Beyond the devastation of the fires themselves, the pollution from these natural disasters is dangerous to human health. Scientists make alarming discovery while analyzing impacts of wildfires this year — here's what they found first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This isn't the first time the Biden administration ruffled feathers for its stance on public lands. Biden administration introduces divisive new rule to conserve public lands: 'A generation-defining shift' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Marco Palladino, CTO and cofounder of cloud-native API gateway Kong, talks with Ryan about the complexities of multi-cloud Kubernetes architecture, how AI has the potential to improve infrastructure management, and how Kong’s large action model will reshape the future of API plat … | Continue reading
JFR logs are easily obtained by simply going into the command line. But what if you don't have access to the command line or terminal directly on the system where the JVM is running? The post Remotely Recording a JFR Log from a Container (Without Using the Command Line) appeared … | Continue reading
"They know, they just don't care enough." Local shares disheartening video of aftermath from spring breakers: 'This is heartbreaking and absolutely unacceptable' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Let's replace the synchronized keyword to be more virtual threads friendly in a code readable way. The post Let’s Replace the synchronized Keyword appeared first on foojay. | Continue reading
Nostr is another effort to build an open social network on the Web, and it's very different than ActivityPub. Here's how it works. The post A Crash Course Guide to Nostr appeared first on We Distribute. | Continue reading
I’ve been mostly offline for the last week, camping with my wife and dog, and taking a couple of trainings (Wilderness First Aid and AMGA Single Pitch Instructor, if you’re interested), so no big thinkpiece from me regarding Apple’s (presumed) iPad event tomorrow today. Also, I’l … | Continue reading
Dirt is everywhere. Just look around the house for a second here. What’s that in your phone receiver? What’s all over the bottom of your Tupperware cupboard? And what’s that coating your own … face? If you said horribly sore bright red zits that’s only half the answer. The other … | Continue reading
The new owner of Goebbels' Villa Bogensee would be responsible for the main building, outhouses and surrounding 17 hectares of land in northern Berlin. Berlin offers up abandoned... | Continue reading
"We can send energy to remote regions and areas devastated by war or natural disaster." Japan outlines ambitious plans for space-based solar station: 'Gearing up to test ... next year' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Researchers engineered a hair-thin fabric to create a lightweight, compact, and efficient mechanism to reduce noise transmission in a large room. | Continue reading
Pesticides, while instrumental in protecting crops from pests and diseases, can have harmful effects on both human health and the environment. New report identifies fruits and vegetables laden with pesticides despite agricultural regulations: 'It's two steps forward and one step … | Continue reading
‘We don’t expect to go to work and get swarmed.’ A Free Press exclusive with facilities worker Mario Torres. | Continue reading
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays. Sometimes themed, often not. 1️⃣ Good tip on sharing a specific quote from a webpage via iMessage. [🔗 Tim Hardwick // macrumors.com] 2️⃣ This use of a cross-section helps show how we perceive … | Continue reading
After the short debacle that was Helldivers 2 enforcing all players on PC to have a PlayStation Network (PSN) account (PlayStation has backed down and won’t do so anymore), here’s some good news. The upcoming PC port of Ghost Of Tsushima Director’s Cut won’t require a PSN account … | Continue reading
"I'm SO swapping my front lawn for this!" Resident sparks conversation with photo of their unique lawn alternative: 'Grows all year long' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica: Near the end of the second day of closing arguments in the Google monopoly trial, US district judge Amit Mehta weighed whether sanctions were warranted over what the US Department of Justice described as Google’s “routine, regular, and normal destru … | Continue reading
DrEureka, a new open-source software package that anyone can play with, is used to train robots to perform real-world tasks using Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT 4. It's a "sim-to-reality" system, meaning it teaches the robots in a virtual environment using simulated … | Continue reading
OpenAI cookbook: How to get token usage data for streamed chat completion response New feature in the OpenAI streaming API that I've been wanting for a long time: you can now set stream_options={"include_usage": True} to get back a "usage" block at the end of the stream showing h … | Continue reading
The CDC says our milk supply is safe. Donald G. McNeil Jr. asks: How can they be so sure? | Continue reading
Just another edition of this series. Random stuff I that stole more attention from me than usual. | Continue reading
Bridging fashion and functionality, SpaceX has revealed what its astronauts will be wearing on the first-ever private spacewalk in 2024. In a new video, the company details the futuristic features of the suit that will be space-tested on the Polaris Dawn mission. Continue Reading … | Continue reading
