"We're very excited to be part of a once in a generation opportunity for securing a stunning area of countryside where people and nature can thrive side by side." History-making deal transfers nearly 10,000 acres from royal family to the public — here's how the land will be used … | Continue reading
Christianity spread because people actually believed Jesus was their Lord and Savior. They believed in miracles not metaphors. | Continue reading
Found some more. Not trusting this flying car to get me airborne! More a mug than a meme, but it still works. Me after 5 X 12-hour night shifts on an ambulance. | Continue reading
"Drones shouldn't be allowed in the parks." Video of tourist's illegal drone flight sparks outrage online: 'Another way to harass wildlife' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Timely investments in climate adaptation, particularly in flood prevention infrastructure, can significantly protect the country’s economy and improve the health of its people. Bosnia and Herzegovina needs to invest 6.8 billion US dollars over the next decade to protect its peopl … | Continue reading
NASA is advancing lunar exploration with the Artemis campaign, engaging SpaceX and Blue Origin to deliver vital equipment to the Moon. This initiative, which includes sending a rover and a habitat, sets the stage for extended lunar stays and a future Mars exploration. Artemis Lun … | Continue reading
Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. (A Sound … | Continue reading
"With our new insights, we could design powerlines and airplane wings with reduced ice adhesion." Scientists develop leaf-inspired invention that could help prevent citywide blackouts: 'Crucial to preventing costly mechanical failures' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The 25L model is an improvement on perfection, but not without some help. Continue reading… | Continue reading
I've spent more than a decade now writing about how to make Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) fast. Really fast. Fast to the extent that sometimes, it was even too fast: The response from each search was coming back so quickly that the user wasn’t sure | Continue reading
What separates System and Data volumes, and how does macOS know they're part of a boot volume group? What distinguished backup volumes, and what is Sidecar? | Continue reading
"Your neighbors are miserable scrooges." Homeowner baffled by neighborhood criticism over front yard: 'I don't see the problem' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Boomerang Partners, as the Official Regional Betting Partner in Europe for AC Milan, enlisted legends of the football club for the event. Boomerang Partners attracted great attention at SiGMA Europe 2024 with legendary AC Milan players Massimo Ambrosini and Serginho. The football … | Continue reading
llm-gguf 0.2, now with embeddings This new release of my llm-gguf plugin - which provides support for locally hosted GGUF LLMs - adds a new feature: it now supports embedding models distributed as GGUFs as well. This means you can use models like the bafflingly small (30.8MB in i … | Continue reading
Research on moscovium and nihonium shows they are more reactive than flerovium and subject to notable relativistic effects, broadening our understanding of superheavy elements and their potential uses. An international team led by scientists from GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Johannes G … | Continue reading
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Almost 120 countries vowed to triple renewables by 2030 – how is it going? | Cop29 | The GuardianAlmost 120 countries vowed to triple renewables by 2030 – how is it going? | Continue reading
The most remarkable fact about the Universe is simply that it can be understood at all. The universe, for all its complexity, can be reduced to its simplest, most fundamental components. If you can determine the underlying rules, laws, and theories that govern your reality, then … | Continue reading
"Too much or just right?" Homeowner chastised after sharing photos of property renovation: 'So artificial and fake' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In looking for delicious options for Holiday Side dishes this year I came across this Green Bean Stuffing Casserole Recipe on a site called Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons. I immediately bookmarked it and decided to try it out. It looks like a tasty mash of two of my favorite holiday … | Continue reading
"The good news is that these technologies are better than the ones that they replace." Thousands of homeowners don't know the government is offering $8.8 billion to upgrade American homes — check here to see if you qualify first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
New York might be known as the city that never sleeps, but it turns out there's a lot less shuteye happening in urban areas across the globe. And it's not because of nightlife, but the artificial light emitted from buildings and infrastructure that is driving up levels of insomni … | Continue reading
When my mother proposed that we take a holiday together somewhere, and that I could choose the destination, I started by looking at the Geohashing Expeditions Map. Where, I wondered, could I find a cluster of mostly-land graticules (“square” degree of latitude and longitude) in w … | Continue reading
Caltech’s new optical devices, evolved by algorithms and crafted via precise 3D printing, offer advanced light-manipulation for applications like augmented reality and cameras. Researchers at Caltech have developed a groundbreaking technology that “evolves” optical devices and fa … | Continue reading
