And honestly, who doesn’t need a metal heron? Doing metal heron things? In a herontastic manner? I myself was not aware how much I needed one until I arrived here in Nantes. And now I’ve been wondering where this metal heron has been all my life. In other news, hello, I’m in Nant … | Continue reading
Somes memes to get the weekend started! | Continue reading
In 1964 when I was 12 years old, I heard a record by the British pop group, The Searchers. My dad told me it was a cover version, and he would try to find me a copy of the original, which he said was much better. Meanwhile, he got me a free copy of The … Continue reading Songs I … | Continue reading
In a recent earnings call Sundar Pichai claimed that at Google now 25% of Code is AI generated (“and then reviewed and accepted by engineers”). In the AI boosterism parts of the web (so basically X and LinkedIn) this number was celebrated: Even Google does AI code generation. So … | Continue reading
Challenges! I’ve done, or tried a couple over the years. The one I had the most success with is the #100DayToOffload one. I’ve already been doing it for 5 years in a row. Time flies! I heard before about #NaNoWriMo, but instead of joining that one, I’ll join the #WritingMonth, cr … | Continue reading
MIT engineers’ algorithm may have wide impact, from forecasting climate to projecting population growth to designing efficient aircraft. | Continue reading
Don’t be intimidated by physics: it is made of stories and metaphors. Learn these and the field will open up to you - by Jamie Zvirzdin Read at Aeon | Continue reading
Don Henley’s melancholy, uncanny ‘The Boys of Summer’ might be the ultimate song of the 1980s, says Toby Manning, as he takes a deep dive into the track four decades on One of the unique things about the 1980s was that history, as a process, felt curiously tangible. Something was … | Continue reading
Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms and trivializations take over the discourse? Can we use words like “fascism,” for … | Continue reading
In a future where humanity has been driven underground by an apocalyptic event, a prisoner is haunted by the childhood memory of seeing a man gunned down at an airport. A group of scientists make him their time-traveling guinea pig, hoping that he’ll be able to find a way to rest … | Continue reading
Backups are for recovery, while archives are for posterity. Plan for the future now by storing important files on durable media in your personal archives. | Continue reading
As Twitter is (far too) slowly falling apart and more and more people are looking for alternatives, Bluesky is enjoying a surge in popularity at the moment. One neat little feature is that you can use your own domain as your handle on Bluesky. In a way, this is the perfect handle … | Continue reading
Emerging startup Physical Intelligence has no interest in building robots. Instead, the team has something better in mind: powering the hardware with the continuously learning generalist 'brains' of AI software, so existing machines will be able to autonomously carry out a growin … | Continue reading
Bandai Namco has revealed a new game based on the manga and anime series Death Note. Death Note Killer Within is a social deduction game (i.e. an Among Us-like) where up to 10 players take on different roles in this game of life and death. The roles include becoming Kira and L, t … | Continue reading
Tyler, The Creator Chromakopia Drawing inspiration ranging from 70s zamrock classics to his own mother, the Odd Future co-founder delivers a thrilling journey of self-exploration, finds Francis Buseko From the moment the first notes echo, Chromakopia reveals itself as a meticulou … | Continue reading
The 20th century, among the many other things it brought to humanity, brought with it a series of revolutions about the Universe. Newton’s gravity was replaced with Einstein’s general relativity: a theory that has withstood every challenge for over a century. The quantum revoluti … | Continue reading
Two Point County sure has a lot of facilities require managing. After Two Point Hospital (a lovely throwback to Theme Hospital) and Two Point Campus, the next game in the building builder/management sim is Two Point Museum. How British. Just in time for Halloween, a new trailer a … | Continue reading
Lately I’ve been feeling super isolated and depressed. A lot of it is because I’ve just been so fatigued all the time, and the rare times I have energy to do anything I’m pouring it all into the album. But like, I’m getting very little socializing in with other people. | Continue reading
Along with Schrödinger’s Cat, the Infinite Monkeys Theorem is one of the most famous thought experiments. A new study, with tongue firmly in cheek, has calculated that you might be waiting seven googol years for your Shakespeare. Continue Reading Category: Science Tags: Mathemati … | Continue reading
?si=TMflasoogRfSD14h Back in 2021, Google released a series of certificate programs, including one focused on Project Management. Designed to give students “an immersive understanding of the practices and skills needed to succeed in an entry-level project management role,” the ce … | Continue reading
Researchers across MIT are working on ways to boost food production and help crops survive drought. | Continue reading
If you set them up right, internal open-source projects can help your company gain extra development capacity and a sense of community. In this post, I discuss four key practices that help you run a successful, internal open-source project. | Continue reading
A major player in aerospace innovation has bitten the dust. Reaction Engines, a developer of hypersonic engine technology since 1989, has gone into administration and its closure is having a major impact on the hypersonic weapons program of Britain and others. Continue Reading Ca … | Continue reading