Jason Snell has written what a lot of us have been thinking: that the best thing for the future of the iPad could be the Mac: It’s funny how the Mac keeps coming back into this, isn’t it? There’s a good reason. The Mac is Apple’s do-it-all computing platform, and thanks to the bo … | Continue reading
"It's very abnormal and unprecedented." Scientists sound alarm as growing threat looms over coastal states: 'We are preparing for the wrong disaster' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The last time we looked in on Austrian vehicle tuner ABT, it was taking a break from high-speed cars to put its unique set of skills to work on one of 2023's sleekest (and most overpriced) Volkswagen camper vans. It's now emerged out of the forest to try its hand in the nascent e … | Continue reading
"Lionfish derbies show how a community can come together to support ocean conservation while combating invasive species." Diving teams win thousands after removing record-breaking number of highly invasive lionfish: 'We are very thankful' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"They eat for a couple hours then sleep for a couple hours. Rinse and repeat." Homeowner shares before-and-after photos after releasing goats into yard infested with troublesome weeds: 'Really effective at clearing that out' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Boeing's attempt to put two astronauts into orbit has been scrapped. At 8:33 pm EDT, the launch of the Starliner spacecraft was called off due to engineering problems with the oxygen release valve of the Centaur second stage of the Atlas V rocket. Continue Reading Category: Space … | Continue reading
📒I've been using my Rocketbook for a week or so now, and I'm enjoying it! I didn't like the pen that comes with it (a 0.7mm black Frixion) and got 0.5mm Frixion Synergy pens in assorted colors and I love them. I've always liked smooth paper, so it wasn't hard for me to ad … | Continue reading
While the available vaccine won't help interrupt outbreaks immediately, it can help to reduce health complications and deaths. Health officials issue warning as mosquito-borne disease outbreak overwhelms hospitals: 'Emergency situation' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The following JEP is targeted to JDK 23: 474: ZGC: Generational Mode by Default | Continue reading
It’s May, but you wouldn’t know it from the back-dated open source updates brought to you this week 👀. I’m making progress, aren’t I? The theme of these updates, which range from February 16 through March 1st, is “dependabot keeps us honest.” We saw updates to the followi … | Continue reading
"They are your trees." Homeowner shares irksome letters from neighbors asking to cut down their healthy trees: 'What's the big deal?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Polar has quietly rolled out a new website that showcases at the Polar 360, which is a Whoop-like tracking band, including 5-day battery life, always-on optical HR sensor, Polar algorithms, and plenty more. It’ll even leverage Polar Flow as one … Read More Here → | Continue reading
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I finally had my first spatial persona experience, and it was pretty rad. A friend and I spent about 30 minutes playing chess, checkers, and battleship, in the Game Room app. Over those 30 minutes, it did genuinely feel like I was sharing the same space as my friend. I | Continue reading
"The inequality dimension was really shocking." Newly released study estimates potentially disastrous economic impact of climate crisis: 'It's devastating' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Up by four o'clock and took coach. Mr. Creed rode, and left us that we know not whither he went. We went on, thinking to be at home before the officers rose, but finding we could not we staid by the way and eat some cakes, and so home. Where I... | Continue reading
From The Literary Review (UK): Oleksii Hnatkovskyi stands alone as Hamlet, spotlit and swathed in blue and yellow. The scene is from a Ukrainian-language production of Hamlet, directed by Rostyslav Derzypilskyi, performed in the basement-turned-shelter of the Ivan Franko Theatre … | Continue reading
It’s been over a decade since we last caught up with Vin Diesel’s sci-fi antihero Richard B. Riddick—Diesel’s been spending most of his time voicing Marvel’s Groot and doing Fast & Furious movies—but it’s time to dig those goggles out of storage. The fourth film in the series, ti … | Continue reading
I love the phrase glitch in the Matrix. It describes the phenomena of observing something that didn’t quite generate correctly in the vast simulation in which we find ourselves. It’s all a bit of fun, though perhaps slightly more interesting if we’re to believe people like Nick B … | Continue reading
New method could help high-score chasers trying to avoid game-ending crashes. | Continue reading
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iPad Pro and keyboard, circa its October 2018 announcement. It’s hard to believe that it was more than five and a half years ago that I flew home from a New York Apple event, my mind spinning with the announcement of a new iPad Pro at a unique Apple event in Brooklyn.… | Continue reading
William writing at Firstyear's blog-a-log: Passkeys: A Shattered Dream Passkeys are now seen as a way to capture users and audiences into a platform. What better way to encourage long term entrapment of users then by locking all their credentials into your platform, and even bett … | Continue reading
Eggshells are a rich source of calcium, making them a great addition to your garden. Gardener shares simple, at-home plant fertilizer to boost homegrown produce: 'This is really great for tomato plants and peppers' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading