Explainer for Designers: The Different Types of Galvanized Steel

If you're designing steel outdoor furniture or infrastructure, your go-to material would be stainless steel—if your client has deep pockets. If they don't, you'd step down to galvanized steel, which adds a protective layer of zinc, offering the corrosion resistance at a lower cos … | Continue reading


@core77.com | 2 minutes ago

Microsoft says April Windows updates break VPN connections

Microsoft says the April 2024 Windows security updates break VPN connections on Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server systems. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 3 minutes ago

Upcoming research at Stack Overflow

All about the research that the User Experience team will be focused on over the next quarter and how you can help. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 11 minutes ago

May Is Here to Shower You With Tons of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books

May has a little bit of everything for genre fans spread across its dozens of new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror book releases: space operas, doomsday cults, apocalyptic mysteries, fantastical romances, haunted mansions, dimensionally displaced vampires, badass wasteland motorcycle … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 11 minutes ago

Nine SFF Short Stories That Explore the Meaning of Love

From first meetings and tiny moments to lifelong attachments, these stories celebrate the boundless nature of love. The post Nine SFF Short Stories That Explore the Meaning of Love appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 11 minutes ago

Details Added to Monday’s Article

A couple of days ago, I posted an article describing how the size of a quantum object, such as a proton or electron, can be measured. This isn’t obvious. For example, scientists say that an electron spreads out and is wave-like, and yet that it has no size. This apparent contradi … | Continue reading


@profmattstrassler.com | 13 minutes ago

‘Now is the nuclear winter of our discontent’ – Theater troupe to perform Shakespeare inspired by Fallout

An adaptation of Richard III in Fallout 76 will be taken to the big stage as a player-run troupe of… Continue reading ‘Now is the nuclear winter of our discontent’ – Theater troupe to perform Shakespeare inspired by Fallout The post ‘Now is the nuclear winter of our discontent’ – … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 22 minutes ago

I Made a Dozen Pizzas (and Calzones) to Find Out If the Gozney Arc Could Bring the Heat

We used the pizza oven to make a variety of pies and calzones, evaluating its ease of use, speed, efficiency, and results. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 29 minutes ago

Wednesday Poem

The Trans Haggadah Companion On this night ……….. I remember Nachshon ……….. who was not Moses who ………………….. walked into the Red Sea ………………….. and called for God ……………………………………….. to meet him there On this night ………….I am only a body and you ………………………………………….. are only a body On th … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 34 minutes ago

A new iPad Pro is coming to take the tablet crown (and your money) (Macworld/Dan Moren)

The iPad, remember that? It’s been a minute since Apple unveiled new models of its tablets—about 807,690 minutes, to be precise—but all indications point to brand new models being rolled out as part of an Apple keynote next week, on May 7.… | Continue reading


@macworld.com | 36 minutes ago

Mysterious ‘gpt2-chatbot’ emerges as users claim it to be a top AI model rival

A mysterious new AI chatbot named “gpt2-chatbot” has emerged, following its release on a prominent large language model benchmarking site,… Continue reading Mysterious ‘gpt2-chatbot’ emerges as users claim it to be a top AI model rival The post Mysterious ‘gpt2-chatbot’ emerges a … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 37 minutes ago

Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team After Taking $17 Million in Federal Charging Grants

Tesla announced Tuesday that it will lay off everyone who works on both the new vehicle and Supercharger teams. At this point, no one has any idea what CEO Elon Musk was thinking or what’s going to happen going forward. Including other automakers that recently switched to NACS. M … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 39 minutes ago

Missing Satellite Found After 25 Years of Being Lost in Space

An experimental satellite that launched in 1974 disappeared from ground-based sensors in the 1990s, only to be found again this week. Some defunct satellites or debris can often go missing for years, presenting hazards within an increasingly crowded Earth orbit. But, how exactly … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 41 minutes ago

Revealing They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran

Author Trang Thanh Tran crafts a harrowing story about a teen searching for a future where she can finally be free The post Revealing They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 41 minutes ago

The $17 Costco Staple I Buy Once a Year and Use Every Single Day

Every kitchen can use it. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 41 minutes ago

Who wrote the music for In My Life? Three Bayesian analyses

A Beatles fan pointed me to this news item from a few years ago, “A Songwriting Mystery Solved: Math Proves John Lennon Wrote ‘In My Life.'” This surprised me, because in his memoir, Many Years from Now, Paul McCartney very … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu | 49 minutes ago

