The move will come after Congress failed to act to approve the measures. Biden plans to bypass Congress to protect thousands of acres with one action — here's why it matters first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
There's an old lady somewhere in Brazil. She's not dying, but she's probably close, and she lives in a nursing home within sight of both Christ the Redeemer and the Atlantic Ocean. Let's call her Alice. Alice doesn't have any close relatives, but according to ancestry.com, she sh … | Continue reading
Scott Alexander on Wednesday: I’ve spent fifteen years not responding to [Hanson’s medicine] argument, because I worry it would be harsh and annoying to use my platform to beat up on one contrarian who nobody else listens to. But I recently learned Bryan Caplan also takes this se … | Continue reading
Following my earlier thoughts about Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings, I have been planning an Old Dominion force for Conquest. The developers of the game, Para Bellum, have made, what I think, is a clever decision to create a skirmish game, First Blood, that provides you with … | Continue reading
A few years ago, minimalism was all the rage. Marie Kondo was on every TV, The Minimalists were in everyone's podcast feed, and I found myself confused, regretting not having started a blog or something years ago. I've always been a bit of a minimalist myself, and it had never oc … | Continue reading
Japanese police placed fake payment cards in convenience stores to protect the elderly targeted by tech support scams or unpaid money fraud. [...] | Continue reading
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The lover I had back then,from the prelude before my lashes fell,back when my lips’ dew was innocence, I met a boy, a man todaystill remembered by my maiden heart,the boy of still eyes as thoughhe was a man many colours couldn’tencase, When I called him in my crawling voice,he’d … | Continue reading
The previous snowfall had melted down to almost nothing but we knew a bigger storm was coming. It started sometime during Friday night and by the time I woke up Saturday morning there was a brand new coating about eight inches deep. Although I have plenty of battery power, and I … | Continue reading
I do this manually at the end of each week: collating (and sometimes lightly editing) most of the recent little comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. Some end up on Disquiet.com earlier, sometimes in expanded form. These days I mostly hang … | Continue reading
I recently finished The MANIAC, a concise novelized biography of John Von Neumann bizarrely bolted onto a history of computer programs that dominate chess and go. Somehow the combination works! What I hadn’t realized was how quickly programs that play chess and go can evolve when … | Continue reading
"The banana skin wasn't enough packaging, apparently!" Customer shares photo of frustrating produce item found on grocery store shelves: 'Probably done to raise the price without you realizing' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This week, Disney Imagineer and Art Director Sylvie Massara was honored at Disneyland Paris with her very own window. The Details Sylvie Massara began her Walt Disney Imagineering career during the construction of Disneyland Paris back in 1988, when it was Euro Disney, working ma … | Continue reading
Target is offering the Kobo Nia for a nice $89, which is $20 off the regular price. This makes it the cheapest that the entry-level Kobo has ever sold for, LaptopMag reported. What’s more, both Amazon and Walmart too have joined in on the fun and are offering the Kobo Nia at the … | Continue reading
Kingom of the Planet of the Apes is one of this summer’s big blockbusters, and with its release in a few weeks, that means its time to up its promo game. We’ve gotten plenty of trailers and posters, and there are standees in theaters, but that’s apparently not enough. 20th Centur … | Continue reading
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring 743,000 sales (in a 1.7-million-unit overall market). That’s up 29% year over year (YoY). Looking deeper at the numbers, BEVs were up 16%, while PHEVs did even better, jumping 62% in March. Breaking … | Continue reading
Yes, my friends, the malevolent yet artistic beings of 9 o'clock Nasty are back again with more mischievous acts. | Continue reading
Hydropsyche created a post about life after running and how athletes cope with age. In the comments, gmatom shared the moving story of her and her wife and how they fell in love with running through the course of their marriage. This love continued through the awful arrival of ca … | Continue reading
If you’re a hardcore gamer, you’re likely using the top of the line headsets to hear every single footstep possible.… Continue reading How to connect AirPods to Xbox consoles The post How to connect AirPods to Xbox consoles appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
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A Pokémon-like monster collector/battler with some twists on the formula and retro-flavored style. | Continue reading
Some suggested starting apps for your Unraid NAS, inspired by a conversation this week with a teammate who's an aspiring Unraider. Selfhosting FTW! | Continue reading
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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2024 Termagant does double duty: It was the termagant's second night back from a well-deserved, week-long vacation. At exactly 10:02 p.m., the termagant struck again. It was the second joke of his opening monologue. The deep discussions came later. The fellow … | Continue reading
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from the author’s book War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future (University of California Press, published in paperback April 2024). The blistering late-afternoon wind ripped across Camp Taji, a … | Continue reading
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Along with addressing outdated and problematic infrastructure, the plan calls for cleaning up contaminated groundwater. State teams up with Google satellites to search for major problems underground: 'This is going to live and evolve and grow' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Satellite internet startup Astranis is on a mission to help everyone in the world get online — and it just unveiled the satellite that could be the key to its success. The digital divide: An internet connection means access to jobs, education, entertainment, and more, but nearly … | Continue reading
Okta warns of an "unprecedented" spike in credential stuffing attacks targeting its identity and access management solutions, with some customer accounts breached in the attacks. [...] | Continue reading
Today I bring you a review of a film that will require 2 hours and 53 minutes of your life to watch. That’s a big ask, I know. As it is a true historical story, there are plot spoilers in the review. From Terence Malick, the director of such wonderful films as ‘The Thin Red … Con … | Continue reading
It’s been a minute since we’ve last heard anything about Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, hasn’t it? The series from Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts was first teased in 2022, and save for details and footage provided during last year’s Star Wars Celebration, there’s been no re … | Continue reading
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Oscar Oelrich, Shutong Ding, Måns Magnusson, Aki Vehtari, and Mattias Villani write: Bayesian model comparison is often based on the posterior distribution over the set of compared models. This distribution is often observed to concentrate on a single model even … Continue readin … | Continue reading
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💡 The inimitable Dave Crenshaw had me on his podcast recently. Our conversation touched on finding an audience, focusing on what matters, and learning from the competition. Worth a listen: Apple Podcasts, Spotify. A few months ago, I stumbled on Professor Robert Boice's w … | Continue reading
If you thought that Excel spreadsheets were just for mind-numbing office work, think again. A gaming hobbyist has created an Excel-based RPG game that he based on the popular post-apocalyptic game Fallout. It’s the end of the world, all over again. Read more... | Continue reading
This 4-ingredient Taco Dip is creamy, super easy to make, and has the perfect amount of spice. It’s great for parties or to treat yourself! The post Taco Dip appeared first on Budget Bytes. | Continue reading
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Get your coloring pencils ready because today we’re giving away free printable Saturn coloring pages! Perfect for kids of all… The post Saturn Coloring Pages appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Today's links The tax sharks are back and they're coming for your home: Like picking pennies off a dead man’s eyes. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. La … | Continue reading
"Congratulations on the epic find." Shopper thrilled after finding incredible kitchenware item at local thrift store: 'I never find deals like this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
As I wrote in Checking if files are synced between repos with GitHub Actions, if you're vendoring-and-periodically-updating files, trying to remember to do it is always a pain. I've now decided to actually write a re-usable action that can be used to perform this work, prompted b … | Continue reading
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Satellite images capture striking differences between the 2017 and 2024 total solar eclipses that swept across North America, including variations in the moon's shadow along the path of totality. | Continue reading
Welcome back to the week that was in io9's coverage of the latest, and greatest, in pop culture news. It’s been a busy week, as the highly anticipated new trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine brought with it oodles of insight and analysis on its comic book connections—but that’s not … | Continue reading
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