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51 votes
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Sufjan Stevens is relearning to walk after Guillain-Barré Syndrome left him immobile, hospitalized
34 votes -
Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters
13 votes -
Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives ‘favoured certain developers’ in controversial Greenbelt plan, auditor general finds in scathing report
27 votes -
Intel's next-gen Meteor Lake CPUs: A game-changing 40-year architectural shift to rival Apple
33 votes -
NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa
24 votes -
A24 partners with AMC Theatres for ‘Thrills & Chills’ film series
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Europe talks to itself in many languages. That’s why English is vital to its democracy
17 votes -
First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed
38 votes -
There's a belief that some form of cider was made by Vikings in Norway, and today, its growing popularity has people convinced it's the country's national drink
13 votes -
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (1978)
24 votes -
Strike and Robin return – but JK Rowling really needs an editor
6 votes -
I drive the Microlino for the first time. A reimagined electric Isetta.
7 votes -
Opinion by Brian Merchant: I’ve always loved tech. Now, I’m a Luddite. You should be one, too.
69 votes -
PostmodernJukebox ft. Tatum Langley - Die For You (The Weeknd cover, 2023)
7 votes -
Building the world's largest cruise ship 'Icon of the Seas' in Turku, Finland
6 votes -
Three die in South Africa navy submarine tragedy
5 votes -
French government defends arrest of teen in classroom over transgender bullying claims
16 votes -
Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp
44 votes -
When using the wrong shell causes weird bug reports
26 votes -
Hakeem Olajuwon charges $50K to teach what cannot be taught — good for him
8 votes -
Checkmate in Nagorno-Karabakh? How Azerbaijan got Armenia to back down.
8 votes -
Prehistoric fish fills 100 million year gap in evolution of the skull
8 votes -
This is the first crash test dummy modelled on the female body. Will it make cars safer for women?
42 votes -
Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too much work. This maybe fine for PCs but could be bad for android.
26 votes -
US offers nearly half-a-million Venezuelan migrants legal status and work permits following demands from strained cities
16 votes -
Sweden is leading in a battle to be the first European space base outside Russia to launch a satellite into orbit
12 votes -
All of Us Strangers | Official trailer
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It’s not just Japan: Aging populations threaten several leading economies
35 votes -
How Santiago, Chile builds effective transit, the fastest in the Americas
11 votes -
My remix of Kx5's Eat Sleep
4 votes -
Designing content for people who struggle with numbers
21 votes -
India suspends visa services for Canadians amid heightened tensions
18 votes -
Tired, overworked and underpaid: Why doctors in Europe are going on strike
16 votes -
New York City pension funds sue Fox Corporation Board for breach of fiduciary duty in connection with defamatory broadcasts
21 votes -
Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco
20 votes -
iOS 17 is available for iPhone users
39 votes -
Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold
48 votes -
'We are really struggling with space': Amsterdam pushes more cars off its streets but is it enough?
31 votes -
Widespread retreat of coastal habitat is likely at warming levels above 1.5 °C
16 votes -
Copying US president Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Biden uses executive power to create a New Deal-style American Climate Corps
60 votes -
Signal adds quantum-resistant encryption to its E2EE messaging protocol
26 votes -
The ragtag team that saved Darryl Strawberry’s career
7 votes -
In Spain, dozens of girls are reporting AI-generated nude photos of them being circulated at school: ‘My heart skipped a beat’
68 votes -
I just had a weird experience, one possible interpretation of which is that my iphone just read my mind
So I just finished Mission Impossible, latest movie, in the theater. I tend to avoid Mr. Cruise because of him personally, but darn it if he's not a decent actor and usually has a top notch crew....
So I just finished Mission Impossible, latest movie, in the theater. I tend to avoid Mr. Cruise because of him personally, but darn it if he's not a decent actor and usually has a top notch crew. Also, Simon Pegg filters some of the evil. I give it a B+. What's relevant to my tale is that the movie features an evil, possibly sentient, very pervasive AI that is very accurate in its predictions.
