Moats in AI, facebook and OpenAI

Justin Searls writes: I’ve been pairing with ChatGPT (using GPT-4) every day for the last few months and it is demonstrably terrible 80% of the time, but 20% of the time it saves me an hour of headaches, so I put up with it anyway. Nevertheless, my experience with Llama 2 was so … | Continue reading


@gurupanguji.com | 14 minutes ago

Anya Taylor-Joy Had to Do Driving Stunts on Furiosa All Without a Driver’s License

She still doesn't have one, by the way The post Anya Taylor-Joy Had to Do Driving Stunts on Furiosa All Without a Driver’s License appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 24 minutes ago

Cooking Through ‘Tenderheart’: Recipes to Make on Repeat

Was one of your resolutions for 2024 to “try something new”? Still looking for that new thing even as we enter the middle of spring? The Food52 Cookbook Club has you covered! We cook through a new book each month, and our member-selected title for April is The Global Pantry Cookb … | Continue reading


@food52.com | 36 minutes ago

Government official insists dirty power source cannot be replaced: 'It will never work'

An abundance of untapped, electricity-producing sun rays continue to shine on the country with great potential. Government official insists dirty power source cannot be replaced: 'It will never work' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 37 minutes ago

Fahrbike’s Affordable UrbanCarry Cargo / Utility E-Bikes Come In 3 Sizes

Fahrbike’s UrbanCarry line of cargo e-bikes look to be a great option for those looking for some affordable wheels that can carry both you and your gear, whether that’s children or the groceries or a workbag or three. Fahrbike has several UrbanCarry bikes to choose from — the Min … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 43 minutes ago

Joe Manganiello to Zombie It Up in Mountain Man Adaptation

Another man walking through the undead wasteland, so alone, so utterly alone The post Joe Manganiello to Zombie It Up in Mountain Man Adaptation appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 43 minutes ago

MacStories Unwind: Cattywampus

This week on MacStories Unwind, I’m a little wired, we explore Southern expressions, share some Legion Go follow-up and have app, hardware, TV, and music picks. This episode is sponsored by: Listen Later – Listen to the Articles as Podcasts Links and Show Notes Southern Expressio … | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 45 minutes ago

Io: New image of a lake of fire, signs of permanent volcanism

Juno captures images of Io's violence as study says it has always been that way. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 50 minutes ago

Zack Snyder Digs Into His Rebel Moon vs. Barbie Ratings Discourse

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@gizmodo.com | 52 minutes ago

Microsoft AI creates scary real talkie videos from a single photo

Microsoft Research Asia has revealed an AI model that can generate frighteningly realistic deepfake videos from a single still image and an audio track. How will we be able to trust what we see and hear online from here on in? Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Microsoft … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 57 minutes ago

World Value Drift

A new paper looks at 40 questions from the World Values Survey from 1981 to 2022 (n = 406,185) for the 76 nations that did this survey more than once. Overall these values diverged over these four decades. The strongest factor from a factor analysis explained 65% of variation, an … | Continue reading


@overcomingbias.com | 58 minutes ago

Value

I’ve taken some time to think instead of do. I like to dream, and according to my elementary school teachers I had a real talent for dreaming in class. So, I have been dreaming up … | Continue reading


@kelake.org | 59 minutes ago

United Nations agency investigates ransomware attack, data theft

​The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating a cyberattack after threat actors breached its IT systems to steal human resources data. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 1 hour ago

7 Rice Paper Recipes to Get Excited About

Vietnamese bánh tráng is a very versatile ingredient—stuff it a number of ways for crispy or chewy rolls, or fry it for use as a crunch cracker to layer vegetables, seafood, or meat. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 1 hour ago

The Unite 5 giveaway winners!

