Not being religious we don’t really celebrate Easter, though Julie is currently making some Hot Cross Buns. These might make you smile. | Continue reading
Benj Edwards writing for ArsTechnica: “The King Is Dead”—Claude 3 Surpasses GPT-4 on Chatbot Arena for the First Time On Tuesday, Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus large language model (LLM) surpassed OpenAI's GPT-4 (which powers ChatGPT) for the first time on Chatbot Arena | Continue reading
Even alternate history can’t stop this man from creating something kinder than what we’ve got. Summary The raiders arrive before dawn, and Mau has the alarm rung and brings his plan to fruition. Cox is in charge of the Raiders now as they feared, but it seems they’ve seen the can … | Continue reading
"You scored!" Shopper in disbelief after stumbling on high-end, luxury accessories at thrift store: 'I would have been thrilled to just find one of these' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
By Madeline Bodin t’s a chronic problem with narrative journalism. No matter what media you work in, no matter what genre, no matter whether your deadlines are short and solid or long and adjustable — it never feels like you have enough time to produce the best story. But conside … | Continue reading
SEP Dataset: Should it be Separated or Processed? Released in conjunction with a new paper about prompt injection: Can LLMs Separate Instructions From Data? And What Do We Even Mean By That? Spoiler: we can't. This dataset includes 9,160 test cases. They look like this (slightly … | Continue reading
A recent sighting of a “coming soon” pin on PlugShare got me down a bit of a rabbit hole. But there’s an interesting story happening, and it might be starting near El Paso. Part Of A Much Bigger EV Charging Story There’s a truck stop that’s going to get a ... [continued] The post … | Continue reading
Lemon Cheesecake Cookie Bars make a delicious, lemon treat for the warmer months. A sugar cookie base layer made with vanilla and lemon zest and then topped with smooth, creamy lemon cheesecake and a white chocolate drizzle! Check out more of my favorite lemon recipes like Lemon … | Continue reading
Why do so many Dominicans call oranges ‘chinas’? While we all understand what an naranja (orange) is, this is a very common way to refer to sweet oranges in the Dominican Republic (and Puerto Rico!). The origin of this curious linguistic quirk might surprise you. Read Why do Domi … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2024 Real Time gets it right: Bill Maher's Real Time program now airs on CNN as well as on HBO. CNN re-airs the program on Saturday night, one night after HBO does the initial broadcast. Because its provenance has expanded, we were able to watch last weekend's e … | Continue reading
Have a dirty Mac or MacBook screen? You’re not the only one. Those who like to slurp soup in front of their screen might have an issue when wayward slop stains their precious screen. Don’t be afraid; we have the (rather obvious) best practices for making your screen as shiny and … | Continue reading
Somehow, a third Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey is in the works. Don Mancini wants to make a new Chucky movie again. Another new Stephen King adaptation is in the works. Plus, Knuckles dons his cowboy hat, and get a look at the next Jurassic World animated series. Spoilers now! … | Continue reading
Auke-Florian Hiemstra/Naturalis Biodiversity Center There was a street light just outside the living room window of my second-story downtown Seattle apartment. On top of the light fixture were ugly spikes, fixed there to prevent birds from landing on it. As far as I could tell, i … | Continue reading
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15 Easy Dessert Recipes including no bake desserts, freezer-friendly desserts, and desserts that require just a few simple ingredients. The post Easy Dessert Recipes appeared first on Budget Bytes. | Continue reading
The novel dual-action Laifen Wave electric toothbrush promises to revolutionize your daily brushing routine — but can it deliver on performance? | Continue reading
We're paying tribute to some of the more memorable bunnies and assorted rabbit-like creatures, from cuddly cartoons to pure nightmare fuel... The post 24 Bunnies (and Other Strange, Rabbit-Type Creatures) in SFF appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Jeanna Kadlec on Threads Substack is completely gutting their business right now. Every writer I know is seeing our subscriptions plummet as our “follower” count rises. The whole value proposition of Substack is that it’s a newsletter and writer hub. This latest intervention is i … | Continue reading
With efficiency and quality at its core, Whittaker Parsons added a highly considered and contextual additional storey to a North London mews property. Continue reading | Continue reading
Would a woman, specially a feminist woman, work on an oil well? I don’t know. The Oxford dictionary defines feminism as “the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.” Which is very cool. If feminism means that, I’m a feminist. But, then, you hear so m … | Continue reading
There’s nothing more frustrating than a bad internet connection, but researchers out of Aston University may have just solved that problem forever. A new method allowed scientists in the UK to send data 4.5 million times faster than average broadband, setting a new world record. … | Continue reading