After the movie ended, I brought forth my iphone to look at while the credits rolled to a post-credits scene that never came. I glanced at a newsletter, which had "Pickleball" in the subject line. Now, I happen to think that pickleball is a sign of the apocalypse, and that the 1000 years of satan's rule will look a lot like Wall-E (who is obviously Christ). I was mulling posting a quip about that, and thought further that the quippiest way to do that was to talk about life on the ship in Wall-E. So I tapped the search bar and started typing "what is the name of the ship . . ." and, this where it gets freaky, before I could continue to tap out "in Wall-E" Siri suggested the fandom page for Wall-E.
Bzzz-wut? I checked my histories, I have not mentioned Wall-E or pickleball anywhere, to my recollection, I have never even mentioned it to anyone (I have probably complained abut pickleball in a general sense). As far as I know, the concept has only ever lived in my mind.
Now, I don't, as I sit here in this moment, believe that Siri can detect my thoughts. But it is a downright Fortean confluence of seemingly unconnected mental activity and external reality. I found (in my very short search) only one other mention, at hipinions.com of pickleball being related to Wall-e. If it is not merely coincidence, and not AI reading my mind, it is very peculiar and particularly well timed and specific predictive association by the AI, and one which I am certainly not entirely comfortable with, perhaps the first time I have ever had such a hmmm moment with technology.
It might be interesting what happens next, now that I have entered this datum into the AI's processing materials. Watch this space for further developments.
P.S. the ship in Wall-E is named "Axiom."
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Confessions of a McKinsey whistleblower
24 votes -
The gruesome story of how Neuralink’s monkeys actually died
43 votes -
The food industry pays ‘influencer’ dietitians to shape your eating habits
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Acts of mindfulness through food and drink
I've recently made my own Chai Spice blend courtesy of Meera Sodha's cookbook, Made in India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen. Instead of just turning on the kettle and throwing in a teabag,...
I've recently made my own Chai Spice blend courtesy of Meera Sodha's cookbook, Made in India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen. Instead of just turning on the kettle and throwing in a teabag, this requires a little bit more effort and setting a pot on the stove in addition to making the spice blend itself. Sure it's not instantaneous gratification, but it's a lovely slow-down in comparison to my busy days and deliciously more flavorful than a typical teabag. It allows me to be present with what I am doing and enjoy it.
The smell of the spice as it starts to simmer into the milk and tea. The need to watch my pot of chai for the right moment to turn down the heat so it doesn't scald. The delicate balancing act of straining floating spices out to make a smoother cup. The gentle clings of a spoon to sweeten it all with a touch of sugar.
I'm curious about what other folks do as mindful acts of food and drink. It can be a comfort meal, a tasty snack, a special drink, or anything in between! Maybe we could all inspire each other to incorporate a new way to find moments of peace through a hobby we mutually love in the joy of cooking.
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Are the memes about setting up and troubleshooting printers overblown nowadays?
I haven't really messed with printers in probably 15 years or more, but it felt like any time they were brought up, there were two flavors: Older printers, which decided if they wanted to work or...
I haven't really messed with printers in probably 15 years or more, but it felt like any time they were brought up, there were two flavors:
- Older printers, which decided if they wanted to work or not based on absolutely nothing at all
- Newer printers, which are covered in DRM and mostly a nickel-and-diming scam
Now, for the former I remember having some issues, but generally just clearing the printer's cache (or whatever it was called) would fix most of the problems. I think the bigger issue is that I always helped people set up cheap Walmart-sold inkjet printers that had more hardware issues than software, along with ink that would go to shit instantly.
But I was out today at a thrift store and they had a Brother for $25, with an entire extra unopened toner cartridge (I think that's what it's called?). I asked them if it worked, they said it did, but if it didn't I could return it by tomorrow.
So I brought it home, assuming something would be wrong with it, but in about 10 minutes I had it plugged in, connected to my wifi network, and connected to my computer. I tried scanning-- it worked fine. I tried copying-- it does that no problem. It took longer to install the drivers on my PC than set up the printer itself.
So are printers really as straight-forward as I experienced with this cheap used one, or am I just lucky?
21 votes