Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images Netflix says it had a big audience for its live NFL games on Christmas Day, with Nielsen ratings designating them “the most-streamed NFL games in US history.” The Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers notched a 24.1M AMA (average minute … | Continue reading
The cruise ship in the video, Allure of the Seas, is among the biggest on the planet. Video captures moment multimillion-dollar yacht collides with Royal Caribbean cruise ship in Nassau first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Some EVs in stock on the Hertz Car Sales site. | Screenshot: The Verge Hertz has contacted multiple electric vehicle renters recently with interesting low-cost offers for cars like Teslas, offering them the option to buy their rental EVs instead of returning them. One 2023 Model … | Continue reading
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Dear friends, Over twenty-six beautiful years, McSweeney’s has been reaching for the unexpected and the impossible—books written by rarely heard voices and magazines created with elegant materials unlike any others. We believe that readers—and all of us—benefit from the thrill of … | Continue reading
"Their unit is up for sale, but I don't think they've moved out yet." Homeowner considers taking action after neighbor introduces trouble to front yard: 'Call ... and report it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
SciTechDaily reported on a new study published by researches at my Sydney alma mater about the impact surveillance, or the feeling of being watched, had on their sensory perceptions: Nori (Japanese: 海苔) is a dried edible seaweed used in Japanese cuisine, usually made from species … | Continue reading
A reader found her father in a photo on the back cover of Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste. The photo was of a crowd of people at the 1963 March on Washington. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
Liquid water is a cornerstone of habitability, but Mars’ frigid temperatures and thin atmosphere make its presence seem almost impossible. Recent research examines intriguing features like recurring slope lineae and brines but ultimately questions their viability as evidence for … | Continue reading
"It's very disheartening to see." Passerby 'sick' after peeking into store dumpster filled with Christmas items: 'I'm never shopping there again' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It’s the time of year when people publish retrospectives on the year and start thinking about the year ahead. As so much of my work ends up in CleanTechnica, I thought it would be useful to provide my retrospective here. On a purely personal note, I’ve been told over and ... [con … | Continue reading
I saw the following headline last week: “Tesla recalling almost 700,000 vehicles due to tire pressure monitoring system issue.” For a moment I thought, “Oh, wow, that’s a lot of cars that are going to need to go in for service.” But then I quickly realized that this was most ... … | Continue reading
"Just leave it to rot." New homeowner concerned after making troubling discovery buried around trees: 'Is there anything we can do?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Found at the Palm Beach Gardens Barnes and Noble on this first day of Kwanzaa 2024: Looks like one can also buy it on eBay. Readers: How are you celebrating this important holiday? Related: Evolution of ChatGPT’s thinking regarding Kwanzaa and its creator Toaster for Kwanzaa a me … | Continue reading
Fresh off James Gunn's trailer, we revisited all of the Christopher Reeve DC films—and have some thoughts. | Continue reading
"How they get away with it is beyond me." Driver frustrated after noticing obnoxious trend taking over local roadways: 'How is this legal?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Wikipedia is under attack from alt-right inhabitants Libs of Tik-Tok and Elon Musk among others, who are discouraging people from contributing financially. Wikipedia has invested in ways to encourage women and people of color to become contributing editors and this has raised con … | Continue reading
The unbearable slowness of being: “Streaming a high-def video takes about 25M bits/sec. The download rate in a typical American home is about 262 million bps. Now researchers have estimated the speed of information flow in the human brain: just 10 bps.” 💬 Join the discuss … | Continue reading
Imogen West-Knights, the Dial: I guess it depends on what you think learning a language means or should mean. When we say that we are “learning a language,” the assumption is that the goal is to reach conversational fluency. To speak to other speakers. When I was doing Duolingo I … | Continue reading
Although Christmas is over, great deals are still available—just look at pCloud, which is offering big discounts on its various plans. | Continue reading
"The ranger said if that had been a grizzly, it would have been a fatality." Bystanders stunned after careless tourist pushes their luck with mama bear and cubs: 'This is unbelievable to me' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Running a colo / hosted server with Full Disk Encryption (FDE) requires logging in remotely during initramfs, to unlock LUKS. The usual setup tutorials run Dropbear on a different port, to prevent a host key mismatch between OpenSSH and Dropbear, and the scary MitM warning it imp … | Continue reading
America loves jocks, and that's why we don't have any good engineers... or something. | Continue reading
Recent research indicates that intermittent fasting could slow hair growth by causing oxidative stress and apoptosis in hair follicle stem cells. Mice studies and a small human trial show reduced hair regrowth rates, though effects in humans are less severe. Antioxidant treatment … | Continue reading
