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There’s been so much crazy to pay attention to over the...

There’s been so much crazy to pay attention to over the past few weeks that I missed this: Midjourney, the AI image-maker that you access through Discord, is making a medical imaging machine. “It starts by stepping into a shallow pool of golden light…”

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Four-Byte Burger

A graphic of a floppy disk hamburger was created on an early Amiga computer, photographed, and then deleted (more specifically, it couldn’t be saved). Stuart Brown set out to recreate this image as accurately as possible, including colors, dimensions, etc. This is deliciously nerdy. Here’s the resulting image (with some horizontal padding I added):

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Valve Explains Why It Doesn’t Subsidize Its Hardware Platforms

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Valve, in a statement to The Verge, explaining why it doesn’t sell its handheld Steam Deck or new Steam Machine gaming devices at a loss (gift link): While this might seem like an easy solution, it doesn’t align with our beliefs about how healthy ecosystems are built. If...

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Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection

Microsoft will likely soon follow Sony and stop the production of physical discs for Xbox games. But instead of leaving physical discs behind entirely, sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell me the company has quietly been working on a disc-to-digital feature that will allow Xbox owners to digitize their existing physical game collections. Xbox employees […]

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I love the aesthetic of Fresco , a video game where you...

I love the aesthetic of Fresco, a video game where you play as a character embedded into Egyptian wall paintings. In many ways, these wall paintings are ancient precursors to side-scrolling games.

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How Do You Prove Arson When the Evidence Burns Away?

For the latest episode of Howtown, Adam Cole and Joss Fong look at wildfires and how investigators go about determining and proving how they start. The backdrop of video is the investigation into the Palisades Fire and the related arson trial that just concluded. What s...

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Guimi You’s Atmospheric Oil Paintings Delve into Memory, Introspection, and Rediscovery

Guimi You’s Atmospheric Oil Paintings Delve into Memory, Introspection, and RediscoveryThe Seoul-based artist's lush paintings have an aura of wistfulness and quietude.

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The story of the Spool Table

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Tom Colicchio’s Final Service

"Through hosting two decades of Top Chef, writing four books, and opening restaurants across the country, the celebrity chef never stopped showing up to cook in the kitchen of Craft, his pioneering New York restaurant. Until he decided to close it."

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“That Guy is Still Out There”

"Five years after Anthony Broadwater was belatedly cleared for the sexual assault of Alice Sebold, the questions of how he came to be wrongly convicted and how one or more serial rapists operated for years with little consequence have only deepened."

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The Talk Show: ‘Taking Drugs to Get Fat’

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The great John Moltz returns to the show. Topics include Apple’s hardware price hikes in response to the global RAM/SSD shortage, and some spitballing on what we like about the UI changes in the MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta.

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You know sometimes you learn some ancient lore and...

You know sometimes you learn some ancient lore and suddenly some contemporary pop culture thing snaps into place? Anyway, I found out how Isadora Duncan died and now I better understand the “no capes” thing in The Incredibles.

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Saya Irie’s Intricate Sculptures Recomposed from Eraser...

Saya Irie’s Intricate Sculptures Recomposed from Eraser Shavings. “The Japanese artist erases images & then uses those eraser shavings to recompose the images into three-dimensional form, transforming the byproduct of erasure into delicate works of art.”

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404 Media: Vulnerability in iCloud’s ‘Hide My Email’ Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses

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Joseph Cox, reporting for 404 Media: 404 Media is not revealing the exact details of the vulnerability because it can still be exploited as of Monday, when 404 Media verified the issue with one of our own hidden email addresses. “Apple Hide My Email is leaking email add...

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Sean Ono Lennon on nominative determinism! #guitar #music #shorts 

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The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us

"Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life."

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What is El Niño?

First noticed by South American fishermen in the 1600s, El Niño can affect the weather significantly! #kurzgesagt #inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #science #elninoeffect #weathereffects #elniño Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.co...

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The Last Astronomers . “Many fear that if...

The Last Astronomers. “Many fear that if unleashed in all parts of the scientific process, AI tools could lead to nothing less than the death of astrophysics as a human endeavor.”

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Idris Elba DJs a House Party

Idris Elba, knight of the realm and forever Avon Barksdale’s right-hand man in my heart, has been a DJ since he was 14 years old. He recently DJed a house party for Black House Radio and it looks like everyone had a lot of fun.

You can also find this mix on Soundcloud, along with many more of Elba’s mixes.

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