jason 10 months ago

Cherry trees starting to #bloom

jason 10 months ago

First time I have had Strawberry Nigori

jason 0 years ago

Somehow I saw this coming…

Gizmodo

Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills

Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University warn that the more you use AI, the more your cognitive abilities deteriorate.

jason 1 year ago

Gizmodo

Biologists Discover What Makes Bed Bugs Uniquely Hard to Kill With Insecticides

Sixty years ago, we nearly wiped out bed bugs—but they’ve been making a steady comeback, and they’re stronger than ever.

jason 1 year ago

China can now mass-produce cyborg cockroaches in a robotic factory

BGR

China Can Now Mass-Produce Cyborg Cockroaches In A Robotic Factory - BGR

A group of engineers in Singapore have found a way to mass-produce cyborg cockroaches in a robot-powered factory.

jason 1 year ago

#Tempting treats on display in the coffee shop at the Peabody Hotel in #Memphis

jason 1 year ago

Butterflied Mandarin orange slices going into the #HarvestRight for #FreezeDrying

jason 1 year ago

@jb55 I know this is something silly, but the post button no longer seems to appear in Damus if you run it on a Mac. Did you replace it with something I am not seeing?

jason 1 year ago

Popular technique to make AI more efficient has drawbacks

TechCrunch

A popular technique to make AI more efficient has drawbacks | TechCrunch

One of the most widely used techniques to make AI models more efficient, quantization, has limits — and the industry could be fast approaching th...

jason 1 year ago

PBS programming is coming to Prime Video

Engadget

PBS programming is coming to Prime Video

Amazon and PBS have entered a partnership that will bring content from the public media operation to Prime Video.

jason 1 year ago

Fix that old remote with graphite

Hackaday

Fix That Old Remote With Graphite

A button that stopped working has probably led to more than a few smashed remotes over the years. Fortunately [pescado99] has shared a beautifully ...

jason 1 year ago

Interesting, didn't know they made a Spring Winter Spice Cranberry until now https://www.thekitchn.com/sprite-winter-spiced-cranberry-flavor-relaunch-2024-23689256

jason 1 year ago

‘Upgrading’ a Microwave Oven to 20 kW

Hackaday

‘Upgrading’ A Microwave Oven To 20 KW

Whilst microwave plasmas are nothing new around here, we were curious to see what happens at 20x the power, and since YouTuber [Styropyro] had put ...

jason 1 year ago

NVIDIA Computer Finds Largest Known Prime, Blows Past Record by 16 Million Digits

Gizmodo

NVIDIA Computer Finds Largest Known Prime, Blows Past Record by 16 Million Digits

A GIMPS survey has discovered a prime number with over 41 million digits, surpassing the previous record-holder by more than 16 million digits.

jason 1 year ago

Brown Butter Apple Shortbread Bars https://www.thekitchn.com/brown-butter-apple-shortbread-bars-recipe-23684352

jason 1 year ago

Interesting short read on HFGCS

Hackaday

Radio Apocalypse: HFGCS, The Backup Plan For Doomsday

To the extent that you have an opinion on something like high-frequency (HF) radio, you probably associate it with amateur radio operators, hunched...

jason 1 year ago

Tesla Warns Against Wet Towel Charging Trick Two Months Too Late

Engadget

Tesla warns against wet towel charging trick two months too late

Tesla's Charging PR team (or the lack thereof) had to issue a warning to its customers not to do the "wet towel" trick.

jason 1 year ago

#relaxing

jason 1 year ago

Weathers in Turks

jason 1 year ago

Tokens are a big reason today’s generative AI falls short

TechCrunch

Tokens are a big reason today's generative AI falls short | TechCrunch

Tokenization, the process by which many generative AI models make sense of data, is flawed in key ways.