Amazon might be readying a new line of Kindle devices for launch soon which are expected to feature a color display this time. However, if you’d prefer a black-and-white display for your reading and don’t need a color display, the current crop of Kindles might just be fine. There … | Continue reading
"It breaks into smaller pieces and ends up here on one of the most remote coastlines in the world." Cleanup volunteer shares sad reality hidden among Hawaiian beaches: 'This plastic comes from all around the world' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Their frustration echoes a growing sentiment among consumers exhausted by the constant pressure to upgrade devices. Laptop owner shares frustration after facing strange device malfunction: 'I don't want a new laptop' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Save on a lifetime subscription to Sticky Password at the Mashable Shop. Get this app while it's on sale for £18.77 through Sept. 29. | Continue reading
How streaming LLM APIs work New TIL. I used curl to explore the streaming APIs provided by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Gemini and wrote up detailed notes on what I learned. Tags: apis, http, llms, json | Continue reading
The scientists discovered these chemicals can change how well breast milk proteins work. Scientists discover alarming impact of nanoplastics on infant development: 'The insights gained from this research have far-reaching implications' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Although the challenges seem immense, a new RMI report lays out a path forward for electric mobility in Nigeria. Nigeria is on a mission to decarbonize its transportation sector. The African continent’s most populous nation has pledged to have all new sales of cars and vans be ze … | Continue reading
The research compares an 1800s painting of a tusked animal by the San people to local fossils. According to a study recently published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, rock art in South Africa depicting a mysterious animal with tusks could represent an ancient species whose f … | Continue reading
They stole my voice with AI Listen to this clip: Your browser does not support the video tag. I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty familiar. I mean I would like you to subscribe to my channel. But that's the Jeff Geerling channel, not Elecrow, where the clip above is fr … | Continue reading
The German airline Discover has launched a new passenger flight route between the federal republic and Alta, a city in the Norweigan Arctic Circle. Discover launches flight from... | Continue reading
"The bees must love this house." Driver does double take after passing by home with incredible front yard design: 'Now that's a garden' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Ever thought of planning a holiday to get some really good sleep? As “sleep retreats” become more popular, MattressNextDay has compiled a list of the best countries in Europe for... | Continue reading
In addition to fishers, restaurants and grocers are also helping, as the blue catfish provides the double win of boosting business with a great-tasting meal while helping the environment via the removal of invasives. Experts urge residents to fish and eat invasive species wreakin … | Continue reading
Seth Godin in Professionals are consistent: Authenticity is for friendships. Professionals simply show up. Especially when they don’t feel like it. There are many corollaries to "professionals simply show up." For example, amateurs put a lot of weight on character compatibility w … | Continue reading
Not only is it hard to spell, few people know what it means. As I mentioned in earlier posts, on my trip to SLC three or four days ago, I fulfilled three of my childhood dreams: 1. float in the Great Salt Lake; 2. hear the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in person; 3. visit the Family [… … | Continue reading
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"What we're really talking about are two incredible extreme events." Scientists sound the alarm after Antarctic sea ice reaches unnerving record: 'Last year was outrageous, and it's happened again' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"We are taking the steps to understand it now so if an increasing human incidence were to happen, we know what can be done." Researchers issue warning after tracking ticks that carry rare disease: 'There's no treatment at this point' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Not only is landscaping fabric largely ineffective, but it's actually harmful to the long-term health of your soil. Gardener met with warnings against headache-causing landscaping trend: 'You'll be cursing yourself for using it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A different qubit architecture could enable easier manufacturing of quantum computer building blocks without compromising performance. Scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory are revolutionizing quantum computing by developing a new qubit architecture more suitable for m … | Continue reading
My four part May Sky analysis concludes with a trip to the mountains and, apparently, snow in the hot month of August. | Continue reading
"As soon as we stepped out of the vans at the site, I had no doubt that what we were doing was absolutely necessary." State aquarium rescues endangered species from severe drought: 'Inaction could have led to the permanent extinction of this species' first appeared on The Cool Do … | Continue reading
In part 3 of my 4-part May Sky story analysis, a salary man displays poor social skills in breaking news and expressing his feelings to a mercurial teenage part-time shrine maiden. | Continue reading
In part 2 of my 4-part May Sky visual novel analysis, a salaryman and shrine maiden fight about feelings, social decorum, and root vegetables. | Continue reading
