"We have saved homeowners over $100 million by helping them spend 20% less than the national average on home energy projects." New report shows the cost of rooftop solar is dropping fast — here's how to take advantage while prices are low first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In a groundbreaking experiment at the Technion Faculty of Physics, researchers demonstrated the transfer of atoms via quantum tunneling using optical tweezers. This novel method, which strategically avoids trapping atoms in the middle tweezer, represents a notable stride toward i … | Continue reading
Michaela Turcerová alene et Saxophonist and composer explores the outer reaches of her instrument's palette alene et by michaela turcerová There’s something to be said for a record that can destroy expectations of what an instrument is or can be. The sound of any given instrument … | Continue reading
Do we throw up our hands in defeat, or do we continue working to make progress under the new administration? Opinion: As a conservative climate activist, here's what I'd want the Trump administration to do first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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The number of birds using the flyway is down by 25% this year compared to 2023. Scientists sound alarm on forgotten epidemic with bird death toll surpassing 100,000: 'The scope of this outbreak is disheartening' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
After Trump’s second election victory, lots of Americans are talking about emigrating, most commonly to Canada. This happens with every rightwing election win[1], but nothing ever comes of it. With the real prospect of indefinite Trumpist rule, the issues are more serious, but it … | Continue reading
Astronomers have traced the persistent emissions of some fast radio bursts to plasma bubbles, advancing our understanding of these cosmic phenomena. This new finding suggests these emissions could be driven by magnetars or binary star systems, marking a significant leap in deciph … | Continue reading
Another example of how the bleeding edge aerospace sector is going through a massive shakeup has surfaced as civilian supersonic startup Exosonic has announced that it is going out of business after being unable to raise needed funding. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft, Transp … | Continue reading
When working with Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT or Claude to help with Laravel development, you often need to share your... Read More... Source | Continue reading
After a nearly year-long collaboration with some of the most talented ceramicists across the country, we're so excited to introduce this year's Mugs52 collection. Supply is limited, so get your hands on your favorite pieces ASAP. From Our Shop exclusive Limited-Edition Handmade M … | Continue reading
AWESOME! Sign-up to receive new awesome things each day: Illustration by: Monsieur Cabinet The post #72 Finding an old toy from your childhood appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things. | Continue reading
"This pause is a crucial opportunity to rethink the risks." Federal judges block construction of new major energy project over concerns of 'irreparable harm' — here's what you should know first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
An initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, Wijzer in geldzaken has conducted research revealing that retired women in the Netherlands receive pension incomes that are on... | Continue reading
EU Commissioner-designate Apostolos Tzitzikostas has proposed that the bloc introduce a unified system for booking train tickets across the 27 member countries. Tzitzikostas... | Continue reading
Eric Hal Schwartz, TechRadar: Microsoft has made Copilot the name and style of its AI assistant and other AI services for more than a year, but it seems the company might have a rebranding project underway with a transparent origin. In references shared on X from the appprivacy.a … | Continue reading
After some recent contributions from Larry Evans and big news coming from BYD itself, I started digging into BYD’s monthly production and sales reports. The big business is the passenger vehicle business. However, BYD also reports production and sales of its buses (electric) and … | Continue reading
Steve Hanley wrote a great article about some nonsense lobbying Toyota is already engaged in following the results of the US election. I found Toyota’s complaining to be insidious, ridiculous, and laughable, so I decided I’d follow up on Steve’s piece with a quick op-ed of my own … | Continue reading
The timing on this one is pretty good. At a time when a barrage of overly macho yet lame middle-aged white manosphere “leaders” are bouncing off of the trampoline towards us, Hyundai is reminding us what an advanced democracy not overtaken by cancer is like. Well, maybe I’m going … | Continue reading
"This type of development is what should surround every transit stop." Footage highlights unbelievable before-and-after transformation of US community: 'America needs this everywhere' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Code ;; euler_9.clj (def possibilities (for [a (range 1 1001) b (range (+ a 1) 1001)] [a b])) (defn satisfies-condition [possibility] (let [a (first possibility) b (second possibility) c (- 1000 (+ a b))] (== (+ (* a a) (* b b)) (* c c)))) ;; (filt … | Continue reading
Lameazoid Link List for Tuesday 2024-11-12 12-Nov-2024 – LEGO Ideas The Eras of Taylor Swift Achieves 10,000 Supporters Brief Summary: ” The Eras of Taylor Swift by Minibrick Productions is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporter” 12-Nov-2024 – ‘Overwatch 2’ Revives 6v6 Ch … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a non-addictive painkiller that remains inactive until it reaches sites of chronic pain. Instead of dulling the nerves that send the pain signals like other analgesics, this new pain pill directly addresses the underlying cause. Its makers are currently … | Continue reading