This type of marketing could lead consumers to spend money on unnecessary products. Manufacturer faces backlash over TV ad as product gains popularity on Amazon: 'This should not be allowed' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Earlier this year, I announced the Now Go Build CTO Fellowship. A program designed to empower leaders from nonprofits and social impact organizations solving hard human problems. Today, I'm excited to introduce the first two cohorts, focusing on Disaster Management and Climate Re … | Continue reading
I’ve always admired people who can successfully navigate what I refer to as “Kafka’s Castle,” a term of dread for the many government and corporate agencies that have an inordinate amount of power over our permanent records, and that seem as inscrutable and chillingly absurd as t … | Continue reading
"These things are awesome." Rooftop solar stuns neighborhood after widespread blackout: 'Only house on the whole street with the lights on' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A warning about tiktoken, BPE, and OpenAI models Tom MacWright warns that OpenAI's tiktoken Python library has a surprising performance profile: it's superlinear with the length of input, meaning someone could potentially denial-of-service you by sending you a 100,000 character s … | Continue reading
How some of the world's most brilliant computer scientists got password policies so wrong Stuart Schechter blames Robert Morris and Ken Thompson for the dire state of passwords today: The story of why password rules were recommended and enforced without scientific evidence since … | Continue reading
Robin Carolan Nosferatu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) The score for Robert Eggers' creepy remake returns the horror score to the days when it still had the power to genuine frighten us, finds Charlie Brigden Upon its release in 1922, Nosferatu, F.W. Murnau’s unofficial ada … | Continue reading
Richie Culver may have named all the tracks after the contents of his medicine cabinet, but his latest album fizzes with a palpable anxiety Amongst dangling chains and pink-lit tiling, a man appears. He’s bare-chested save for a leather waistcoat which, combined with the latex gi … | Continue reading
"The cause of death is unknown, but plastic was found in its mouth and tied tightly around its front flipper" Officials raise concerns after discovering lifeless rare sea turtle washed ashore: 'Serves as a grim reminder' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Pain signals travel through the nervous system with the help of proteins known as calcium channels, which play a crucial role in the process. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have identified the precise location of a specific calcium channel that modulates the intens … | Continue reading
For the first time, researchers have discovered that the accumulation of aged and failing cells, called senescent cells, in one diseased organ can spread to multiple healthy organs, causing them to fail. The findings have opened the door to preventing multi-organ – or even age-re … | Continue reading
The results confirmed the researchers' fears. Scientists make alarming discovery after studying polar bear blood samples: 'Things are changing' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Google has implemented a significant policy update targeting what the SEO industry knows as "parasite SEO" - now officially termed "site reputation... Read More... Source | Continue reading
We are making a DIY tic tac toe board! It’s a fun and easy fall craft that will let your… The post Super Cute Fall DIY Tic Tac Toe Board appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
TextSynth Server I'd missed this: Fabrice Bellard (yes, that Fabrice Bellard) has a project called TextSynth Server which he describes like this: ts_server is a web server proposing a REST API to large language models. They can be used for example for text completion, question an … | Continue reading
Here is something I am very excited about: James Hoffmann has finally figured out a way to do what he has been calling — for years — the “decaf project”. The goal is to taste the same batch of coffee decaffeinated in three different processes, and alongside the caffeinated batch. … | Continue reading
Thanks for heat, life, and pretty sunsets. AWESOME! Access my all-new awesome things when you sign-up for the daily awesome thing newsletter: The post #66 The Sun appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things. | Continue reading
"California farmworkers put their bodies through incredible stress every day to feed families across the globe." Governor Newsom just signed a new law granting massive power to California farmworkers — here's what's changing first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Apostolos Tzitzikostas, an EU commissioner-designate, has proposed that the 27 member states of the bloc introduce a unified system for booking train tickets. Proposal for a... | Continue reading
The startup Alsym Energy, co-founded by Professor Kripa Varanasi, is hoping its batteries can link renewables with the industrial sector and beyond. | Continue reading
The MIT sophomore and award-winning memory champion explains what these competitions are all about and why you might want to build a “memory palace.” | Continue reading
Expats in Germany have spoken and we were mercilessly honest once again. Five German cities ranked among the 10 worst for expats in InterNation’s most recent ranking. Hamburg... | Continue reading
Whenever we get visiting celebrities talking about their visit to Australia, they mention their fear of shark attack. The shark is the apex predator in southern Australian waters. Up north the apex predator is the saltwater crocodile. Then, there are the snakes and spiders. To qu … | Continue reading
Image: Laura Normand / The Verge The Department of Justice says that Google must divest the Chrome web browser to restore competition to the online search market, and it left the door open to requiring the company to spin out Android, too. Filed late Wednesday in DC District Cour … | Continue reading