A U.S.-centric take on how to localize Japanese high school classes in a way that is intelligible for readers familiar with 4-year high school systems. | Continue reading
I use textual evidence in May Sky to induce that it almost certaintly takes place in 2005 and 2006. | Continue reading
The first of a four-part in-depth analysis of the script of May Sky, one of the best of the 31 visual novel localizations to come out of al|together. A lonely newly-minted salary man meets a mercurial teenage shrine maiden... | Continue reading
The headline pretty much says it all. A team of climate researchers led by Emily Judd at the University of Arizona and The Smithsonian have combined more than 150,000 pieces of fossil evidence with state of the art climate models to determine the Earth’s average global surface te … | Continue reading
It's a problem that must be solved to help the transition to electric vehicles. City officials seek help in deterring EV cable theft after uptick in damaged charging stations: 'It's going to continue that way until something changes' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
If you charge an electric car in the UK using only Level 3 DC fast chargers, it will cost you quite a bit of money. But who does that? The post Level 3 Charging In The UK Is Expensive, Which Can Raise The Cost Of Driving An Electric Car appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
"They are amongst our most difficult rescue scenarios, and why prevention really is the key." Rescue group concerned for animals' safety amid surging issue with litter: 'These cases highlight the profound impact human actions can have' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The ligand enables the use of more stable trivalent samarium compounds, which are reduced to divalent samarium when exposed to visible-light irradiation. Samarium (Sm), a rare earth metal, holds significant value in organic chemistry due to the effectiveness of its divalent compo … | Continue reading
Though coal produces just 16% of electricity in the U.S., it is by far the country’s biggest contributor to pollution in the power sector. Town to undergo historic shift from pervasive coal industry to clean energy future: 'We are revitalizing communities' first appeared on The C … | Continue reading
"Time to regulate the advertising industry ... heavily." Consumer shares frustration with photo of seemingly inescapable advertisement at gas pump: 'Get rid of these ads' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I wrote a bit more on Lee Wittlinger / Silver Like and WP Engine over on WordPress.org: WP Engine is not WordPress. | Continue reading
What's your preferred configuration language? YAML, JSON, TOML, or environment variables? Or do you suffer from a general configuration language allergy? Maybe there's a CUrE. Now you're CUErious, huh? Not so fast. First, you have to read through the featured articles, one by one … | Continue reading
"If the trial is successful, this method has sustainable potential for creating larger sustainable oyster reefs in the Humber and around the UK." Game-changing restoration project helps to restore oyster reefs in U.K. estuary: 'It has proved to be powerful' first appeared on The … | Continue reading
Day 21 for the collage challenge. Here are the original photos and credits: Photo by Rejoice Denhere on Unsplash Photo by Kimia Zarifi on Unsplash Photo by Kimia Zarifi on Unsplash | Continue reading
Scientists collaborate to enhance advanced microscopy techniques with AI, aiming to improve the understanding of glioblastoma brain tumors. Imagine building a traffic surveillance camera that could detect trouble-making cells speeding around in your brain before their cellular ga … | Continue reading
Jamaican poet Valerie Bloom wrote a beautiful poem about autumn called Autumn Gilt and you can hear her read it on The Children’s Poetry Archive’s website. The post Valerie Bloom recites her poem, Autumn Gilt appeared first on Cultrface. | Continue reading
"You can screw around with a lot of things in my life, but you hurt my plants ... I wish you the best of luck." Homeowner enraged after discovering neighbor destroyed beloved garden: 'He can have the petty consequences in court' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I bought my Traveler’s Notebook kit in 20181, which included the leather cover and some plain notebook inserts. I’ve tried using it several times but always ended up returning to either digital tools or another (wider) notebook for journaling2 and a Field Notes for everything els … | Continue reading
For the last several weeks I’ve been perpetuating perhaps the most ridiculous escapade in quite some time – cross-posting blog entries to WordPress, Tumblr, Substack and Medium at the same time. I’ve also been experimenting with both Threads and Bluesky – the hopeful pretenders t … | Continue reading
One of my favorite parts from Nilay Patel’s review of the iPhone 16 Pro at The Verge was the answer he got from Apple’s VP of camera software engineering Jon McCormack about the company’s definition of a “photograph”: Here’s our view of what a photograph is. The way we like to th … | Continue reading
All the morning pleasing myself with my father, going up and down the house and garden with my father and my wife, contriving some alterations. After dinner (there coming this morning my aunt Hanes and her son from London, that is to live with my... | Continue reading
All three states also endured unusually warm summers. Thousands evacuate after wildfires wreak havoc on western US — here's why we should be concerned first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Statistical analyses of biophotons from lentil seeds provide evidence supporting theories that suggest a form of ‘intelligence’ may emerge in plants. All living organisms emit a faint level of light radiation, known as ‘biophotons,’ though their origin and function remain largely … | Continue reading