Testcontainers became a popular way of setting up dependencies for integration testing. They’re not ideal, as configuring them to run your… | Continue reading
"Used up a year's worth of luck for these." Shopper stunned after finding cult-favorite pullovers side by side at thrift store: 'I'm so envious' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
One of the things I love about Engineering Explained is that Jason does a great job of making technical and mathematical engineering concepts accessible to people like me, a person who can assemble and understand automotive parts, but who doesn’t design or engineer them. So, when … | Continue reading
Gaurav Sood writes: Often enough, scientists are left with the unenviable task of conducting an orchestra with out-of-tune instruments. They are charged with telling a coherent story about noisy results. Scientists defer to the demand partly because there is a … Continue reading … | Continue reading
Many schools say anti-racism and equity initiatives matter for quality education, yet specific plans are often wanting. In 2023, the not-for-profit organization People for Education reported that 73 per cent of schools included anti-racism and equity in their school improvement p … | Continue reading
The responsibility to provide care to relatives can place immense pressure on women, both mentally and physically. (Shutterstock) In societies worldwide, women are frequently expected to assume the role of primary caregivers, and too often, that means putting the well-being of ot … | Continue reading
The design and marketing of mental health chatbots may result in users' misconceptions about their therapeutic value. (Shutterstock) With current physical and financial barriers to accessing care, people with mental health conditions may turn to artificial intelligence (AI)-power … | Continue reading
National Conservatism conferences, one of the main meeting grounds for the global radical right, rarely attract much attention. If not for the decision of a local mayor, the same neglect would have befallen this year’s event in Brussels. But the mayor’s decision to shut down the … | Continue reading
An allergist and immunologist explains the link between eczema and pollutants found in synthetic fabric, cigarette smoke and wildfires. | Continue reading
“ ‘Woke’ is not a political movement, it’s an optimal state of mind, and being.” …………………………… —Roshi Bob Some Never Awaken You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book… or you take a trip… and you discover that you are no … | Continue reading
Warning: today's post contains violently delightful images. An all-out onslaught of adorableness awaits you. That's right, it's Baby Shower Sweets time! Prepare yourselves! Are you ready? You'll never be ready. We've already lined up a pair of twin baby bears in widdle baby diape … | Continue reading
The past 10 years revealed how government failures at every level could effectively kill a city, turning it into a "ghost town." | Continue reading
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I use Tarnsap to back up my data and I like it a lot, but it gets fairly expensive once you accumulate a lot of backups.At some point, I found prunef and started using it to prune my backups. It's a backup tool-agnostic utility that takes an unsorted list of backup filenames with … | Continue reading
“Hey, you!” Kim Kardashian yells through your smartphone’s speakers. “Draw out this function on a graph for me.” On the screen, a function appears against a white background. Kim explains […] | Continue reading
Lourdes Portillo (1944 – 2024) Documentary Filmmaker Posted on Sunday, Apr 28, 2024 8:46AM by Morgan Meis | Continue reading
Manufacturers can be sneaky in their labeling. READ MORE... | Continue reading
Helen Vendler (1933 – 2024) Poetry Critic Posted on Sunday, Apr 28, 2024 8:42AM by Morgan Meis | Continue reading
Mike Pinder (1941 – 2024) Keyboardist For The Moody Blues Posted on Sunday, Apr 28, 2024 8:40AM by Morgan Meis | Continue reading
Tackling violence against women will be the sole agenda item for a national cabinet meeting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has convened for Wednesday. The meeting, held remotely, follows thousands of Australians attending rallies across the country, as community anger surges ove … | Continue reading
As Megan and I mentioned yesterday, we are having serious problems with our WordPress site. We have a technical expert working on it. WordPress has mostly ignored our pleas. In some ways, we are still trying to find out what is wrong with our Domain Name Servers (DNS). Some reade … | Continue reading
Shoppers are saying it’s the best dessert yet! READ MORE... | Continue reading
I think when it comes to most things in life, especially someone else’s art, we should all strive to be quick to praise the things we enjoy, but take our time before criticizing what we don’t. I was thinking about this over the past week as | Continue reading
Disengaging, Reengaging, and Prioritizing Life Balance. Mondays have been somewhat of a struggle for me. I try start my work day before 8 AM, but that sometimes feels impossible. I sit at my desk, stare at my notebooks, open my Read More The post Madness and Mondays — How I Start … | Continue reading
