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"Medium is a home for the intellectually curious — people that are driven to expand your understanding of the world. And for curious people, diversity isn’t a threat, it’s a strength."

"Drew Struzan is the most influential movie poster artists of the 80s, and probably of all time, here is his story and work!"

"The elephants, who live at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, were engaging in a defensive behavior known as an “alert circle,” which is used in the wild to protect the youngest members of the herd from threats, said Mindy Albright, curator of mammals at the zoo. "

"We’ve been getting a lot of questions about when border agents can legally conduct searches of travelers’ electronic devices at international airports and other ports of entry. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t simple."

"The joint mission by Magellan and Atlantic Productions deployed two submersibles nicknamed Romeo and Juliet to map every millimeter of the wreck, including the debris field spanning some three miles. The result was a whopping 16 terabytes of data, along with over 715,000 still images and 4K video footage. That raw data was then processed to create the 3D digital twin. The resolution is so good, one can make out part of the serial number on one of the propellers."

Complete book series, including New Spring, the WoT Companion, and the World of the Wheel of Time.
Looks like DRM-free ePubs, too!

LLM training bots are overwhelming Wikimedia's servers, particularly Wikimedia Commons (which has a looooooot of media).

If someone, say a security researcher, tries to enter different credentials than the ones the phishers are looking for, it just kicks them out, making it harder to analyze. Some phishers are even using 2FA.

Interesting perspective: "Microsoft under Ballmer made deep, long-term bets that set up Microsoft for success in the decades after his reign. At the time, the bets were widely panned, indicating that they weren't necessarily obvious, but we can see in retrospect that the company made very strong bets despite the criticism at the time."