The Unite 5 giveaway has ended, and I have winners to announce! The winners! Congratulations to: Robert Williger Angelo Machils Mike Shaffer Jim Dye Denton C Jacobs You should have received an email with details, please let me know if you didn’t hear anything! But I didn’t win! I … | Continue reading


@brett.trpstra.net | 1 hour ago

Heather Paxson named associate dean for faculty of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

In her new role, the professor of anthropology will seek to promote well-being and advancement within the SHASS community. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 1 hour ago

Wild new HBO doc rips the curtain back on numerous controversies surrounding viral teen clothing brand: 'The Cult of Fast Fashion'

"Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion" has revealed the many controversies surrounding the popular fast-fashion brand Brandy Melville. Wild new HBO doc rips the curtain back on numerous controversies surrounding viral teen clothing brand: 'The Cult of Fast Fashion' first a … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Packs of dog-shaped robots could one day roam the moon — if they can find their footing on Earth first

A dog-like, bio-inspired robot called Spirit is still learning to walk, but could one day be deployed on the moon to explore steep, potentially hazardous areas with a team of robot companions. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Modder packs an entire Nintendo Wii into a box the size of a pack of cards

There's no disc drive, but there are still ports for GameCube controllers. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Gets a Big Pay Bump Despite Being Bad at His Job

Typically, when a person isn’t performing well at their job, they get put under review or get a stern talking to. Well, unless you’re a top executive, that is. Then you might get a 25 percent raise, as the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery just did. Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

See the explosive 'devil comet' get its tail ripped off by a solar storm days before its close approach to the sun

A surprise coronal mass ejection recently smashed into Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, briefly causing the "devil comet" to lose its tail — and a NASA spacecraft caught the whole thing on camera. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

1984

✍️ Written by: George Orwell 🏷 Genre: Sci-fi 🗓 Published: 08 June 1949 📄 Pages: 368 🧐 My rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 stars) London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practica … | Continue reading


@kevquirk.com | 1 hour ago

Kids in Jeopardy

I quit a civil rights group because its policies will harm children. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 hour ago

“The Boy I Like?” (Visual Novel Review)

I review The Boy I LIke? -- the English localization of what is effectively a freeware doujin meme visual novel | Continue reading


@thenewleafjournal.com | 1 hour ago

I have set myself on fire outside the Trump Trial.

My name is Max Azzarello, and I am an investigative researcher who has set himself on fire outside of the Trump trial in Manhattan. This extreme act of protest is to draw attention to an urgent and important discovery: We are victims of a totalitarian con, and our own government … | Continue reading


@theponzipapers.substack.com | 1 hour ago

Exhausted

I’m exhausted from all the news and threats and everything. Every day we wake up to another horrible alert that another war is starting. I just wrote a thousand words and deleted all of it. It shouldn’t need an entire article to tell people how bad a war is. I’m just exhausted of … | Continue reading


@alirezahayati.com | 1 hour ago

Code: White Is a Slight But Delightfully Sweet Addition to Spy x Family

A breakout anime’s first movie often falls into one of two categories. Either it’s a showcase of the source material that feels like a stretched-out arc of the anime itself, or it attempts to fill in some backstory and set up some dominoes for the season to come. In the case of t … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Global 'time signals' subtly shifted as the total solar eclipse reshaped Earth's upper atmosphere, new data shows

During the historic April 8 total solar eclipse, a government radio station in Colorado started sending out slightly shifted "time signals" to millions of people across the globe as the moon's shadow altered the upper layers of our atmosphere. However, these altered signals did n … | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Forever Chemical Enforcement Just Got Even Stronger

Last week, I reported on the Environmental Protection Agency’s monumental new restrictions on “forever chemicals” in Americans’ drinking water. At the time, I stressed that the issue doesn’t end with the water that flows out of our kitchen and bathroom taps — the government also … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 1 hour ago

This $23 Amazon Find Turned the Top of My Stove Into Storage (It’s So Stylish!)

