Sometimes when I’m working on a charted design, one of my drafts that doesn’t get published will have a motif | Continue reading
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In the crazy world of hydrogen for transportation plays, some endeavors stand out. Ballard’s $1.3 billion in losses, $55 million a year, since 2000 with no profits ever is one. The $1.2 billion that California received as a hydrogen hub which is going to go down the drain because … | Continue reading
"This is hands down the largest progress in reducing food waste we've ever seen reported." New study uncovers major progress made in slashing food waste in US: 'The national goal ... may, in fact, be possible' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Jonathan Kandell in the New York Times: Daniel C. Dennett, one of the most widely read and debated American philosophers, whose prolific works explored consciousness, free will, religion and evolutionary biology, died on Friday in Portland, Maine. He was 82. His death, at Maine M … | Continue reading
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Paul Brown in Singular Discoveries: The message in a bottle washed ashore on a rocky beach at Coldingham Bay, Scotland, on the morning of March 11, 1909. For anxious relatives and friends, the hastily-scrawled note seemed to confirm their fears that the two-masted sailboat and it … | Continue reading
"If it smells weird, just eat it anyway." Climber Alex Honnold's morning routine and his 'win-win' climate solution: 'Taking any step at all is better than doing nothing' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Nicola Jones in Nature: Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as the chatbot ChatGPT, have become so advanced that they now very nearly match or exceed human performance in tasks including reading comprehension, image classification and competition-level mathematics, accordi … | Continue reading
Nestled amid the picturesque hills of Jutland, Denmark, the Heatherhill Beach House stands as a testament to the seamless integration of traditional Danish aesthetics with contemporary design elements. Conceived by Norm Architects, this holiday home boasts a green roof and calmin … | Continue reading
What other foods can you name that are, without exception, always at their very best…and simultaneously at their very worst? Matzo is so bad. I still love matzo. | Continue reading
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Philip A. Goduti, Jr. in The Conversation: In my view as a scholar of Kennedy’s life, he set the modern-day standard for public service that is all but absent in the 2024 presidential election dominated by the legal woes of Donald Trump and the age of 81-year-old President Joe Bi … | Continue reading
A "complete focus on improving the base game" will happen before more paid DLC. | Continue reading
An operator of the HelloKitty ransomware operation announced they changed the name to 'HelloGookie,' releasing passwords for previously leaked CD Projekt source code, Cisco network information, and decryption keys from old attacks.. [...] | Continue reading
Tickets are on sale now for the June 2 “Backwoods Chairmakers” Event in beautiful Berea, Ky. The all-day event (9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT) will feature 13 Appalachian chairmakers from Andy Glenn book. We’ve asked each demonstrator to bring some of their chairs so you can see the work … | Continue reading
Multirotor drones may one day be able recharge their batteries while out and about, instead of having to return to a charging station. They could do so via onboard ultra-thin solar cells, which have already been successfully tested on a small quadcopter. Continue Reading Category … | Continue reading
AT&T has introduced a new tablet device which it has named amiGO Jr. Tab. The tablet is primarily aimed at the kids and is designed accordingly, with plenty of cladding all around along with what can be considered a holder at the top right corner. It also comes with a special Eye … | Continue reading
HarperCollins Publishers has joined forces with ElevenLabs, a pioneering leader in AI voice technology to produce audiobooks for its foreign language business, The Bookseller reported. With this collaboration, HarperCollins is looking to diversify its audiobook catalog using Elev … | Continue reading
Things are looking down again for New York’s embattled offshore wind industry. The state is abandoning all three of the offshore wind projects it awarded conditional contracts to last October, after failing to secure final agreements with any of the developers, Politico reported … | Continue reading
Producer remained vague about whether AI was used to edit photos. | Continue reading
Proton irradiation decreases the rate of corrosion in certain metal alloys — potentially good news for promising nuclear power reactors . | Continue reading
An iconic horror duo makes its debut in Abigail with Alisha Weir’s vampire ballerina and Melissa Barrera’s would-be kidnapper Joey. The Radio Silence film introduces a friends-to-enemies relationship you root for between Barrera—one of this generation’s best final girls, having l … | Continue reading
