2025-02-22
Dark Matter Study: Examining Several Models of WIMP
This thesis examines several models of Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter and their implications from a phenomenological standpoint.
Dark Matter Analysis: A Lifetime Study
A good candidate for DM must be stable or have a lifetime greater than the age of the universe.
‘Ready’ Is the New ‘Approved’
File this one under “precise words matter”. Remember the whole thing a few weeks back, where AltStore PAL — an EU alternative app marketplace for iOS — published Hot Tub,...
The 40th Anniversary of ProVUE at Macworld Expo
Jim Rea: Forty years ago today the doors opened for the very first Macworld Expo in the Brooks Hall basement in San Francisco. For most of you this event probably...
10 Mistakes Beginning AI Practitioners Make That You Should Avoid
As an AI practitioner, you're expected to understand machine learning, AI algorithms, and data analysis. You should also be able to design and implement AI solutions in real-world situations. However,...
The Most Effective Way to Run a Sprint Retrospective
Running a sprint retrospective effectively is hard. In this post, we will look at ways to make the most of your retros to enable your team to be more effective.
Weak engineering managers
In a previous post I made the point that having a weak manager - a manager without political clout - is really bad news if you’re an…
2025-02-21
Severance: Music To Refine To
Apple TV+ is streaming an 8-hour remix of the Severance theme by ODESZA that is perfect music for your innie to refine macrodata to. The workday-long video is a 23-minute...
Startup Investors Foaming at the Mouth To Carve Up Your Job With AI
Bread Line If there's one throughline linking us to our ancestors at the birth of industrial society, it's the anxiety of automation. Back then it was the robber barons pushing...
A Robert Frost poem from 1918, ironically entitled “Nothing New”, has been...
A Robert Frost poem from 1918, ironically entitled “Nothing New”, has been published for the first time in the New Yorker’s 100th anniversary issue. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org...
Amy Sherald and Michelle Obama
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this photo before, of artist Amy Sherald and former First Lady Michelle Obama sharing a hug during a session for Sherald’s iconic portrait of...
Large Law Firm Sends Panicked Email as It Realizes Its Attorneys Have Been Using AI to Prepare Court Documents
The law firm Morgan & Morgan has rushed out an email to its attorneys after two of them were caught citing fake court cases invented by an AI model, Reuters...
“Egyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun’s was...
“Egyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun’s was uncovered over a century ago.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
After Zuckerberg's Cringey Hypebeast Makeover, the Average Person Still Finds Him Repulsive
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg clearly thinks he's hot shit, but the average American is unconvinced that he's any more than a sad fart. As the Pew Research Center reports, a...
The Sutro Tower in 3D
This is an amazingly realistic 3D model of San Francisco’s Sutro Tower that you can zoom, pan, fly through, and interact with. This model was made using a technique called...
Elon Musk Got Humiliated by a Space Station Astronaut Immediately Before Announcing Space Station Should Be Destroyed
Immediately prior to calling for the destruction of the International Space Station to happen ASAP, Elon Musk got into a pretty heated fight with an astronaut from the orbital outpost....
Craig Mod on how “leave no trace” and “pack it in, pack...
Craig Mod on how “leave no trace” and “pack it in, pack it out” is not just for campers and backpackers in Japan. “The Japanese way is the correct way....
The Two Types of Data Engineers You Meet at Work
Discover different archetypes of data engineers and how their collaboration drives data-driven success.
Here’s what it’s like watching all 24 hours of Christian Marclay’s The...
Here’s what it’s like watching all 24 hours of Christian Marclay’s The Clock at MoMA. “Although I’m literally sitting in a clock, time is meaningless. One hour flies by and...
This Muscle-Powered Robot Might Be the Creepiest Thing We've Ever Seen
We are venturing into entire continents of uncanniness. Behold, the robot known as "Protoclone" built by Clone Robotics. It's supposedly the world's first bipedal, musculoskeletal android. But it's mostly just...
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