It makes my spices easily accessible, too! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after 2 breaches of 600K accounts

Accounts with stored payment information went for as little as $0.50 each. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 1 hour ago

[Note] Do-It-Yourself Country & Western Song

I saw a variation of an email from back in the day, which provides a Mad Libs style approach to formulating a country & western song. When I was reminded of it today, I adapted it for Perchance. Give it a go! | Continue reading


@danq.me | 1 hour ago

'There's a great hidden museum in the Mediterranean': Underwater archaeologist David Gibbins takes us on a journey to 12 shipwrecks around the world

Underwater archaeologist and author David Gibbins discusses his new book about shipwrecks around the world. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

China orders Apple to remove Meta apps after “inflammatory” posts about president

WhatsApp, Threads, Telegram, and Signal removed from Apple App Store in China. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 hours ago

Is It a Red Flag? (Jane Eyre Edition)

He’s your current employer, and you live in his house. Not a red flag. Not for you at least. As the person in the higher class, he is the one with the most to lose. For you, there is nowhere to go but up. He lies to you about who he is when you first meet. Not a red flag. This is … | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 2 hours ago

Wait, Can You Microwave Paper Plates?

Here’s what you need to know. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 2 hours ago

ATM produces surprising result when people swipe their card: 'Why should I spend on drinking water?'

"Im also improving the lives of people in my neighborhood.” ATM produces surprising result when people swipe their card: 'Why should I spend on drinking water?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

This Web of Ours, Revisited

Why did leading designers in 2000 look down their nose at the web? And are things any better today? The post This Web of Ours, Revisited appeared first on Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design. | Continue reading


@zeldman.com | 2 hours ago

The Space Trilogy

Following Childhood’s End, my exploration of Arthur C. Clarke books made me read three other works regrouped into a series entitled The Space Trilogy, which are Islands in the Sky, The Sands of Mars, and Earthlight, or Les îles de l’espace, Les sables de Mars, and Lumière cendrée … | Continue reading


@zedas.fr | 2 hours ago

MyWhoosh Review After 500km

Considering it's a freebie, I'm at a loss to why more people don't use it The post MyWhoosh Review After 500km appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading


@the5krunner.com | 2 hours ago

Online Baccarat, easy to make money, a real extra income

Online baccarat then stab and choose the right side Don’t be in a hurry to switch sides. next stab Try to stab again on the same side first. By choosing to invest a double amount from the original amount that you put on the website directly because the game always The post Online … | Continue reading


@ramblingspace.com | 2 hours ago

Apple Blocks WhatsApp, Signal, and Threads in China

Apple removed several U.S.-based messaging apps from its App Store in China, including WhatsApp, Signal, and Threads, according to the Washington Post Friday. Officially, the apps were already banned in China but could still be accessed by users with a VPN. Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

Denis Villeneuve Thought of EVERYTHING When It Came to Dune: Part Two

You don’t make a movie as sumptuous and engrossing as Dune: Part Two and not think of every little detail. How the planets move, who all the people are, how people get off the sandworm. In preparing and making both Dune films, Denis Villeneuve thought of everything. And, to illus … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

Half of China's cities are sinking, putting most of the country's urban population at risk

Major cities across eastern China are sinking due to groundwater extraction and the weight of buildings, potentially exposing millions of people to flooding and damage in the next 100 years. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

War on the Young

This week I spoke at TED2024, the iconic program’s 40th anniversary event. I joined RuPaul, Kesha, and two different astrophysicists on the stage in Vancouver. I was given 15 minutes, and took 17, to riffle through 47 slides articulating what I believe is the greatest challenge f … | Continue reading


@profgalloway.com | 2 hours ago

Core77 Weekly Roundup (4-15-24 to 4-19-24)

Here's what we looked at this week:Startup Humane has debuted their Ai Pin, to damning reviews. The UI/UX design is just insane. Form follows function: NASA's zero-gravity drinking cup, prototyped in space.Some wonderful scans from "The Function of Colour in Factories School … | Continue reading


@core77.com | 2 hours ago

Kids out the door fairly easy.  Thinking of something Jack said yesterday about traffic,

“Traffic ’s bad now because all the 9-5 people are going home.” I found it sharp and easy, […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 2 hours ago

Crypto influencer guilty of $110M scheme that shut down Mango Markets

Fraudster charged with crypto market manipulation defended Mango Markets scheme. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 hours ago