Qantas app exposed sensitive traveler details to random users

Qantas Airways confirms that some of its customers were impacted by a misconfiguration in its app that exposed sensitive information and boarding passes to random users. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 50 minutes ago

How Americans Stopped Caring About Coal

The future of coal played a starring role in the 2016 presidential election. As an industry, an energy supply, and a source of jobs and identity in many communities, coal was both a practical and symbolic issue, one that helped solidify Donald Trump’s support among white working … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 56 minutes ago

When I Became a Birder, Almost Everything Else Fell Into Place

Ed Yong in the New York Times: In some birding circles, people say that anyone who looks at birds is a birder — a kind, inclusive sentiment that overlooks the forces that create and shape subcultures. Anyone can dance, but not everyone would identify as a dancer, because the term … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Majority of Americans brand TikTok as a Chinese influence tool, poll finds

TikTok hasn’t been favored too kindly in a recent poll as a majority of Americans believe that China uses the… Continue reading Majority of Americans brand TikTok as a Chinese influence tool, poll finds The post Majority of Americans brand TikTok as a Chinese influence tool, poll … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 1 hour ago

Quantum Computers Can Now Run Powerful AI That Works like the Brain

Rahul Rao in Scientific American: Few computer science breakthroughs have done so much in so little time as the artificial intelligence design known as a transformer. A transformer is a form of deep learning—a machine model based on networks in the brain—that researchers at Googl … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Modeling Cable Design & Power Electronics

The shift toward the electrification of vehicles and the expansion of the electrical grid for renewable energy integration has led to a considerable increase in the demand for power electronics devices and modernized cable systems — applications that will help ensure a consistent … | Continue reading


@event.on24.com | 1 hour ago

Joseph E. Stiglitz on the Dangerous Failures of Neoliberalism

Joseph E. Stiglitz at Literary Hub: The system that evolved in the last quarter of the twentieth century on both sides of the Atlantic came to be called neoliberalism. “Liberal” refers to being “free,” in this context, free of government intervention including regulations. The “n … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

UK MPs call for law to protect musicians from AI deepfakes

Musicians and other celebrities should be protected by a law that would ban AI-generated deepfakes in the U.K., MPs say.… Continue reading UK MPs call for law to protect musicians from AI deepfakes The post UK MPs call for law to protect musicians from AI deepfakes appeared first … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 1 hour ago

Updates From Star Wars: The Acolyte, X-Men '97, and More

Even more Captain America: Brave New World marketing gives us a glimpse at its new super-suits. Bitsie Tulloch bids farewell to Superman & Lois. Jurassic World’s Camp Cretaceous follow-up teases a wild murder mystery. Plus, what’s coming on Chucky. To me, my spoilers! Read more.. … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

New Cuttlefish malware infects routers to monitor traffic for credentials

A new malware named 'Cuttlefish' has been spotted infecting enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to monitor data that passes through them and steal authentication information. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 1 hour ago

How to Do Really Really Well at Show-and-Tell

In this column, professional speechwriter Chandler Dean provides partly satirical, partly genuine “How To” advice focused on a hyper-specific subcategory of speeches—from graduation speeches to wedding toasts to eulogies, and all the rhetorical occasions in between. - - - Hey, gu … | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 1 hour ago

Tostadas

These tostadas made with mashed pinto beans are piled high with salsa, veggies, and cheese for a satisfying (and fun!) weeknight meal. The post Tostadas appeared first on Budget Bytes. | Continue reading


@budgetbytes.com | 1 hour ago

Let Me Continue To Count The Ways

Yesterday I promised you more ridiculous/creative misspellings of the word "birthday." Which probably has you wondering, "Just how much more ridiculous can it get? It's a simple word! Sure, you might forget a letter, or switch a few up, but that's it, right?" [shaking head] Oh, y … | Continue reading


@cakewrecks.com | 1 hour ago

This Restaurant Trick for Juicing Lemons Is Shockingly Easy

Who needs a juicer when you have tongs? READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Hack to the future: How to conquer your “projection bias”

Evelyn went car shopping on a sunny summer day and drove off the lot in a new convertible. Sure, the payments were more than she had budgeted for, but the condition was mint, and it was nice to feel the wind in her hair. Thing is, Evelyn lives in Seattle, and these days, she’s no … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 1 hour ago

