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Tuesday July 22, 2025. 10:19 PM
What can be done with 1 kilobyte of javascript? Marvels of code efficiency await you at this year's golf tournament. Entries include graphical demos such as Quantum Worm, Metaballs, Creepy Organ, simple but evocative games such as Slenderman 2D, BackRooms Escape and When The ...
Tech workers who want to unionize have discovered an awkward truth: the code they write can outlast them. Walk-outs that shut down factories barely dent a company whose servers hum on autopilot. So an anonymous engineer, writing for the group Collective Action in Tech,...
Delightful and dark, I am enjoying the first novel in Katherine Applegate's Endling series. When I saw the cover and read the description, I knew I had to give Endling a try. Applegate's 'dairnes' are the most ridiculous and snuggly large dogs around, similar to the Golden...
Black Sabbath frontman and TV star Ozzy Osbourne died Tuesday, his family announced. The famed singer of hits such as Paranoid and War Pigs was 76. 'It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this...
Donald Trump told reporters this morning that former president Barack Obama should face 'severe consequences' for trying to 'lead a coup' in 2016. 'This is like, proof. Irrefutable proof that Obama was seditious, that Obama was trying to lead a coup,' the wannabe king...
Cybertruck sales have fallen for three consecutive quarters and they are being outsold by Ford and GMC. Getting back to the Tesla Cybertruck, its sales numbers are the worst recorded over the course of a year. Compared to the first quarter, sales of the stainless steel EV...
As the House Oversight Committee attempts to interview Ghislane Maxwell, 'MAGA' Mike Johnson is blocking for the Trump Administration in an obvious manner. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said he's shutting down the House of Representatives until September to stave...
Why do people keep choosing the harmful option after being told it hurts them? UNSW Sydney's Dr Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel led an international study that found the obstacle is not a lack of motivation but a failure to link action to a painful result. — Read the rest ...
Certainly affirming that convicted felon #47 fears evidence of his close relationship with a known sex trafficker of minors, the White House has tossed the Wall Street Journal from Trump's upcoming trip to Scotland. Not only is Trump suing the Wall Street Journal, but he is ...
Here's a fantastic list by Atlas Obscura that includes 14 dinosaur attractions around the US. Dinosaur roadside attractions are a classic road trip staple and are always a great excuse to hop out of the car, stretch your legs, and take a photo. — Read the rest The post...
Fred Armisen—everyone's favorite drummer, comedian, actor, and all around awesome human — recently announced that he'll be releasing his new album, called 100 Sound Effects, on September 26, 2025. With the announcement he also gifted seven of the 100 (actually,...
This video of a cat and lamb duo is the sweetest thing I've seen in a while. The little lamb is named Toffee and refuses to leave this cat's side. The lamb's owner says that this sweet kitty came to comfort Toffee once when they were sick. — Read the rest The post Opposites...
I don't understand cruising, and never will. Call me an cruise killjoy, I don't care. I'm just over here, not on a floating petri dish, trying to avoid infectious diseases including COVID-19, measles, tuberculosis, and, of course, the most popular and ubiquitous cruise...
By https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/cd/df/97c76f956ee23bf5d0673b506f06.jpgGallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0058631.htmlWellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-27): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/f76f38ms CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0,...
TL;DR: Get Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for $27.97 (reg. $499) and up your dev game. Look, no disrespect to your current dev setup—but if you're still debugging in Notepad and duct-taping GitHub Copilot into your workflow like it's the Wild West, it's time to...
The makers of Sylvanian Families (AKA Calico Critters), the charming lineup of Moomin-like creatures living in a bourgeois forest fantasy land, is suing a parodist who poses the toys in less bucolic scenes. Epoch Company Ltd, the Japanese company which makes them, filed a...
A clever chihuahua really wanted to jump on a cat tree, but was told it was off limits for the doggos in the house. So the determined pooch went into stealth mode, tiptoeing towards the plush climber in slow motion, as if he were a member of the Impossible Missions Force. —...
Ninety-year-old University of Washington emeritus physics professor John G. Cramer has volunteered to join a pioneering effort to surpass the 122-year human longevity limit by undergoing bioreactor-grown mitochondrial transplantation. The work is overseen by physicians and...
A magnetic oil drain plug for a Challenger 350 business jet engine starter costs an eye-popping $10,000 — more than many used cars. The astronomical price tag for this simple part, shared on Reddit's aviation maintenance forum, is an example of the extreme cost inflation...
Monday July 21, 2025. 11:54 PM
Ending several uncomfortable weeks for the Marines, the troops are leaving the City of Angels after defending several buildings that were not under any danger of assault. Immediately after leaving a press conference where Mayor Karen Bass called on the Federal government ...
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