"We are working on a transformation to get businesses to massively shift their logistics routes." Government eyes centuries-old solution to curb air pollution from freight transportation: 'The potential is huge' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Elsevier, a global leader in research information and analytics, and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), today announce the results of their collaboration to explore the emerging concept of a ‘4th generation university’: global universities that are fully integrated in the … | Continue reading
Last weekend I mentioned Omnivore was failing to fetch YouTube transcripts. Today I had some YouTube videos to save for later and decided to check Omnivore again. It’s good to see the feature is working again. | Continue reading
This photo is from 13 years ago today in Saskatoon, CA. Things, Reeder, and Instapaper are in my iPad’s Dock. | Continue reading
Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. (A Sound … | Continue reading
"You may well need to replace the soil." Stressed gardener seeks damage control advice after using weed killer: 'I wouldn't eat anything from that garden' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00 | Continue reading
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00 | Continue reading
As the driest nonpolar desert in the world, the Atacama Desert in northern Chile is home to very few species of plants and animals. With rainfall often occurring only once a decade, the desert is so dry that NASA uses it as a stand-in for the Martian landscape. But what’s living … | Continue reading
All those ads hitting the trash every week represent tons of wasted paper and ink. Frustrated homeowner seeks advice to halt invasive junk mail: 'How do I unsubscribe?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
XProtect 2192 contains no less than 74 new rules to detect just one type of malicious software: Adload. What's behind this broadside? | Continue reading
I really enjoyed this skewering of The Ethicist, the New York Times’ moral dilemmas column. This person may be the perfect example of an Ethicist reader. They’re peeved about a perceived transgression that doesn’t affect them in any way, or really harm anyone (the store gets its … | Continue reading
The doorbell a few doors down from the apartment on 9th Street where I happened to be couch-surfing the night that the Tompkins Square Riot started in early August 1988, a few days after my birthday, the summer after I graduated from college. A doorbell to the past. | Continue reading
I had not had a bowl of tomato soup in a very long time and so I wanted to have some for my lunch today. Tomato soup is one of the few tinned soups that I enjoy, or at least that I have always enjoyed. I was brought up on tinned tomato soup. I never tasted homemade until I was an … | Continue reading
"I can't put mine out until midnight the night before or this happens." Homeowner frustrated after realizing neighbors dumped garbage in their recycling bin: 'Not a public trash can' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
There are a number of grand questions we can ask about the Universe that cut right to the very core of what reality actually is, and were some of the biggest head-scratchers for all of human history. Questions like, “What is the Universe?” “How big is it?” and “Was it eternal, or … | Continue reading
A couple of years ago I wrote a somewhat controversial article on the topic of Bringing the Unix Philosophy to the 21st Century by adding a JSON output option to CLI tools. This allows easier parsing in scripts by using JSON parsing tools like jq, jello, jp, etc. without arcane a … | Continue reading
Revisions to DOE’s Environmental Review Rule Will Cut Costs and Delays for Key Grid Resilience and Clean Energy Projects WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending DOE’s list of categories of projects which, because they typically do not have significant e … | Continue reading
"There are more than a million people living in that watershed." Experts concerned over hazardous cargo aboard ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge: 'Any time there's a catastrophic event like this, there's a potential for water pollution' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Let’s have some learning fun and games with these bugs activity sheets! Printable activity sheets are always great as they… The post Bugs Activity Sheets Free Kids Printable appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
My child that takes forever to get ready! I’m sure many mom and dads have uttered these words one time… The post My Kids Move SO SLOWLY In The Morning… Here’s Our Solution! appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Last week we made a Lego Catapult and my boys started making catapults out of everything in sight. Today we… The post Tinker Toy Catapult Experiment appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
I’ve been at OpenAI for almost a year now. In that time, I’ve trained a lot of generative models. [...] It’s becoming awfully clear to me that these models are truly approximating their datasets to an incredible degree. [...] What this manifests as is – trained on the same datase … | Continue reading
Hardika Singh, Wall Street Journal: Bartash isn’t alone. Scores of individual investors have piled into Tesla shares in recent years, lured by the company’s technology, visionary chief executive and mammoth stock market gains. Through the end of last year, the stock was one of th … | Continue reading
"It's not the first, and it certainly won't be the last example." Human rights court makes landmark ruling, faulting government for not protecting citizens: 'I expect we're going to see a rash of lawsuits' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