Another month has passed. I remember my parents saying the older you get, the faster the months go by. I discovered two new podcasts, I managed to finish some books, tried to get back in shape, and many other things. Podcasts Two new podcasts this month: Criminal attorney - A law … | Continue reading
Tucker Carlson explains that he was sleeping in his bed with 4 dogs, woke up with scratches, and immediately knew he had been attacked by a demon.“I knew it was spiritual, immediately.” That’s where we are in 2024. Looks like it only gets weirder from here. | Continue reading
See the original post at https://www.luisquintanilla.me/posts/digitize-analog-bookmarks-with-ai-dotnetIntroduction This past year I've made more of an effort to read. I track books in my /library page. Although I have a Nova Air 2 E-Note device, given the choice, I prefer physica … | Continue reading
Posted on behalf of Loren Rieseburg and Shawn Narum, workshop organizers. We are pleased to announce the inaugural workshop for Molecular Ecology at the Plant & Animal Genomics (PAG) conference. The field of Molecular Ecology has been revolutionized by advances … Continue reading … | Continue reading
Listening to the Universe A radio telescope of the astronomy lab at Lord’s Bridge near Cambridge. Quote of the Day ”A writer who adopts political, social, or literary positions must act only with the means that are his own — … Continue reading → | Continue reading
It leapfrogged Google at launch. Now ChatGPT is reaching to the past to build its future | Continue reading
There’s a lot of big news in next generation Covid vaccine development this month, including clinical trial results for 2 vaccines. The… The post Strong Longterm Results – and a NextGen Anti-Vax Campaign (Covid Vax Update 22) appeared first on Absolutely Maybe. | Continue reading
October has been a momentous month in our lives. 50 years ago, the Grateful Dead played their last show before taking a year-long hiatus. 50 years ago, a few days after that show, ... Read more | Continue reading
Emanuel Maiberg, 404 Media: For the past two years an algorithmic artist who goes by Ada Ada Ada has been testing the boundaries of human and automated moderation systems on various social media platforms by documenting her own transition. Every week she uploads a shirtless self … | Continue reading
And, no, it’s not Jim Gaffigan. Rainn Wilson, (Dwight on The Office) has been using food to make climate points for ordinary folks. Forbes: Actor Rainn Wilson (The Office) made headlines last year when he changed his Twitter name to “Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson” to … | Continue reading
Portuguese woodworking specialist Madeiguincho recently completed a new model that once again showcases the firm's expertise with all things wood. Named the Morena, it features an eye-catching timber exterior made using a traditional Japanese charring technique plus a spacious an … | Continue reading
Jeff Johnson: First, StopTheMadness Pro 11.0 adds the ability to copy a text fragment link from selected text in Safari, using a contextual menu item on macOS or Show Menu on Tap on iOS. The previous two links are themselves examples of text fragments; the first link, when clicke … | Continue reading
As more bacteria that cause diseases become increasingly resistant to antibiotics, we need more ways to fight off infections. That's where this new patch comes in. With just a gentle electric zap, this bioelectronic wearable could prevent bacteria from doing a number on us throug … | Continue reading
Cerebras Coder Val Town founder Steve Krouse has been building demos on top of the Cerebras API that runs Llama3.1-70b at 2,000 tokens/second. Having a capable LLM with that kind of performance turns out to be really interesting. Cerebras Coder is a demo that implements Claude Ar … | Continue reading
Weather forecast for Election Day includes rain across battleground states. | Continue reading
While I am extremely pleased and grateful that 26 years of writing on Linux Journal survive online without being 404’d, I also realize that this condition probably won’t last forever. Also, some pieces are now missing their images and other graces. This is one of them. It is also … | Continue reading
Reviewing inflatable Halloween decorations in Brownstone Brooklyn, seen and photographed in October 2024. | Continue reading
Following a festive Friendsgiving, we're keeping the Food52 Cookbook Club gatherings going with a holiday-themed sweets swap! This time, we’ll be baking and sharing treats from Dolci! by Renato Poliafito. If you were a fan of his former Brooklyn bakeshop, Baked, or a stan for Cia … | Continue reading
Inflatable tents are easy to set up, and inflatable camp mattresses are nice n' comfy, so why not combine the two? That's just what Canada's Rise Outdoor has done with its AirNEST system, which consists of a tent and a wall-to-wall mattress along with an electric pump. Continue R … | Continue reading
Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone Lord Howe Island - part of Australia, population 382 - is unique in that the island's standard time zone is UTC+10:30 but is UTC+11 when daylight saving time applies. It's the only time zone where DST represents a 30 minute offset. Via … | Continue reading
New features in Svelte 5 and a ton of new community libraries | Continue reading
MANY HAVE TRIED to pin Trump to Heritage’s “Project 2025.” The Trump campaign has not only refused to endorse Project 2025—they have refused to endorse any detailed policy plan whatsoever. Trump prefers to keep his options open. One unanticipated benefit of this approach is that … | Continue reading
Happy Halloween. I want to talk about something legitimately scary. I want to write about your rights today and some vagaries around them. Important: Before we proceed, I want to just get something out of the way: I am not a lawyer; I am a layperson. That said, I have been living … | Continue reading
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