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If everything goes well, the RSS feed for Scripting News will now have a channel-level image element because it's part of a network that requires an avatar-like image. This required me to go through some very old code that my system still depends on. Fingers crossed.

It probably does not matter who occupies the position of hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies. For the previous three seasons, the job belonged to Hensley Meulens, and his only notable contribution to the franchise's history was illegally clambering into the cockpit of a 7...

After I drafted this blog post, the part that follows the horizontal rule in a moment, I wasn’t sure I would publish it. Then I read this post by Thomas Ptacek. This line resonated with me: Extraordinarily talented people are doing work that LLMs already do better, out of s...

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The first wave of DOGE staffers was supposed to be gone after 130 days. Instead, core members of the team have signed on for the long haul.

Why is so much AI slop about Jesus and the Bible, and why do Christians appear to love it?

This week’s story presents us all with a bouquet of ethical questions. How much unpaid labor would you take on for a dear friend? Nude yoga in the yard: Yea or nay? Under what circumstances can you instruct people to call you “uncle”? 

In the face of such quandaries, we had no choice but to call in Defector’s own Brandy Jensen to be the guest. We wanted to put Brandy’s devotion to an annoying world to the test. Did we break her? You’ll have to listen to find out. 

I now have the special ChatGPT function I've been waiting for. Codex. Give it access to my entire GitHub collection and let it go. I stopped myself from authorizing, wanting to sleep on it. I know I'm going to do it, but.. Gulp. Do I really want to dump all my thinking for Sam Altman?

I had a neighbor and friend a long time ago named Ann Doerr. I used to joke with her how her name was a combination of two of the main types of logic gates in computers. I think that's what attracted me to the Star Wars Andor show.

I've heard that Andor is great stuff. I'm on episode 6 of season 1, and it's the usual Star Wars bullshit. It was fun in 1978. But now? It's so freaking boring. Tell me it's worth continuing to watch, that it gets an actual plot at some point.

This 3-horsepower-equivalent electric boat motor is perfect for bass boats, dinghies, and other small vessels.

When the web was first scaling up, content delivery networks (CDNs) became a way of dealing with the ever-increasing load.

The post Why Devs Must Rethink Their Role in Modern CDNs and the Edge appeared first on The New Stack.

1. Relive these memories from this day seven years ago. 2. Make sure you pack an umbrella, it looks like it might rain this afternoon. 3. I’d leave a little early for Claire’s dance recital today. The rain will make traffic heavier than usual. 4. I’ve compiled a list of seve...

Direct File has been open sourced, and its creators have left government to continue working on the "future of tax filing."

This spring, a new business opened on the main drag of my West Philadelphia neighborhood, provoking both excitement and trepidation.

“I saw it just the other day and feared it,” one friend texted. “Like what the actual fuck is that shit,” said another. “Why?!!!” said a third. “Who is that for?”

SAN DIEGO — It’s AI boom time: Gartner predicts an estimated $644 billion will be spent on generative AI in

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Can menstruation and menopause policies reshape democracy? Find out in this electrifying conversation with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, the powerhouse behind the "menstrual equity" movement and Executive Director of the Burnbaum Women's Leadership Center at NYU Law. She reveals how ...

Make your favorite golfer’s day with the best golf gifts to enhance every part of their game.

A study claimed that people who eat high-fat, low-carb diets weren’t seeing their arteries fill up with plaque, despite having high levels of blood cholesterol. Critics disagreed—and all hell broke loose.

A crypto founder and celebrities like Aaron Rodgers and Tiffany Haddish have tried the pitch-black retreats, described as “meditation on steroids.” Some see terrifying hallucinations.