Another gorgeous live performance by Andrew Tasselmyer, who here runs four often though not entirely unidentifiable piano samples through various processes, yielding a piece at once cinematic and immediate, at once widescreen and obscure. Watch his hands as he manipulates the sou … | Continue reading
This breakthrough not only brings us closer to unlocking the potential of fusion energy but also contributes significantly to our efforts to combat Earth's overheating. Scientists achieve momentous fusion reaction millions of degrees hotter than sun: 'This provides significant ad … | Continue reading
Don’t worry, "blood rain" is less dystopian than it sounds. A mix of Saharan dust and rain is set to cross North Rhine-Westphalia, meaning showers could appear deep red in colour... | Continue reading
Senior James Simon wants to effect change in two ways: by quantifying societal issues and working directly with disadvantaged communities. | Continue reading
The recent firing of Tesla’s whole Supercharger team sent shockwaves through the EV scene. We were left with important questions about why a team that has been doing such excellent work all got sent home. But, what might get lost in the noise was another announcement from Elon Mu … | Continue reading
Timothy B. Lee, writing in Asterisk: Over the last decade, Silicon Valley elites have grown increasingly frustrated with media coverage of their industry. And they aren’t wrong that coverage has grown increasingly negative. But I think they’re wrong to assume this reflects a host … | Continue reading
Koei Tecmo’s latest financial results report for the last fiscal year revealed some sales numbers for the publisher’s recent crop of games, from April 2023 to April 2024. One of the most fascinating details from the report is that Rise Of The Ronin, the recently release open-worl … | Continue reading
We live in a world where an organization established for the defense of free speech is expected to openly advocate for Hamas. | Continue reading
"Workers, local residents and businesses have a right to know if their workplace or local area is polluted with toxic chemicals." Government investigation uncovers troubling details about several unmonitored landfills: 'Almost certainly leaching those chemicals directly into the … | Continue reading
Manor Lords launched last weekend, and the most-wishlisted game on Steam right now has sold more than 1 million copies during the opening weekend. More specifically, publisher Hooded Horse says they sold 1 million copies of Manor Lords under 30 hours. The game, despite being avai … | Continue reading
Xbox has set a date for their annual Xbox Game Showcase event. For this year, it will be livestreamed on June 9 10 AM PT (June 10, 1 AM Malaysia Time, +8 GMT). Last year saw a double feature where the Xbox Games Showcase was followed by the Starfield Direct. This year, Xbox is do … | Continue reading
"It has been so exciting to see all the pollinators show up!" Homeowner shares stunning first-year yard progress photos after ripping out lawn: 'It was a lot of work for me, but worth it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Fri 3 May 2024, 11am at Chambers Hall, Ruan Conference Room – lower level: Audience Choice: Bayesian Workflow / Causal Generalization / Modeling of Sampling Weights The audience is invited to choose among three possible talks: Bayesian Workflow: The workflow … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Save the Web by Being Nice This is a neat little article by Andrew Stephens who calls for more people to participate in building and supporting nice things on the web. The very best thing to keep the web partly alive is to maintain some content yourself - start a blog, join a for … | Continue reading
"No purpose, just stuff that will continue to pollute the earth." Internet responds to comments from regretful toy collector: 'What a waste of money' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It seems wise to err on the side of caution when it comes to your health and environmental damage. Parent issues warning against weed removal product after learning about concerning health effects: 'I hadn't done an ounce of research' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
When the new Kobo e-readers were announced, the company touted that these would be repairable. This is a way to extend the lifespan of the Kobo Clara BW, Clara Colour and Libra Colour. Kobo and iFixit have formed a partnership, where iFixit would directly sell replacement parts, … | Continue reading
If you're a developer and work with video, there's a chance that you may need to trim or cut parts of the video for your users. In this post, I'll be going through the commands needed to do this in FFmpeg along with some details to consider when trimming video. Let's dive in! | Continue reading
Yesterday, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s economic agenda, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service, in partnership with DOE, announced up to $6 billion in a second round of tax credit allocations for projects that expand clean energy manufact … | Continue reading
The good readers and supporters of CleanTechnica support EVs, wind energy, solar power, batteries, and renewables technology, notwithstanding the several industry trolls who sometimes visit our comment section. We understand that the unquestionable primary leader for EVs in this … | Continue reading
SES is buying Intelsat, the world's first commercial satellite operator, for $3.1 billion. | Continue reading
A decline in any wildlife population could create problems up and down the food chain. New study reveals concerning behavioral changes of birds in cities: 'This poses a threat' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
BYD is selling some models in foreign markets for double or triple what it charges in China. How long can that last? The post Prices Of Some BYD Cars In Export Markets Are Double Or Triple Prices In China appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
