I've launched a WordPress Plugin for an extremely niche use-case. WP GeSHi Highlight Redux works with WordPress's Classic Editor to convert Markdown to syntax highlighted code. That allows me to write: ```php $a = "Hello"; $b = 5 * 2; echo $a . str($b); ``` And have it displayed … | Continue reading
The opportunities in India, and podcast ad spend in the US climbed 29%. Sponsored by Supporting Cast. Don't lock your members into one platform! 🔓 With Supporting Cast, YOU own your podcast subscription and control the subscriber relationship. And it's completely white-la … | Continue reading
‘These guys produced the last normal Republican presidential nominee. Who am I to judge?’ | Continue reading
Yet again, CenturyLink failed to fix a long outage until Ars emailed the company. | Continue reading
Prior to its closure in 2012, the plant had a capacity of 8.2 gigawatts. Authorities cautiously permit reactivation of world's largest nuclear power plant: 'We will stop when we find issues and take necessary measures' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Twitch is taking a leaf out of TikTok’s book as they officially roll out a new discovery feed to all… Continue reading Twitch rolls out TikTok-like discovery feed full of short-form clips The post Twitch rolls out TikTok-like discovery feed full of short-form clips appeared first … | Continue reading
Cloudless at sunrise, with rain still clinging to the grass. Tree leaves are on average half open now, making the woods’ edge half screen, half wall. | Continue reading
Revenue at Amazon Web Services has soared by more than 200% and the company says artificial intelligence (AI) and advertising… Continue reading Amazon profit soars due to AI and advertising The post Amazon profit soars due to AI and advertising appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
From a successful climate lawsuit in Switzerland and democratic change in Senegal to a law school student who earned his degree in prison: here's our recap of the most exciting and important stories from our April editions. | Continue reading
The founder of the crypto exchange giant Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has been handed a four-month prison sentence. A Seattle federal… Continue reading Binance founder Changpeng Zhao receives a four-month jail term The post Binance founder Changpeng Zhao receives a four-month jail te … | Continue reading
Lionel Shriver on PEN’s cowardice. Trump on trial. Ben Kawaller among the Mormons. And much more in today’s Front Page. | Continue reading
With inflation and unemployment gripping the nation, a burgeoning network of intermediaries is convincing people to have their irises scanned at Worldcoin Orb centers. | Continue reading
"Why wasn't it secured properly in the first place?" Video shows Tesla Cybertruck issue that caused recent recall getting repaired in just 35 seconds: 'Hope mine gets this fix soon' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Bitcoin has fallen sharply to around $57,300, as investor sentiment shifts ahead of a US Federal Reserve announcement on interest… Continue reading Bitcoin price falls to $57,000 as investors brace for Fed decision The post Bitcoin price falls to $57,000 as investors brace for Fe … | Continue reading
The Bata Shoe Factory in Batawa, located 175 km east of Toronto on the Trent River, serves as a testament to Sonja Bata's vision of revitalizing the town into a sustainable community adapted to 21st-century living. Continue reading | Continue reading
A small update as I spent around half of the month sick (since when do adults get ear infections?). Notable Seattle and West LA. For leg 2 and 3 of our big USA trip we stayed with friends in Seattle, and then headed back to West LA to catch up with more friends. Many of our frien … | Continue reading
Diablo IV needs to get Season 4 right. That’s a pretty universal viewpoint. The previous three seasons have just missed… Continue reading Diablo 4 Season 4 – Everything we know, release date, weapon mods, Helltide Reborn and Battle Pass The post Diablo 4 Season 4 – Everything we … | Continue reading
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The Death of a Mnemonist JamesHoare Wed, 05/01/2024 - 10:07 | Continue reading
I haven't posted many notes here of late. It's not like I've had writer's block or have been struggling with perfectionism. It's just amongst the juggle of all the different priorities, responsibilities and interests I have, I've dropped the "writing for this website" ball. I nee … | Continue reading
Over the second half of the twentieth century, South Korea became rich, and in the first decades of the twenty-first, it’s become a global cultural superpower. The same can’t be said for North Korea: after a relatively strong start in the nineteen-fifties and sixties, its economy … | Continue reading
Deno 1.43 enhances productivity with a faster language server, improved npm compatibility, a new `deno serve` subcommand, URL.parse() API, and announcements regarding Deno 2. | Continue reading
"I want to make my front as conventionally beautiful as possible." Homeowner pleads for help appeasing HOA with landscaping plans: 'I know I have a ton of work to do' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Dodging deceptive design in the age of Big everything | Continue reading
Very welcomed, non-trivial improvements. The post new Zwift Features – H2.2024 appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading
Inside the effort to standardize the design of returnable containers. | Continue reading
There’s no question that both Destiny 2 and Bungie itself have been going through some turbulent times as of late… Continue reading Destiny 2: The Final Shape – Release date, story, subclass, exotics, and everything we know The post Destiny 2: The Final Shape – Release date, stor … | Continue reading
chase-prairie: if you wanna know what my dissertation is about, it’s pretty much this! Please share your dissertation when its done! | Continue reading
Will utilities clean up toxic waste at power plants, or run out an election-year clock? | Continue reading
Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who made woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints, many of which were inspired by mathematics. Despite wide popular interest, for most of his life Escher was neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 befo … | Continue reading
I merged, combined, summarized, and re-published pages on this blog and made it as small as possible. Bring back small blogs. Web used to have so many small yet awesome blogs. We used to spend a lot of our time reading material published on them, not caring about the design or of … | Continue reading
O zwykłych sprawach, o rodzinnym świętowaniu, o adresach kulinarnych, o książkach i o jedzeniu, a przede wszystkim o miłości do codzienności. Dzisiaj będzie o miesiącu, który jest preludium do najpiękniejszego okresu w roku. Kwietniowe chwile, które próbowałam uchwycić. Rozsiądźc … | Continue reading
One of the largest solar projects in the country is moving closer to completion, and it’s not in a famously sunny state like California , Texas , or even Florida . It’s in Minnesota, on former potato farms near the site of a retiring coal plant. The Sherco solar and energy-storag … | Continue reading
Already, the conservation society is seeing success. Conservationists aim to save dying forests by chopping down trees: 'These are just the first steps' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This blog guides you on creating Tweets from a Java application using the Twitter API v2. It covers setting up a developer account, creating a project and an app, authorization using OAuth 2.0, and creating the Java application with necessary dependencies. Finally, it explains ob … | Continue reading
React’s version 19 Beta is boasting full custom element support so I cover how that could impact projects on our radar and how this new support will make an impact. | Continue reading
Labor day marks the release of Workbench 46.1 This new release comes with Save/restore window state and dimensions for each session/project. I couldn't use the method defined in Saving and restoring state into GSettings because resizing manually with the mouse triggers a lot of b … | Continue reading
Moving to a new home is always the time when you found out some old crap you’ve stored a long time ago. Let me introduce you one of them : the Motorola M3588. My first mobile phone I’ve had in high school. Why bragging about a having phone in high school ? We all have one ! Well, … | Continue reading
Sit up straight at the back! CLASS DISMISSED. | Continue reading
"Its low ground bearing capacity also means the crane can be used all over the world." World's largest land-based crane makes monumental impact with new electric capabilities — here's how it could revolutionize the construction industry first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Screening callers of crisis or suicide helplines for their current level of suicide risk is crucial to detecting and preventing suicide. Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Voice, Concordia University | Continue reading
"I find it quite lovely." Gardener shares photo of thriving backyard plant many consider a nuisance: 'Overruns my beds, but that's all right with me' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
ARTIKEL DER WOCHE: Dem Himmel so nah feiert es sich am Befreitesten. Dafür dass das Wetter dem Event keinen Strich durch die Rechnung macht, sorgen Exklusivzelte und Sonderkonstruktionen der Tent Dimensions – und schaffen gleichzeitig ein ... | Continue reading
Meta-programming- programs which generate programs- is a delightful hobby, but usually shouldn't be used in production code. Usually. I mean, if you're working in LISP, 90% of your program is going to be macros. But if you're using PHP and JavaScript, there's good odds that someo … | Continue reading
Just because a product is compostable doesn't mean it can’t take up space in a landfill. Shopper calls out grocery store for selling wasteful item: 'Why is this even a product?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
There are 3 different ways to access the log, and its entries will be different depending on which way you use. This explains the differences and methods. | Continue reading
What would you ask if you found yourself sitting across the screen from an interactive, digital version of... Well, yourself? Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: GPT, Artificial Intelligence, LLM (Large Language Model), Video | Continue reading
If you prefer listening to reading, I spoke to John about this on Ruminate 183. I have used Alfred for about nine years. In that time I've come to rely on it for almost everything I do on my Mac - snippets, clipboard history, finding files, and numerous custom workflows. Raycast … | Continue reading