"In nearly 50% of the cases, more than half of what we were seeing was unknown to them." SpaceX launches new satellite with groundbreaking capabilities: 'We want to scale up that action globally' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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"It's just a matter of time." City officials wage hundred-thousand-dollar war on species capable of suffocating ecosystems: 'If we do nothing, we will lose' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I've been a bit un-anchored this weekend: although it's felt like I should do something, I've not really known what to do with myself. After a bit of aimless wandering online, I decided to build an "On this day" module for my site: something which automatically displays and links … | Continue reading
Students who use AI as a crutch don’t learn anything. It prevents them from thinking. Instead, using AI as co-intelligence is important because it increases your capabilities and also keeps you in the loop. […] AI does so many things that we need to set guardrails on what we don’ … | Continue reading
New observations from a retrofitted U2 spy plane reveal a surprising amount and variety of gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms. NASA satellites initially designed to detect cosmic high-energy particles unexpectedly found gamma radiation bursts originating … | Continue reading
The use of the word lost in this recent story caught my attention — Pankaj Doval, "Google set to revive lost Indian languages", The Times of India 10/3/2024: As it gets deeper into India with generative AI platform Gemini and other suite of digital offerings, Google has taken up … | Continue reading
Comcast Cable Communications and Truist Bank have disclosed they were impacted by a data breach at FBCS, and are now informing their respective customers that their data has been compromised. [...] | Continue reading
A radical new fabric that enables temperature-controlled clothing was inspired by squid—and allows for user-adjusted warmth, according to scientists. Current athletic clothing brands boast temperature-controlling fabrics that may adapt to every climate, with lightweight but warm … | Continue reading
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"This is the state-of-the-art electric bus fleet in the country." Officials share jaw-dropping images of national park's new shuttles: 'We can hear the birds sing' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Ancient human genomes reconstructed from remains at a southern African rock shelter show remarkable genetic continuity over time. | Continue reading
For over two decades, Ian Brooke has wanted to build his very own airplane – one he entirely designed from engine to airfoil. Now, he’s getting that opportunity, and it just so happens that this craft could revolutionize air travel as we know it. The 34-year-old Brooke is CEO of … | Continue reading
A couple of keyword ad cases from a couple of months ago. Alsa Refinish LLC v. Walmart Inc., 2024 WL 3914512 (C.D. Cal. July 31, 2024) The trademark owner Alsa sells chrome paint. Walmart doesn’t carry the trademark owners’ items.... The post Catching Up on Two Keyword Ad Cases a … | Continue reading
No, LEGO isn't taking a dip into the crypto pool, but you should probably change your password on their website. | Continue reading
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Today, we’ll be folding a cute origami rabbit that’s perfect for beginners and kids of all ages! All you need… The post Extremely Easy Origami Rabbit Tutorial For Kids appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
A 21-year-old man from Indiana named Evan Frederick Light pleaded guilty to stealing $37,704,560 worth of cryptocurrency from 571 victims in a 2022 cyberattack. [...] | Continue reading
New research on AMD, a leading cause of vision loss, identifies the protein TIMP3 as a key player in disease progression. By using stem cells to model AMD, scientists reduced harmful drusen formation, offering a potential new treatment strategy to halt the disease. Age-related ma … | Continue reading
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The old Mac Mini design may finally be on its way out after more than a decade. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple is planning to announce in late October that new Macs, including a rumored Mac Mini that’s about the size of an Apple TV, will be available to buy starting on … | Continue reading
Discover the vital impact of image resolution in digital photography and machine learning. Mosaic's CEO, Jeffrey Martin, explains how the combination of lens quality and sensor performance, not just pixel count, is key to producing sharper and more precise images. The post Unders … | Continue reading
When 'Doki Doki Literature Club' came out in 2017, this unassuming indie took the internet by storm. | Continue reading
"I'm so jealous!" Shopper flabbergasted after checking tag on vintage leather jacket found at thrift store: 'I shrieked when I found it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
More good stuff (see here for background): For vulnerability/introductions 1. List 3 moments in which you felt you were not yourself. 2. Distribute lists randomly among the class. 3. Write a story using at least two of the three things … Continue reading → | Continue reading
I wasn’t feeling that great last night, and thought an early night would clear it up. But I woke up feeling much the same today, so decided to have a day off from blogging. (Other than the advertisements post I already had in drafts.) So, no serial episode or Sunday musings, I’m … | Continue reading
The Dance In Breughel’s great picture, The Kermess, the dancers go round, they go round and around, the squeal and the blare and the tweedle of bagpipes, a bugle and fiddles tipping their bellies (round as the thick- sided glasses whose wash they impound) their hips and their bel … | Continue reading
Here is my research on how to use and configure the XPPen ACK05 Remote using only Free Libre and Open Source drivers and software under GNU/Linux. As you'll see, it's quite limited and many features just don't work. This guide will be updated as soon as I have new information on … | Continue reading
When I moved this blog to Hugo, one of the features that most impressed me was shortcodes. These are little snippets that can be used to add complex formatting and content to posts without having to use raw HTML. For example, instead of pasting in the embed code for a Xweet or Yo … | Continue reading
I’ve become a shape thief. Pirating the real world, acquiring artworks, and taking them home. The post Shape Thief | 2426 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
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"All happening within a community that represents the challenges we've been up against for the last 130 years." Initiative transforms underserved neighborhood into vibrant community: 'This is true change' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Teams from U.S. universities proved during the 2023 solar eclipse that such events can trigger atmospheric gravity waves, as evidenced by data from NASA-sponsored balloon launches. This breakthrough offers new insights that could enhance weather forecasting and our understanding … | Continue reading
In our panel, we will shed light on the technological possibilities offered by AI, discuss the opportunities for creatives, for example, but also discuss why some providers on the market are deliberately choosing not to implement AI. | Continue reading
Did you ever try mentioning to functional programming purists that Go has some aspects of functional programming (specifically, functions as first-class citizens)? How did they react? Chances are that they immediately listed a ton of reasons why Go cannot be functional in any reg … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge The iPhone 16, despite its marketing so far, still doesn’t have Apple Intelligence. That’s set to change on October 28th with the release of iOS 18.1, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. The update will bring with … | Continue reading
Static vs dynamic types is one of the many evergreen arguments in the software engineering community. I'm not going to argue static vs dynamic - they both have their pros / cons and largely this is a false dichotomoy, there's a whole matrix of strict -> loose, static -> inferred … | Continue reading
Max props to my employer for providing pronoun pins not just in a diversity of options but also offering blank ones for people not represented by any of the pre-printed options. | Continue reading
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Lizette Ortega in The Washington Post: Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of Earth’s major pollution problems. In a study … | Continue reading
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2024 Out of one silo, this: Let the word go forth to the nations! In large part, we agreed with the views expressed in a recent front-page piece by the New York Times' Rebecca Davis O'Brien. (Note: This report has been delayed by one week due to last week's bre … | Continue reading
'The Rings of Power's Season 2 finale reaffirms Galadriel's importance to the Lord of the Rings saga. | Continue reading
Here's what researchers think needs to happen before we can use psilocybin for depression. | Continue reading
Botox is still widely used for a variety of medical purposes. Here are some surprising ones. | Continue reading
I wrote some throwaway code to experiment with editing cards of type Web in WebCard, my RetroChallenge 2024 project. The goal is to make the card read only with the least amount of effort. In a NoteCards hypertext a Web card is a stand-in for a website, a placeholder for a URL t … | Continue reading