"It's basically the raw material of adaptive evolution." Scientists use cloning technology to revive endangered species: 'Conservationists have worked very hard to bring them back' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"Compelling innovation economics are vital to launching a commercial fusion product on a timescale that matters." Scientists achieve astonishingly high temperatures with breakthrough compact fusion device: 'The cheapest thermal fusion neutrons out there' first appeared on The Coo … | Continue reading
"This is one of the most infuriating things I've seen." Botanical garden pleads with visitors to spare plants after spotting signs of intentional damage: 'It should be common sense' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
When writing or debugging queries with Postgres or another relational database, it’s often helpful to use a database client like psql to view the data directly in the database. However, when using Elasticsearch we can sometimes feel lost trying to understand why a query returned … | Continue reading
At DoltHub, we're building Dolt, a MySQL-comptaible SQL database with Git-like functionality, including branch, diff, merge, push, pull and… | Continue reading
Outlets from ABC News to The Guardian are reporting on the collapse of Bonza, the upstart Australian airline that took to the skies a year and a half ago. Ian Verrender had a poignant line: Former Qantas boss Geoff Dixon used to regale clients and investors with a standing joke e … | Continue reading
Logistics are important when planning conferences but often overshadow what most are in the room for, content. -Andrea Doyle | Continue reading
An agonising exploration of what it means to find justice after defeat The post The New Look: It’s A Good TV Show! appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
I mostly play old time and bluegrass music. Particularly in old time and fiddle songs, the songs have a fairly rigid and repetitious structure. That’s not to say players don’t do interesting things with it, but unless a song is intentionally crooked, the structure of the song rem … | Continue reading
The IEEE Electrical Energy Storage Applications and Technologies (EESAT 2025) conference will be held January 20–21, 2025, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte Uptown, in Charlotte, NC. This technical conference will be co-located with the IEEE Energy Storage and Stationary … | Continue reading
New fully-electric Q6 SUV e-tron quattro available to order now priced from £68,975 MDP (manufacturer direct price) New PPE platform, new interior design philosophy, and many technological advances Twin-motor Q6 SUV e-tron quattro and SQ6 SUV e-tron quattro available from launch … | Continue reading
"Without seeing some analysis, your null hypothesis has to be that it did not contribute." Scientists address speculation that extreme weather event in Dubai was manipulated: 'Show me the analysis' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This morning, after order given to my workmen, my wife and I and Mr. Creed took coach, and in Fishstreet took up Mr. Hater and his wife, who through her mask seemed at first to be an old woman, but afterwards I found her to be a very pretty modest... | Continue reading
Joshua Topolsky: Rabbit’s R1 AI Companion Is Not the Future You Were Promised Right now, every time you want to do something like that with your phone, you’re jumping into and out of individual apps; the r1 supposes a future where all your apps connect into | Continue reading
Stuff continues to happen! | Continue reading
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0) by Travis Baldree, 339p: I loved going back to this cozy fantasy world with a younger Viv. We can see how her experiences in this book lead to her choices in the first book. Viv is injured on a fight, and she must stay in this small town … | Continue reading
Some of you may be familiar with a figure called Mr. Yuk, depending on your age and where you grew up, but for rest of you: Mr. Yuk is a neon green circular sticker with a cartoon face on it. His face is scrunched up with his eyes squeezed tight and his tongue is sticking The pos … | Continue reading
Ruby developers can now use AWS CodeArtifact to securely store and retrieve their gems. CodeArtifact integrates with standard developer tools like gem and bundler. Applications often use numerous packages to speed up development by providing reusable code for common tasks like ne … | Continue reading
Star Wars loves nothing more than understanding a villain. Part of the reason the franchise’s greatest evils are also some of its most compelling characters is because it loves to dive deep into understanding why these figures are the way they are. The time has come for Morgan El … | Continue reading
We used to be a real country. The post Games Used To Have More Orbs. What Happened? appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Latrodectus malware is now being distributed in phishing campaigns using Microsoft Azure and Cloudflare lures to appear legitimate while making it harder for email security platforms to detect the emails as malicious. [...] | Continue reading
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2024 George Conway, One Other Guy: We just saw George Conway on Deadline: White House refer to Donald J. Trump as "a narcissistic sociopath." He also used the term "psychopathy" as he discussed Trump's mental / emotional state. As we've recently noted, Conway h … | Continue reading
(This post is part of the Third Agnes Moorehead Blogathon hosted by In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood) There can be no doubt that Agnes Moorehead was one of the greatest character actresses of all time. While she is best known today as Endora on the classic television sho … | Continue reading
Content, Content, Content… stories, MY story. Looking for the next story and in bit of a holding pattern. […] | Continue reading
We are living longer lives, while also spending more years sick than ever before — but there are ways to close the lifespan-healthspan gap | Continue reading