Physicist Brian Cox takes us into the mind-bending world where quantum mechanics, black holes, and the future of computing converge. In this interview, Cox shares the engineering challenges behind building quantum computers and the intricate dance of storing information in their … | Continue reading
The reform was based on the transformation of a typical chalet in the Núñez neighborhood from the 90s, using the pre-existing as a starting point to create a new spatiality. Continue reading | Continue reading
CEO Sam Altman met with Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros Discovery. | Continue reading
By Matt Schwager Trail of Bits is excited to introduce Ruzzy, a coverage-guided fuzzer for pure Ruby code and Ruby C extensions. Fuzzing helps find bugs in software that processes untrusted input. In pure Ruby, these bugs may result in unexpected exceptions that could lead to den … | Continue reading
They started gaining traction in the U.S. after the COVID-19 toilet paper shortage left people scrambling for other options. Here's how using water can actually save more water in the long run: 'The huge industry of producing toilet paper could be eliminated' first appeared on Th … | Continue reading
Hi, welcome, dear music lover, here you have 6 acts that you shouldn't miss out on. #LT1KF Unknown But Essentials! Round-up | Continue reading
Kto mnie zna, ten wie, jak wielki mam sentyment do Braci Sadowników (i Siostry Sadowniczki, bo to z Nią miałam najwięcej wspólnego). Wspominam ich piękny sad, w którym miałam przyjemność być dwa razy i zawsze, ale to zawsze, kiedy jestem w sklepie, szukam ich produktów, patrzę, c … | Continue reading
Here's an interesting alternative to an established manufacturing solution.CNC mills use spinning bits to remove material. This material comes off in the form of tiny chips. These chips must be evacuated, to avoid clogging the worksurface and potentially jamming or overheating th … | Continue reading
Folks, I’d like to inform you that I’m no longer a Marten maintainer. As you know, sometimes in the project’s lifetime, there’s a moment… | Continue reading
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Earlier this month, a group of scientists from universities around the world published the results of an ingeniously simple experiment in the journal PLoS ONE. ... Read more The post Can You Tweet Your Way to Impact? appeared first on Cal Newport. | Continue reading
Today is the first true t-shirt day of the year. It’s 23° C and the city is quick to toss the jackets in the closet. | Continue reading
In this column, professional speechwriter Chandler Dean provides partly satirical, partly genuine “How To” advice focused on a hyper-specific subcategory of speeches—from graduation speeches to wedding toasts to eulogies, and all the rhetorical occasions in between. - - - It’s an … | Continue reading
This spring, terror has a new name: SCREAMING BLOOD-SOAKED LAGOMORPH RECKONING OF DOOOOOM With everything you've come to expect from a low budget, Easter-themed horror movie! Including: Idiotic, overly testosterone-laden frat boys: "There's old blood and creepy hooks hanging ever … | Continue reading
Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a new space station, NASA's next astronaut transporter, and more. | Continue reading
Ferrell was approached by a company proposing a wind farm on his land in the mid 1990s. A ranch owner reveals how wind turbines saved his farm: 'I always say that wind farming is my best cash crop' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Bryan Vandyke in The Millions: In my second year of college I applied for a spot in a creative writing program. If I got in, I could graduate in two years with a writing major. If I didn’t, well, I needed a new major. I fussed over the application for months. Attended info sessio … | Continue reading
[It’s the practice of binding books in human skin.] The Boston Athenæum is one of America’s oldest independent libraries, with a collection of hundreds of thousands of volumes. Only one book, however, is bound in the author’s own skin: [Photo courtesy of P. Kafasis] This infamous … | Continue reading
I go to the grocery store a couple of days a week. The general purpose grocery stores I go to (as […] | Continue reading
(Note: Please take 12 minutes to listen to what this wise man said nine years ago.) | Continue reading
Only about 28% of Americans support banning TikTok, according to a new poll from market research firm Savanta. And while it remains to be seen whether the U.S. Senate will take up the so-called TikTok ban bill that passed the House earlier this month, this new poll will probably … | Continue reading
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My Son My Executioner My son, my executioner, …… I take you in my arms, Quiet and small and just astir, …… And whom my body warms. Sweet death, small son, our instrument …… Of immortality, Your cries and hunger document …… Our bodily decay. We twenty-five and twenty-two, …… Who s … | Continue reading
Alamo Drafthouse, one of the only corporate chains in America that is actually cool, is up for sale. Deadline reports that the cinema circuit, which was founded by entrepreneur Tim League in Austin, Texas, in 1997, is looking for a buyer, although it’s not clear what the asking p … | Continue reading
Several years ago, I had a CT scan of my jaw. The dentist wasn't sure if she was allowed to give me a copy of the scan, which led me to ask "who owns the copyright to my medical images?" I still don't have an answer to the copyright question - but I do now […] | Continue reading