Justin Searls writes: I’ve been pairing with ChatGPT (using GPT-4) every day for the last few months and it is demonstrably terrible 80% of the time, but 20% of the time it saves me an hour of headaches, so I put up with it anyway. Nevertheless, my experience with Llama 2 was so … | Continue reading
She still doesn't have one, by the way The post Anya Taylor-Joy Had to Do Driving Stunts on Furiosa All Without a Driver’s License appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
The retractable camera lens works like a mini point-and-shoot! | Continue reading
Was one of your resolutions for 2024 to “try something new”? Still looking for that new thing even as we enter the middle of spring? The Food52 Cookbook Club has you covered! We cook through a new book each month, and our member-selected title for April is The Global Pantry Cookb … | Continue reading
Fans of The Beatles are in for a rare treat as director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s original 1970 film about The Beatles, “Let It Be,” will launch exclusively on Disney+ in May 2024. The Details First released in May 1970 amidst the swirl of The Beatles’ breakup, “Let It Be” has been … | Continue reading
An abundance of untapped, electricity-producing sun rays continue to shine on the country with great potential. Government official insists dirty power source cannot be replaced: 'It will never work' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Fahrbike’s UrbanCarry line of cargo e-bikes look to be a great option for those looking for some affordable wheels that can carry both you and your gear, whether that’s children or the groceries or a workbag or three. Fahrbike has several UrbanCarry bikes to choose from — the Min … | Continue reading
Another man walking through the undead wasteland, so alone, so utterly alone The post Joe Manganiello to Zombie It Up in Mountain Man Adaptation appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
This week on MacStories Unwind, I’m a little wired, we explore Southern expressions, share some Legion Go follow-up and have app, hardware, TV, and music picks. This episode is sponsored by: Listen Later – Listen to the Articles as Podcasts Links and Show Notes Southern Expressio … | Continue reading
Juno captures images of Io's violence as study says it has always been that way. | Continue reading
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Microsoft Research Asia has revealed an AI model that can generate frighteningly realistic deepfake videos from a single still image and an audio track. How will we be able to trust what we see and hear online from here on in? Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Microsoft … | Continue reading
A new paper looks at 40 questions from the World Values Survey from 1981 to 2022 (n = 406,185) for the 76 nations that did this survey more than once. Overall these values diverged over these four decades. The strongest factor from a factor analysis explained 65% of variation, an … | Continue reading
I’ve taken some time to think instead of do. I like to dream, and according to my elementary school teachers I had a real talent for dreaming in class. So, I have been dreaming up … | Continue reading
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating a cyberattack after threat actors breached its IT systems to steal human resources data. [...] | Continue reading
Vietnamese bánh tráng is a very versatile ingredient—stuff it a number of ways for crispy or chewy rolls, or fry it for use as a crunch cracker to layer vegetables, seafood, or meat. | Continue reading
The Unite 5 giveaway has ended, and I have winners to announce! The winners! Congratulations to: Robert Williger Angelo Machils Mike Shaffer Jim Dye Denton C Jacobs You should have received an email with details, please let me know if you didn’t hear anything! But I didn’t win! I … | Continue reading
In her new role, the professor of anthropology will seek to promote well-being and advancement within the SHASS community. | Continue reading
"Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion" has revealed the many controversies surrounding the popular fast-fashion brand Brandy Melville. Wild new HBO doc rips the curtain back on numerous controversies surrounding viral teen clothing brand: 'The Cult of Fast Fashion' first a … | Continue reading
A dog-like, bio-inspired robot called Spirit is still learning to walk, but could one day be deployed on the moon to explore steep, potentially hazardous areas with a team of robot companions. | Continue reading
There's no disc drive, but there are still ports for GameCube controllers. | Continue reading
Typically, when a person isn’t performing well at their job, they get put under review or get a stern talking to. Well, unless you’re a top executive, that is. Then you might get a 25 percent raise, as the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery just did. Read more... | Continue reading
A surprise coronal mass ejection recently smashed into Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, briefly causing the "devil comet" to lose its tail — and a NASA spacecraft caught the whole thing on camera. | Continue reading
✍️ Written by: George Orwell 🏷 Genre: Sci-fi 🗓 Published: 08 June 1949 📄 Pages: 368 🧐 My rating: ★★★☆☆ (3 stars) London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practica … | Continue reading