date: 10th October. Read more” | Continue reading
We finally have an actual look at what's to come for Netflix's biggest surprise hit. Here's what the 'Squid Game' Season 2 teaser reveals. | Continue reading
At the Six One Indie Showcase, developer Videocult of Rain World fame revealed new gameplay of their next project, Airframe Ultra. Announced a year ago and teased recently at the PC Gaming Show, Airframe Ultra gets a decent chunk of gameplay shown here and it looks familiar yet a … | Continue reading
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has revealed the countries that were visited the most for vacations by Dutch residents in 2023. For those living in the Netherlands, the most popular... | Continue reading
I was recently the guest on TWIML - the This Week in Machine Learning & AI podcast. Our episode is titled Supercharging Developer Productivity with ChatGPT and Claude with Simon Willison, and the focus of the conversation was the ways in which I use LLM tools in my day-to-day wor … | Continue reading
"This was sorta accidental." Homeowner pleased to discover landscaping results after ditching lawn mower and weed killer: 'What can I do to make sure it stays like this?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Shutterstock Rodney Hall’s Vortex is the 13th novel in a long and distinguished career that includes two Miles Franklin Literary Awards for his earlier novels Just Relations (1982) and The Grisly Wife (1994). It is a historical novel, but with a particular sense of history in min … | Continue reading
Jay Tan and Alexis Copeland, of Microsoft: Our studies showed that while our illustrations could be described as colorful, inclusive, and genial on a surface level, they were received within consumer culture as uninteresting and emotionless. The flat vectorized style that was onc … | Continue reading
Yellow Brick Games announced that they will be bringing their upcoming game Eternal Strands to Tokyo Game Show 2024. It will be the first time the public can get a hands-on with a playable demo available on the show floor. The TGS 2024 demo will allow attendees of the show to tak … | Continue reading
Day 19 for the collage challenge. Here are the original photos and credits: Photo by Nathan Anderson on Unsplash Photo by Vizag Explore on Unsplash Photo by Elvir K on Unsplash Photo by Madhushree Narayan on Unsplash | Continue reading
Scientists discovered a link between copper regulation and neurodegeneration, using the worm gene swip-10. Their findings suggest that restoring copper balance could offer new treatments for disorders like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Research on simple organisms frequent … | Continue reading
From September 23 to 25, 2024, NIMO is set to host an exciting, live streamed 1v1 Celebrity Gaming Challenge in Malaysia, where local gaming stars will go head-to-head in an intense series of matchups. The winner will walk away with a cash prize, while the runner-up will face a l … | Continue reading
"We don't want to downplay this event, but we also do not want people to panic." Louisiana recovers after dealing with Category 2 hurricane — here's what happened first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
When tickets for Green Day’s 2025 Australian tour went on sale, fans joined a queue – a ritual that has been practised for decades on footpaths, on phones, and now online. But as Green Day fans reached the purchase point, the price varied. For some, a seated ticket rose as high a … | Continue reading
433 miles on the road today. 🚗 Grateful for the ability to travel to be with family; yearning for a high-speed rail system. | Continue reading
"Thank you for being a nature hero!" Video shows actor rescuing seagull tangled in fishing line: 'That was one of the most touching things I have ever seen' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The books I read, playlist I made, and recipes I saved during 2024 Summer. | Continue reading
Netflix has shared a tantalizingly brief look at what to expect when the smash hit series returns in December. | Continue reading
Vivaldi web browser has arrived on the Canonical Snap Store – officially. This closed-source, Chromium-based web browser has been available on Linux since its debut in 2015, providing an official DEB package for Ubuntu users (which adds an APT repo for ongoing updates). And last … | Continue reading
Newly released data compilation from Berkeley Lab tracks operational and proposed plants Improving battery technology and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that combine, for example, utility-scale wind and/or sola … | Continue reading
"Drought is not a crisis, it is a risk." Experts bust common myths about droughts: 'The cascading impacts of drought can touch all regions and sectors' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Intake, compression, power, then exhaust. Every 4-stroke engine ever made – about 80% of all engines currently in existence – function on this principle – even rotary engines. But now, Porsche has filed a patent to make a 6-stroke engine. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Tr … | Continue reading
Image: Firaxis / 2K Games Netflix’s newest games are actually a bit old. During its Geeked Week 2024 presentation, the streaming service revealed it’s adding Civilization VI and Street Fighter IV: Champion Edition as well as a host of other titles to its ever-increasing and legit … | Continue reading
Introducing Contextual Retrieval Here's an interesting new embedding/RAG technique, described by Anthropic but it should work for any embedding model against any other LLM. One of the big challenges in implementing semantic search against vector embeddings - often used as part of … | Continue reading
The company has already rolled out several other packaging initiatives in the UK. Nestlé expands innovative paper packaging across major brands — here's what you need to know first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Welcome to the weekend reading list, edition #243 NYJavaSIG The NYJavaSIG has a great night with 2 presentations from two of its own. Victor Grazi presented about Virtual Threads and Neha Sardana presented about project Amber. You can watch the recording of this and past events o … | Continue reading
Join Michael Moynihan and Batya Ungar-Sargon as they sit down with guests Abigail Shrier and River Page. | Continue reading
"It's high time we take action." Video captures man's rescue of sea turtle entangled in fishing net: 'Absolutely heartbreaking' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Sharrow Marine has quietly been working to disrupt the marine industry with a reimagined propeller it calls the "future of propulsion." The tech originally looked like it might be too expensive and make/model-specific to see that future to fruition in a substantial way, but Sharr … | Continue reading
Nobody needs to know any of this ahead of release The post Video Game Previews Are Not Great appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Transcending Into the Unknown emerges as a new band crafted by a talented Norwegian family from the vibrant city of Trondheim. Born in 2023, it was founded by the skilled brothers Filip and Robert Dahl, alongside Filip's son, Stian. | Continue reading
Netflix The second and final season of Netflix’s Arcane finally has a concrete release date, but it looks like the episodes won’t all be dropping at once. This evening, during the final night of this year’s Geeked Week showcase, Netflix and Riot announced that Arcane’s final seas … | Continue reading
"It's going to be quite a bad year." Researchers warn pantry staples may soon be in short supply as farmers battle poor conditions: 'The ground is almost like cement' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"Numb" keeps up with David Taro's signature style of pop rock that encompasses elements from blues and soul, leaning on a classic and timeless production arrangement that works incredibly well with his cadences and raspy vocals. | Continue reading
Transitioning to a more natural lawn by incorporating native plants and grasses into landscaping designs doesn't just help protect against flooding and erosion. Homeowner shares stunning before-and-after photos of their rain garden: 'Beautiful plan and execution' first appeared o … | Continue reading
Image: Netflix It doesn’t look like Dante has lost a step for his upcoming animated series. Netflix just released a new trailer for its Devil May Cry adaptation, and it includes the kind of absurd, over-the-top demon-hunting action that has made Capcom’s games so beloved. That me … | Continue reading
A 4,000-year-old temple and theater unearthed in Peru sheds light on ancient Andean religious practices and social organization. A team of archaeologists has unearthed the remains of what appears to be a four-thousand-year-old temple and theater in coastal Peru. This remarkable d … | Continue reading
"With our metallurgical expertise and pioneering role, Aurubis has the potential to develop a circular solution for graphite." Researchers make unexpected discovery after working with scrap EV battery parts: 'Very promising results' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Image: Netflix It’s been quite some time since we heard anything about Netflix’s animated adaptation of Splinter Cell — but the streamer has finally provided some details on the show. The reveal comes in the form of a very brief teaser trailer, which shows a little bit of the sho … | Continue reading
The first phase of the project, to evaluate plant sites, suppliers, and partners, will be completed in 2026. Energy firm moves forward with first phase of nuclear power station in bid to meet clean energy demands: 'To pave the way for the incorporation of nuclear power' first app … | Continue reading
Image: Netflix It’s not clear how much of Avatar: The Last Airbender’s story Netflix will fit into the next season of its live-action adaptation, but we now know who will be portraying the series’ take on Toph. During Netflix’s ongoing Geeked Week event, the streamer announced th … | Continue reading
As season two of Netflix's live-action spin on the beloved animated show enters production, the streamer's ready for you to meet your new favorite Earthbender. | Continue reading
A Sunday stroll in Cascais during the 2022 spring. Cascais, 2022 - Fuji X-Pro3 Post 67/100 - Round 5 of the 100DaysToOffload challenge ! | Continue reading
"My life and many activities have changed." Community makes breakthrough with traditional farming technique that could solve major problems in the agriculture industry: 'I can see the difference' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Now that MacOS Sequoia is available for all Mac users to update and install, you might be wondering which of the many new features and changes are particularly enticing, and that you might actually use. Rather than overwhelm you with a list of twenty seven trillion new things tha … | Continue reading
Was it really a mistake — or a gesture of defiance? PLUS: What's Google hiding? | Continue reading
Researchers have created a technology that enables sound waves to propagate only forward, eliminating backward transmission without loss. This system, based on self-oscillating mechanisms, could significantly enhance electromagnetic wave management in various technologies. Sound … | Continue reading
A 250 billion dollar obligation, left to taxpayers and future generations. Really stunning and ambitious reporting of a colossal toxic problem that has been shamefully ignored by media. | Continue reading