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The Sun is shrinking 5 feet per hour
Boing Boing,
The Sun is not a static sphere but a dynamic, pulsating entity, shrinking at a rate of about 5 feet per hour horizontally. According to The Cosmic Mind-Boggling Book, Scientists have been observing this trend for quite some time, estimating that the Sun has been steadily shrinking for the past 100 years and perhaps even as far back as 400 years. — Read the rest The post The Sun is shrinking 5 feet per hour appeared first on Boing Boing.
Court locks in Georgia's new map that draws Rep. Lucy McBath out of her district
Politico Picks,
The map carved up her "coalition district" to create a majority Black district to Atlanta's west.
Giga ML wants to help companies deploy LLMs offline
TechCrunch,
AI is all the rage — particularly text-generating AI, also known as large language models (think models along the lines of ChatGPT). In one recent survey of ~1,000 enterprise organizations, 67.2% say that they see adopting large language models (LLMs) as a top priority by early 2024. But barriers stand in the way. According to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Ayaneo Mini PC Hands-On: A Fist-Sized Macintosh-Like That's as Cute as It Is Mundane
Gizmodo,
Normally, I wouldn’t care what my mini PC looks like. Why would I? It’s just the box I stick next to my monitor for on-the-go computing needs. It doesn’t need all the flashing lights and LEDs of an ultimate gaming rig, it just needs to function. At least, that’s how I originally felt about your average NUC. Then I… Read more...
Hannah Waddingham has a "real problem" with Tom Cruise haters
AV Club,
A lot of Hollywood people really love Tom Cruise. He’s been deemed the Savior of Cinema by everyone from Steven Spielberg to Glen Powell, after all. But a lot of regular people still really don’t like him, like anyone aware of his connections to Scientology, newly single folks who really vibe with Nicole Kidman’s… Read more...
This $595 Caviar Cream Is Supposed to Be a Facelift in a Bottle
The Cut,
It contains the brand’s Exclusive Cellular Complex, which has remained a top secret for decades.
The Last of Us Was the Most-Pirated Show of 2023
Piracy is a fact of life in the entertainment industry, no matter how much studios try to fight it—and in an age where the streaming industry is feeling more and more like cable television by the day—it’s going to remain that way for the foreseeable future. But that doesn’t mean it’s not interesting to see what… Read more...
Jessica Chastain Isn’t Going to Play Evelyn Hugo
Vulture,
Please don’t chip your tooth kissing the screen.