Home cook can't believe their luck after finding high-end kitchen appliance at local thrift shop: 'What a steal'

"Came with 3 mixers, a shield, the bowl and the manual/warranty card." Home cook can't believe their luck after finding high-end kitchen appliance at local thrift shop: 'What a steal' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Vibing Tendrils Of Goodness

Hello! We express most joyful salutations and wish to bring you much pleasants from this post by brainwane! Come! Express delight in this sharing of a short story by Fiona Jones! | Continue reading


@bestof.metafilter.com | 1 hour ago

Football superstar Haaland becomes first real person to appear in one of the world’s most popular games

In a somewhat unlikely collaboration mobile game powerhouse Supercell has teamed up with current World Club Champions Manchester City striker… Continue reading Football superstar Haaland becomes first real person to appear in one of the world’s most popular games The post Footbal … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 1 hour ago

Dutch weather heats up as 27-degree temperatures roll in

Temperatures are rising across the Netherlands as the weather is set to reach highs of 27 degrees celsius on Wednesday and Thursday. The beginning of May brings with it... | Continue reading


@iamexpat.nl | 1 hour ago

The Life and Death of Hollywood

Daniel Bessner in Harper’s Magazine: In 2012, at the age of thirty-two, the writer Alena Smith went West to Hollywood, like many before her. She arrived to a small apartment in Silver Lake, one block from the Vista Theatre—a single-screen Spanish Colonial Revival building that ha … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Trent Reznor's Score for Challengers Makes Every Movie Better

Challengers, a movie where Zendaya plays a tennis star who has a threesome, came out last week and, while I haven’t seen it yet, I sure do plan to. Director Luca Guadagnino’s new romantic tennis/thriller/drama is getting pretty good reviews, has a fun premise, and would seem to h … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

An editorial dialog with GPT-4

Let's set the stage. A writer has drafted an essay for a publication that has specified a maximum word count of 5,000, and a preferred range of 1350 to 2700. The draft totaled 4,869 words, so it was within the limit, but not in the preferred range. Facing an imminent deadline, an … | Continue reading


@languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu | 1 hour ago

How Intelligence Evolved

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@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

How to Track Your Medications with iOS and Android

Keeping track of medications is vital in most cases, but it can be hard to do without alarms and an extra nudge to make it a habit. I’ve personally had difficulty staying on schedule since I started taking daily medications decades ago. But these last few years, as more smartphon … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Shift Residence / Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

Designed by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, the Shift Residence reinterprets the suburban bungalow with a fresh, architectural approach that integrates a stepped facade characterized by alternating volumes. Continue reading | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 1 hour ago

Serious Alien Research

Adam Frank at Aeon Magazine: Suddenly, everyone is talking about aliens. After decades on the cultural margins, the question of life in the Universe beyond Earth is having its day in the sun. The next big multibillion-dollar space telescope (the successor to the James Webb) will … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

About Searching for Alien Life with Dr. Adam Frank

About Searching for Alien Life with Dr. Adam Frank Posted on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 8:16AMWednesday, May 1, 2024 by Morgan Meis | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Our 31 Best Recipes to Cook This May

Featuring garlic-Parm chicken bites that are so delicious, you'll eat them straight from the pan. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

5-Point Star Template {Free Printable}

Stars are not only beautiful to look at but also super versatile for all types of crafts and activities. Whether… The post 5-Point Star Template {Free Printable} appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 1 hour ago

Li-Young Lee Presents Divinity As Spirit And Matter

Ed Simon at Poetry Magazine: Because the likelihood of Li Bai dying from simple infirmity in 762 isn’t as strange and beautiful as the traditional story of his demise—that he drowned in the Yangtze River while drunkenly trying to embrace the moon’s reflection—the apocryphal tale … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

The Universe in Verse Book

"We need science to help us meet reality on its own terms, and we need poetry to help us broaden and deepen the terms on which we meet ourselves and each other. At the crossing point of the two we may find a way of clarifying our experience and of sanctifying it." | Continue reading


@themarginalian.org | 1 hour ago

7 Ways to Deliver a Better Attendee Experience at Coastal Meetings

Coastal destinations offer the perfect blend of business and leisure for an enhanced event experience, as exemplified by Fort Myers – Islands, Beaches and Neighborhoods, a coastal area in Southwest Florida ready to take your meetings and events to the next level. -Fort Myers – Is … | Continue reading


@meetings.skift.com | 2 hours ago