The impact of ad creep on people can be quite significant. Shopper astounded after encountering bizarre new ad placement in store: 'What's next?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This is a weird book. The politics of the Star Wars universe are rarely deeply examined. The various tax-related shenanigans of The Phantom Menace were derided by geeks but here become a potent source for art as a dozen artists reimagine classic propaganda posters from Earth and … | Continue reading
Developed by Paradox Tectonic, Life By You looks to take the life sim genre even further than before with an… Continue reading Life By You – Release date, trailers, platforms, and everything we know The post Life By You – Release date, trailers, platforms, and everything we know … | Continue reading
Sorolla's White Slave Trade, a mother's adultery and break up of her family, the awakened conscience offering redemption, or destitution. | Continue reading
Last week I got a new monitor, after my old one has shown worse and worse signs of what looked like burn-ins. The new monitor allowed me to get rid of two (!) cables in my setup, which pleased me quite a bit. And since there are people reading this whose eyebrows went up at the “ … | Continue reading
Some make nests inside seashells, others tote bubbles of air on their backs. | Continue reading
Slothana (SLOTH), a Solana-based meme coin, has raised over $15 million in its presale phase, and is set to airdrop… Continue reading Slothana Meme Coin Presale Ends Monday, Airdrop On Solana In 20 Hours The post Slothana Meme Coin Presale Ends Monday, Airdrop On Solana In 20 Hou … | Continue reading
I quickly created a JSON feed for this website. While setting up Echo Feed to mirror my blog posts on the fediverse, I’ve discovered how its capabilities to fetch from RSS were more powerful with a JSON feed rather than my regular XML-based one. It’s been a while since I’ve tinke … | Continue reading
Anger . . .What better way to express chaosor what better way to self-destructor to explode or implodeor do be more defined;what better way is there to lose controlby trying to controlthe uncontrollable? And it’s blinding,you know?You do thingsthat you’d swear you’d never do,if y … | Continue reading
Serious questions about "religion" in Sinitic Below the fold is for advanced specialists in Chinese philology, theology, and lexicography. Even for them, it is recommended that readers prepare themselves by reviewing "Spelling with Chinese character(istic)s, pt. 4" (7/4/16). [Thi … | Continue reading
Read to the end for Ridley Scott not doing a George Lucas | Continue reading
The great planetary instability, which saw Jupiter and the other gas giants wander chaotically through the solar system, coincides with the collision that formed Earth's moon. Could the two events be linked? | Continue reading
"I can't wait to ride again." Traveler shares 'smooth' experience aboard US high-speed rail: 'My new favorite form of transportation' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Have you ever looked at someone else’s problem and immediately thought you knew the answer? It’s like being an armchair detective during a movie, confident in predicting the next turn of events and sure about what each character should do to avoid pitfalls. From the outside, ever … | Continue reading
In 1987, the political philosopher warned an audience of freshmen of the perils of not thinking for themselves. | Continue reading
Seit Anfang April unterstützt Claudia Tressler das Team von Niyu Event Production als Senior Executive Producerin. Sie berichte in ihrer Funktion an die Geschäftsführung und stelle gleichzeitig das Bindeglied zum Projektmanagement her. | Continue reading
There are plenty of apps you can turn to to generate pictures using artificial intelligence. Still, Midjourney remains one of the best and one of the most popular options, having launched in beta form in July 2022. Read more... | Continue reading
Astronomers celebrated the Hubble Space Telescope's 34th anniversary with this stunning image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula — a vast cloud of gas containing one of the hottest white dwarf stars ever found. | Continue reading
This is a super affordable way to have fresh herbs all season long. Gardening expert shares easy trick to grow fresh herbs from single store-bought plant: 'An endless supply of basil all summer long' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Fog at dawn, raucous with the calls of a whip-poor-will staking his claim to the woods’ edge, close enough that I can hear him clear his throat. | Continue reading
bond a cup of teaat the witching hour served by a womanwhose word is her bond . . . my soul finds sweet rest | Continue reading
Photo of lemon couscous and cheese by Lisa Fotios on pexels.com NotLost is looking for recipes with high return on investment, where the taste, appearance or "wow factor" is much more than the effort, time or money put into the dish. | Continue reading
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, eclipsed only by Honduras and a handful of Caribbean island states. Furthermore, South African police crime data shows that South Africans experience above average levels of robbery, assault and rape. The 2022/23 Vi … | Continue reading