Somewhere in Northwest Arkansas, there is an organic farm slowly taking shape, with some profound knowledge of natural systems and soil being applied, along with one bloody fucking hell of a lot of hard work.The exposed beds actually survived a recent 12 inch rainstorm, while the … | Continue reading
Fusion energy taps the same process at work inside the sun. Researchers announce major step forward in quest for limitless fusion energy: 'A bold and exciting step' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Waymo is growing its ridership by leaps and bounds, and opening up to more and more riders almost every week it seems. It’s also working on its PR, looking to score brownie points for helping different disadvantaged groups. Or maybe it’s just trying to do good in the world — ... … | Continue reading
Paris Marx: That leaves us with an important question to consider. Not just what we want the future of Canada Post to be, but also what kind of society we want to live in. We should want to take advantage of the post office’s unique, nationwide infrastructure to provide more and … | Continue reading
Cvent has slowly but surely created a behemoth of an industry event, showing no signs of slowing down. -Miguel Neves | Continue reading
I am the programming equivalent of a home cook. The exhortation “learn to code” has its foundations in market value. “Learn to code” is suggested as a way up, a way out. “Learn to code” offers economic leverage, professional transformation. “Learn to […] | Continue reading
Misalignment between the brain’s and liver’s circadian clocks, connected by the HVAN, leads to disordered eating and weight gain in mice. This study suggests targeting this neural pathway could help address obesity and metabolic issues associated with circadian disruptions. A new … | Continue reading
This tutorial exists because of a particular quirk of mine: I love to write tutorials about things as I learn them. This is the backstory of TRPL, of which an ancient draft was "Rust for Rubyists." You only get to look at a problem as a beginner once, and so I think writing this … | Continue reading
Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark have teamed up with three tech companies to develop a solution for minimizing milk waste. Researchers make game-changing development while investigating issues in milk production: 'Reason to cry over spilled milk' first appeare … | Continue reading
"This looks sooo good." Homeowner shares aerial photo of untraditional garden transformation: 'This is impressive' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Season’s not over yet. Above, model run for coming week. Accuweather discussion below. | Continue reading
As criminal investigators examined the city's violent business relations, they discovered further corruption. Local prosecutor raises alarm about infiltration of 'Mafia-type' organizations in major business hub: 'Brutal aggressions' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The Nvidia App is now officially released. Previously released in beta, the Nvidia App unifies the Nvidia Control Panel and the GeForce Experience app under one app. The Nvidia App now houses all of the features you expect from your choice of graphics card, from graphic driver do … | Continue reading
"This ... issue will absolutely end up killing the tree if unaddressed." Homeowner digs out decades-old mistake left by previous owners: 'Remove everything' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A new study quantifies the measurable impact of quitting smoking on life expectancy for individuals up to age 75. A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine by Elsevier reveals that quitting smoking, even at age 75, can significantly boost life expectanc … | Continue reading
"I love the precision, the easy clean, the reduced heat, less wear and tear on my pans." Home cook sparks discussion after questioning popular alternative to old-school kitchen appliance: 'I'd never go back' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Writing at Bloomberg: Apple Inc., aiming to catch up with rivals in the smart home market, is nearing the launch of a new product category: a wall-mounted display that can control appliances, handle videoconferencing and use AI to navigate apps. The company is gearing up to annou … | Continue reading
With Election Day in the US come and gone, I have completed updates to the Kamala Campaign Timeline website. This site covered the day-by day events of the Harris-Walz campaign from Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race through Election Day. Each daily entry contains a link to the … | Continue reading
This year, the U.S. has faced extreme weather, including record heatwaves and intense hurricanes like Idalia, causing widespread disruptions and power outages. In August 2024, Hurricane Idalia alone left over 2.4 million homes and businesses without power. As these natural disast … | Continue reading
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"Our most reputable news outlets are funding their fact-based journalism by giving polluters a platform to lie ... eroding public trust in journalism." Investigation exposes major news organizations' shady partnerships — here's why The New York Times, Washington Post, and Politic … | Continue reading
Ollama: Llama 3.2 Vision Ollama released version 0.4 last week with support for Meta's first Llama vision model, Llama 3.2. If you have Ollama installed you can fetch the 11B model (7.9 GB) like this: ollama pull llama3.2-vision Or the larger 90B model (55GB) like this: ollama p … | Continue reading
"These are people ultimately entrusted to be experts." Researchers under fire over 'problematic' use of AI in academic journal: 'How did the reviewers or publishers not catch this?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Waymo continues to trot forward. After increasing its weekly passenger count by 50% in just two months earlier this year, it’s sure to do so again soon. The company has now opened up Waymo One robotaxi rides to anyone in Los Angeles. That’s across “Santa Monica, Hollywood Bouleva … | Continue reading