There have been over 32,000 cases of whooping cough this year, CDC data shows—the highest toll seen in a decade. | Continue reading
"We deserve better than a government that only answers to the oil industry." Community unites to sue local government over 'wolf in sheep's clothing' scheme: 'We won't accept this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Naturally, electric vehicle sales have gone up this year, as we’ve reported, and there are certainly a lot more electric vehicles on the road than there were a year ago. Sales numbers are just sales numbers, though. Is there evidence of a lot more electric vehicle charging? Yes, … | Continue reading
Sleepy Skunk’s end-of-the-year movie trailer mashups are always worth a look. This year’s installment got me wondering how many of these movies I’ve actually seen — not that many, I don’t think. (via @rands) Tags: movies · remix · trailers · video 💬 Join the discussion on … | Continue reading
I always promised myself that if I was ever unemployed that I’d make a video game. When life dealt me an unpaid work hiatus though, the last thing I wanted to do was code in my spare time1. I worried I would have to let that dream, that part of me, die on the vine. But as intervi … | Continue reading
Parker Solar Probe will break its silence on Friday—that is, if it survived its closest approach to the Sun. | Continue reading
You can sing along at home (and enjoy deleted scenes!) even before the new year is here. | Continue reading
In Saint-Flour, a town in the Auvergne region of central France, the highest cathedral in Europe perches at 892 meters (nearly 3,000 feet) above sea level. Saint-Pierre sits at the confluence of the dry winds blowing across the surrounding plateaus, making it, surprisingly, the i … | Continue reading
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft is warning users that some manually made Windows 11 installer media could contain a bug where new PC installs may not get future security updates. It affects USB and CD installers made with October and November release patches, wh … | Continue reading
Did you know that Los Angeles has an official Christmas song? Christmas in Los Angeles was written by the Sherman Brothers in 1980 and first appeared on Lawrence Welk’s 1980 Christmas TV Special as well as The Rockettes Radio City Christmas Spectacular. (via) The post Christmas i … | Continue reading
An indoor kitty with a strong case of FOMO had big dreams of becoming an outdoor cat — until he actually stepped out the front door. "He wanted out so badly—until the snow said hello," says the caption of his TikTok video, which shows the tuxedo cat bolting across his snow-packed … | Continue reading
"It kills me to see." Homeowner sparks debate over correct way to use washing machine detergent drawer: 'What am I doing wrong?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Botanists discovered a new lipstick vine species, Aeschynanthus pentatrichomatus, in the Philippine rainforest. Found during a 2022 expedition, the plant is critically endangered and underscores the need for conservation in biodiversity hotspots. Scientists have announced the dis … | Continue reading
Food historian Max Miller stumbled upon the original recipe for 1980s/90s school cafeteria pizza (you know, with the iconic rectangular slices) and decided to whip up a batch (with “pourable dough”). Tastes just like it. You can like — all of those herbs are exactly the same as t … | Continue reading
Hello, Rose again! It’s time for the last Weekly Chart of 2024. For 51 weeks... | Continue reading
Hi, Spring fans! (and happy holidays!) in this installment I talk to Intact's Luke Shannon about their use of Spring, developer portals, and so much more. | Continue reading
Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts: AppStories This week, Federico and I round up the tech and productivity projects we have planned for our annual holiday break. On AppStories+, I explain the refinements he’s made to my reading setup. Comfort Zone Chri … | Continue reading
As the year wraps up, I wanted to jot down some quick reviews of the lesser known apps that I've come to rely on in my daily life. I looked at my phone's apps and listed things that are very good at doing just one thing | Continue reading
Bad Stan naming I realized recently that we followed the confusing terminological convention of ML in our description of Stan’s categorical_logit function. In Stan, if there’s a suffix to a distribution, it describes the scale of one or more of … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Xavier H.M., writing on his Mastodon page: Your neocities blog is cute but I can’t read the 5pt font and your cursor is the size of a bread crumb. The web page is loading so many gifs my computer sounds like a boeing 747. disassociated once, in a way, looked like a Neocities webs … | Continue reading
Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Hoult, and Lily-Rose Depp star in the vampire film, now in theaters. | Continue reading
"Beurre Café de Paris" is known throughout the world as an herbaceous compound butter served melted over steak, yet its origins are Swiss rather than Parisian. In 1930, chef Boubier opened the original Café de Paris in Geneva with a rather unconventional strategy: serve one main … | Continue reading
Welcome to the latest edition of Food52 Founder Amanda Hesser’s weekly newsletter, Hey There, It’s Amanda, packed with food, travel, and shopping tips, Food52 doings, and other matters that catch her eye. Get inspired—sign up here for her emails. Photo by Amanda Hesser Photo by A … | Continue reading
Located in Hangar 42 at Blackpool Airport, which was built in 1939 for the Royal Air Force, the Spitfire Visitor Centre is a museum featuring, among other attractions, full-scale replicas of World War II-era Spitfire fighter aircraft. Reconstructed using original parts, the aircr … | Continue reading