For nearly two years, an Australian billing company (pardon, an “energy retailer”), has been sending threatening letters about cutting off our non-existant gas supply. This is the most recent letter we’ve received: DISCONNECTION WARNING NOTICE TO THE UNREGISTERED ENERGY USER Impo … | Continue reading
Blogmarks that use markdown I needed to attach a correction to an older blogmark (my 20-year old name for short-form links with commentary on my blog) today - but the commentary field has always been text, not HTML, so I didn't have a way to add the necessary link. This motivated … | Continue reading
"I started counting and it's literally every 3 videos." Woman calls out upsetting trend cropping up on several TikTok videos: 'I can't even enjoy it anymore' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Ed Zitron read a bunch of the emails released in United States v. Google and believes the quality of Google’s search engine has been in decline since early 2019 thanks to new leadership: These emails are a stark example of the monstrous growth-at-all-costs mindset that dominates … | Continue reading
It’s the sound of life. Listening to the sound of a stomach chowing down on a greasy hot dog is listening to the sound of a body filling up with energy. Ketchup, mustard, pickles — they’re all magically getting transmogrified into molecules of you and molecules of poo. Amen, sing … | Continue reading
A new survey has found that Germany is the fifth most popular job-seeking destination worldwide and the number one, non-English-speaking destination for internationals looking for... | Continue reading
Chosen from 16 finalist teams, the MIT-led projects will investigate quantum topological materials and sustainable microchip production. | Continue reading
Lydia Bourouiba’s research on fluid dynamics influenced new guidance from the World Health Organization that will shape how health agencies respond to respiratory infectious diseases. | Continue reading
The prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members. | Continue reading
One of the biggest barriers for the solar energy industry is the amount of physical space solar panels take up, and doubling their efficiency could be a big step forward. Scientists develop material with potential to revolutionize solar panel efficency: 'Significant leap forward' … | Continue reading
Schedule includes up to 12 offshore wind lease sales across the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, and the waters offshore the U.S. territories NEW ORLEANS — In remarks at the International Partnering Forum conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, today, Secretary of the Interior De … | Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) have finalized updated regulations for renewable energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental She … | Continue reading
As Required by Congress, DOE Finalizes Standards That Decrease Emissions for New and Renovated Federal Buildings Across the Nation, Slashing Harmful Carbon Emissions by 2 Million Metric Tons WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced that it has delive … | Continue reading
No, Most Books Don't Sell Only a Dozen Copies I linked to a story the other day about book sales claiming "90 percent of them sold fewer than 2,000 copies and 50 percent sold less than a dozen copies", based on numbers released in the Penguin antitrust lawsuit. It turns out those … | Continue reading
"Parts of the country are set to see months' worth of unhealthy air quality days." Experts warn millions of Americans will be exposed to 'staggering' wildfire smoke: 'Going to slowly make some parts of the country relatively unlivable' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Hyundai continues to be a bit of an under-hyped hero on cleantech. Well, maybe that’s going a little far, but it is definitely a company that has made many good decisions with regards to electric vehicles, and now we’ve got some great news from Hyundai regarding renewable energy … | Continue reading
"This is a wonderful testament to what you have built there." Gardener shares photos of incredible method used to manage intense rain: 'Handling the water far beyond expectation' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Snowflake Arctic Cookbook Today's big model release was Snowflake Arctic, an enormous 480B model with a 128×3.66B MoE (Mixture of Experts) architecture. It's Apache 2 licensed and Snowflake state that "in addition, we are also open sourcing all of our data recipes and research in … | Continue reading
"It won't be a surprise to anyone that the IEA is cementing its role as a major mouthpiece for climate change [skepticism]." Senior member of major think tank aids in education program to feed misinformation to public: 'It's a huge scandal' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The monthly free content update for Gran Turismo 7 is set to go live later today, bringing in the expected quantity of three cars to the racing game. The selection of three cars here is quite the spread. We have an classic muscle car, the EV brand by Sony and Honda, and a new man … | Continue reading
"It's hard to believe." Governor faces backlash after hasty decision against permanent ban of highly pervasive plant: 'This is super disappointing' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"If I had an electric car and they were the only two spaces, I'd consider parking in front of one of them." Tesla driver calls out parked trucks with photo taken at public charging station: 'Every charger should have a number to call to get people towed' first appeared on The Coo … | Continue reading
There was one part of Tesla’s shareholder conference call yesterday that caught my attention more than any other. That was partly because of the potential being discussed, and partly because it’s the first time I’ve heard Elon Musk and team discuss the topic. First of all, you’ve … | Continue reading