Iris Optronics to showcase new ChLCD e-paper-based display solutions at Touch Taiwan 2024

Iris Optronics, a pioneer in display technology said it will have two Cholesterol Liquid Crystal Display (ChLCD) color e-paper display solutions as well as a new product to show off at the 2024 Touch Taiwan event, Digitimes Asia reported. One of the color e-paper display technolo … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 17 minutes ago

Emails productivity tricks

This blog is a living document and I might add more tricks in the future, consider it's only a start. | Continue reading


@morgan.zoemp.be | 23 minutes ago

Refugees fight to save their new home in aftermath of destruction: 'Teaching people to plant trees also became a war'

Now one environmental association is reforesting the area that offered safe shelter to thousands upon arrival. Refugees fight to save their new home in aftermath of destruction: 'Teaching people to plant trees also became a war' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 27 minutes ago

Rise in prison death rates during the pandemic

The Marshall Project highlights research on excess mortality in U.S. prisons: The slowdown… Tags: Marshall Project, mortality, pandemic | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 30 minutes ago

Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?

Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable? JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56 | Continue reading


@historytoday.com | 31 minutes ago

Finally Understanding How Array.sort(comparator) Works

James Kerr explains how the Array.sort() function actually works! | Continue reading


@piccalil.li | 32 minutes ago

Pomidorowe Orzo z gorgonzolą

Przejdź do treści Menu Na skróty Hity Kwestii Smaku Znane i lubiane Filety drobiowe Polędwiczki Schab Karkówka Kotlety Burgery Pulpeciki Potrawy tradycyjne Popularne ciasta Więcej... Szybki obiad Szybkie ciasto Obiad na niedzielę Bar mleczny Naleśniki Pierogi Kluski śląskie Kopyt … | Continue reading


@kwestiasmaku.com | 36 minutes ago

Fibonacci System – What is the Fibonacci Betting System?

The Fibonacci system is a sequence of numbers that can be applied to betting on casino or sports games. Often… Continue reading Fibonacci System – What is the Fibonacci Betting System? The post Fibonacci System – What is the Fibonacci Betting System? appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 51 minutes ago

Government eyes centuries-old solution to curb air pollution from freight transportation: 'The potential is huge'

"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


@thecooldown.com | 57 minutes ago

Elsevier and Eindhoven University of Technology Collaborate to Explore the Future of Higher Education

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 58 minutes ago

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


@otavio.cc | 1 hour ago

This photo is from 13 years ago today in Saskatoon, CA. Things, Reeder, and Instapaper are in my iPad’s Dock. | Continue reading


@otavio.cc | 1 hour ago

Disquiet Junto Project 0643: Stone Out of Focus

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


@disquiet.com | 1 hour ago

Stressed gardener seeks damage control advice after using weed killer: 'I wouldn't eat anything from that garden'

"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


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs

Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00 | Continue reading


@historytoday.com | 1 hour ago

Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators

Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators JamesHoare Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00 | Continue reading


@historytoday.com | 1 hour ago

19,000-year-old biosphere with links to Mars discovered beneath desert

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


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

Marvel Rivals – Release date speculation, trailers, platforms, and everything we know

Superhero games have had a rough time of it lately with both Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and Marvel’s… Continue reading Marvel Rivals – Release date speculation, trailers, platforms, and everything we know The post Marvel Rivals – Release date speculation, trailers, pl … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 1 hour ago

Frustrated homeowner seeks advice to halt invasive junk mail: 'How do I unsubscribe?'

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


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Apple declares war on Adload malware

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


@eclecticlight.co | 1 hour ago

Link: The Bourgeois Morality of ‘The Ethicist’

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


@thisdaysportion.com | 2 hours ago

Doorbell to the Past

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


@disquiet.com | 2 hours ago

Cheddar Cheese & Chive Scones

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


@theenglishkitchen.co | 2 hours ago

Homeowner frustrated after realizing neighbors dumped garbage in their recycling bin: 'Not a public trash can'

"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


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

The better way to measure cosmic time

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


@bigthink.com | 2 hours ago

🔗 Tips on Adding JSON Output to Your CLI App

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


@yellowduck.be | 2 hours ago

U.S. DOE Reduces Regulatory Hurdles For Solar, Energy Storage, & Transmission Projects

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


@cleantechnica.com | 2 hours ago

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'

"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


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Bugs Activity Sheets Free Kids Printable

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


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 2 hours ago

My Kids Move SO SLOWLY In The Morning… Here’s Our Solution!

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


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 3 hours ago

Tinker Toy Catapult Experiment

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


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 3 hours ago

Quoting James Betker

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


@simonwillison.net | 3 hours ago

True Believing Tesla Retail Investors

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


@pxlnv.com | 3 hours ago

Human rights court makes landmark ruling, faulting government for not protecting citizens: 'I expect we're going to see a rash of lawsuits'

"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


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

A residential gas company crying wolf

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


@rubenerd.com | 3 hours ago

Blogmarks that use markdown

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


@simonwillison.net | 3 hours ago

Woman calls out upsetting trend cropping up on several TikTok videos: 'I can't even enjoy it anymore'

"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


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

The Utility of Google Search Was Sacrificed for Ad Growth

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


@pxlnv.com | 4 hours ago

#216 Putting your ear on someone’s stomach and hearing all the gurgling

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


@1000awesomethings.com | 4 hours ago

Germany ranks as the 5th most popular country for international workers

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


@iamexpat.de | 4 hours ago

Two MIT teams selected for NSF sustainable materials grants

Chosen from 16 finalist teams, the MIT-led projects will investigate quantum topological materials and sustainable microchip production. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 4 hours ago

3 Questions: A shared vocabulary for how infectious diseases spread

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


@news.mit.edu | 4 hours ago

Seven from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2024

The prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 4 hours ago

Scientists develop material with potential to revolutionize solar panel efficency: 'Significant leap forward'

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


@thecooldown.com | 4 hours ago

Secretary Haaland Announces New Five-Year Offshore Wind Leasing Schedule

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


@cleantechnica.com | 4 hours ago

U.S. Interior Department Finalizes Rule to Streamline & Modernize Offshore Renewable Energy Development

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


@cleantechnica.com | 4 hours ago

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Final Rule to Propel Federal Buildings Toward Zero Emissions

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


@cleantechnica.com | 4 hours ago

No, Most Books Don't Sell Only a Dozen Copies

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


@simonwillison.net | 4 hours ago