A Texas age verification law will rob people of anonymity online, chill access to speech for privacy- and security-minded internet users, and entirely block some adults from accessing constitutionally protected online content, EFF argued in a brief filed with the Supreme Court la … | Continue reading
"You can definitely get some oddly shaped carrots in hard soil." Gardener shares simple process for growing hearty carrots: 'That explains my lack of carrots' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"This is a huge opportunity for brands and producers." Snack company releases first-of-its-kind chip bag: 'The potential to revolutionize packaging as we know it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Our correspondent tried to foment class war at the country’s most prestigious horse race. But it’s hard to bring a rich man down. | Continue reading
Every movie starts with a script and a movie we’ve all been waiting for is finally getting one. Michael Lesslie, the writer of last year’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, is in negotiations to write Marvel Studios’ upcoming live-action X-Men movie. Read more.. … | Continue reading
Power Meter City in the USA now has stock of the sought-after Favero Pro MX Power Meter and the Hammerhead Karoo 3 The post Favero Pro MX in stock | Hammerhead Karoo 3 in stock appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike r … | Continue reading
About 15 years ago, I'd say I was at my high point of weird internet fame, where a few thousand people online knew who I was. When you run a big community website, you get to know thousands of people and they got to know me too. The | Continue reading
It costs less energy to get fossil fuels, but we can't use them as efficiently. | Continue reading
"We must live it, now, a day at a time and be very careful not to hurt each other." | Continue reading
Filipe Espósito, writing at 9to5 Mac: Back in 2020, Apple offered selected developers a custom DTK Mac mini with the A12Z Bionic chip inside, so that they could develop apps for the Apple Silicon platform. After the official launch of the M1 Macs, developers had to return their D … | Continue reading
Reprinted with permission from Populus: Living and Dying in Ancient Rome by Guy de la Bédoyère, published by the University of Chicago Press. © 2024 by Guy de la Bédoyère. All rights reserved. Certain Roman emperors led the field when it came to dining. Colorful anecdotes abo … | Continue reading
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Star Wars fans have been buzzing about a potentially huge reveal in new footage from The Acolyte, and now a curious change to that footage on YouTube adds fuel to the fire of its accuracy. Read more... | Continue reading
I think it was during the ShopTalk with Blake Watson where “tower defense” games briefly came up and someone recommended Kingdom Rush. It’s not exactly new, coming out in 2011, but it was new to me. I played on iOS. It feels like the total classic of tower defense games. Monsters … | Continue reading
Two and bit years ago, I spotted an entry on Fandom about a “remake” of the Stanley Kubrick sci-fi classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Being a 2001 fan, I naturally wrote about it. I’ve had a lot of fun with the post ever since. People stumble upon it every now and again, and link to … | Continue reading
For the curious, intrepid explorer looking for a brief getaway from bustling George Town, head northwest, where a sprawling fruit paradise awaits you. Located in northwest Teluk Bahang, the Penang Tropical Fruit Farm is Southeast Asia’s largest collection of fruits. The farm sits … | Continue reading
"The work also shows the impact that can happen when scientists and designers work together." Researchers develop innovative new method to make leather without animals: 'A major achievement' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Villa Vaartjes, located in Almere Oosterwold and designed by NOAHH | Network Oriented Architecture, is an innovative and adaptable home. The villa is strategically situated on an archaeological site with unobstructed views and consists of three distinct parts that surround a cent … | Continue reading
Posted a couple of things with WordPress, having moved from Jekyll. ‘s OK, but need to change a few things like meta descriptions. Bit of work to do. | Continue reading
Link: AI Citations. One of the things about what we know as “AI” is that it’s become an all-encompassing term for what I think are a group of actually quite different things. I’m particularly interested in the research going into machine learning models to help predict cancers. T … | Continue reading
She is the Earth, a work of verse, written by Yankunytjatjara (South Australia) poet Ali Cobby Eckermann, was named the NSW Premiers Literary Awards book of the year, on Monday 20 May 2024. Award judges were unstinting in their praise of Eckermann’s writing: She is the Earth is a … | Continue reading
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Hidden right above Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean, the ride that started the Disney Parks attraction-to-movie pipeline, is the members-only Club 33, an exclusive destination for industry professionals, insiders, the rich and the famous, and their lucky friends. There’s ple … | Continue reading
It looks like a tiny semi-truck and trailer, with the driver sitting in an enclosed cab and pulling a spacious cargo trailer behind, but instead of burning fossil fuels for power, the Cityshuttle ePack is pedaled like a bicycle. This zero emission light goods vehicle could be a k … | Continue reading
Elon Musk says SpaceX aims to launch the fourth Starship test flight in about two weeks. | Continue reading
Scientists have used a new technique to synthesize diamonds at normal, atmospheric pressure and without a starter gem, which could make the precious gemstones easier to grow in the lab. | Continue reading
New Phi-3 models: small, medium and vision I couldn't find a good official announcement post to link to about these three newly released models, but this post on LocalLLaMA on Reddit has them in one place: Phi-3 small (7B), Phi-3 medium (14B) and Phi-3 vision (4.2B) (the previous … | Continue reading
Link: Mania! endless revision / fixation on minutiae / sprawl / excessive wisecracking / punchiness / illusory epiphany / paranoia These are the Zone of Fruitless Intensification stage of “the right stuff” – virtues turned to self-defeating vices… necessary strengths that, pushed … | Continue reading
“At least one person from almost any department at a company like this you can imagine got some bad news today” The post Long-time Staffers At RPS, GamesIndustry.biz, VG247 Surprised By Layoffs As IGN Buys Network appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Sydney based product designer Wing Pang, whom I wrote about last week, has published a comprehensive guide to the IndieWeb. Coming from a design background, joining the IndieWeb was an incredibly exciting and rewarding, yet maze-like journey. To be honest, almost every step of th … | Continue reading
This dominant and unusual rocky formation of sandstone and siltstone was exposed during white clay mining for brickmaking at the nearby Yarralumla Brickworks for the building of Canberra in the 1940s and 1950s. It consists of two anticlines (upwards folds) with a syncline (downwa … | Continue reading
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 launched on May 21, with reviews of Ninja Theory’s Xbox Series X and Windows PC exclusive… Continue reading Hellblade II reviews roundup: If critics agree on anything, it’s visually impressive The post Hellblade II reviews roundup: If critics agree on an … | Continue reading
Our love of bananas knows no bounds. Join us as we celebrate the versatile fruit through recipes and stories. | Continue reading
At the 2024 MIT Energy Iniative Spring Symposium, experts weighed whether hydrogen stored in the earth might be a practical energy source of the future. | Continue reading
The movie adaptation of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club is gaining steam. Both Amblin and Netflix are behind the feature adaptation of Osman’s first book in the series, which centers on four friends in a retirement community who research cold cases for fun and end up ent … | Continue reading
At 9 p.m. ET on June 27, Americans who haven’t already set their out-of-office responders or hit the road to beat summer weekend traffic or otherwise made plans more exciting than watching two old men insult each other might find themselves tuning into the first presidential deba … | Continue reading
Netflix fantasy Sweet Tooth—based on Jeff Lemire’s DC comic series—will unveil its third and final season in June, and the stakes are sky-high for the hybrid kids and their allies. Today brought a new trailer and images highlighting new characters, including those played by Star … | Continue reading
Scientists have used the gorilla genome to probe for previously unknown genes that may contribute to infertility in men. | Continue reading
The GNOME Foundation and Black Python Devs are proud to announce that our organizations have entered into a fiscal sponsorship agreement for the mutual benefit of our communities and the greater open source world. The GNOME Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, envision … | Continue reading
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The 10 Design Fellows are MIT graduate students working at the intersection of design and multiple disciplines across the Institute. | Continue reading
A lore-lover's moment-by-moment dive into the latest Miyazaki mind maze. | Continue reading
Bananas have made prominent appearances in music, movies, and TV shows and might just be the most popular fruit ever—even beyond the grocery basket. Here's our list of the top 10 most impactful banana-related pop culture moments. | Continue reading
Yes tech reviewers widely panned the Rabbit R1 as not useful at all. But the scams from the company go even further with it originally being an NFT/Crypto/Clean Energy company that raised money and didn’t deliver. So the same Crypto scammers are getting in on AI scams now. | Continue reading
Blog of the .Day, yes, styled as Blog of the .Day, a collaboration between James of James’ Coffee Blog, and Joe Crawford, will highlight a new blog every day. Aside from casting the spotlight daily on a blog, another goal of the project is to bring the term blogosphere back into … | Continue reading
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Find out how you can make a real contribution to sustainable development. Visit an exhibition that will change the way you think about mobility. Who should visit the exhibition? The post Find out how the world will change in 2024! EUROBIKE 2024 will break the rules at the beginni … | Continue reading