This is a screenshot of my weather app showing forecasted (smooth blue/purple) rain of the French Arome model VS rain radar (sharp green/yellow contours). It actually does a pretty good job on the large scale but the details aren’t always quite right. Dies anyone know how rain probabilities are computed from these models...
Well I’m craving something in this genre but I’m a bit overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time. So many titles and yet I’m not sure what to read. Maybe you can help?...
This whole paragraph is giving me deja vu. I know I’ve read it before. Update: I remember! It was a dream I had last year about an “angle-dragon” that lived in the angles of reality. I had just finished reading China Mieville’s The Scar which contains a character that moves through the angles of reality. Weird!
40 workers have been trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in India for over a week and 3 attempts to drill through the debris have failed so far (www.insider.com)
Right-wing influencers pledge to bail out Elon Musk after Apple, Disney, others suspend advertising on X (mashable.com)
280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles (arstechnica.com)
Seems like it could become a problem very easily (startrek.website)
Your Chrome extensions may stop working in 2024 (www.ghacks.net)
more and more news sites are pushing for paywalls even reuters now here are some sources that don't have pay walls and Npr *mentions* paywall in their own new pop-up? (broadcastdialogue.com)
also feel free to comment your own suggestions for news sites for tech updates that don’t pay wall on the web page....
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A Major Alarm Is Flashing Under Greenland’s Ice (www.wired.com)
Weather forecast VS actual rain (discuss.tchncs.de)
This is a screenshot of my weather app showing forecasted (smooth blue/purple) rain of the French Arome model VS rain radar (sharp green/yellow contours). It actually does a pretty good job on the large scale but the details aren’t always quite right. Dies anyone know how rain probabilities are computed from these models...
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Kendrick Lamar's company just dropped a limited-edition 'dumb' phone. It's already sold out. (www.businessinsider.com)
Kendrick Lamar enters the tech space with a collaboration on the Light Phone 2. Light phones offer minimalistic experiences without apps or color.
Mozilla tells extension developers to get ready to finally go mobile (www.theregister.com)
Do you buy books you have already read?
Do you buy physical books you have already read?...
A good fantasy book? you know, wizards, dragons, princesses, that kind of stuff
Well I’m craving something in this genre but I’m a bit overwhelmed and underwhelmed at the same time. So many titles and yet I’m not sure what to read. Maybe you can help?...
13-year Google privacy settlement pays litigants the equivalent of a Big Mac meal (www.theregister.com)
2023 Hugo Awards (www.thehugoawards.org)
A Tolkien Bestiary - David Day - 1949 (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/468547...
"In light of the announcement that The Drew Barrymore Show will resume production, the National Book Foundation has rescinded Ms Barrymore's invitation to host the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony." (www.bbc.com)
Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament - John Crowley - 1981 (lemmy.world)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/441958...
Disney Is Apparently Ceasing All Physical Media In Australia (always-on.com.au)
cross-posted from: startrek.website/post/502744...