Latest bookmarks (page 66 of 140)
28 Jun 2024
blog.nature.org
"The US is home to dozens of feral parrot species. Here's a quick guide to identifying the most common birds."
28 Jun 2024
socallandmarks.com
"In about 1932, a small, hexagonal shingle-style Victorian building in Long Beach got a programmatic makeover, adding a large, angular percolator made of metal and glass on the roof, to become the Hot Cha Café. The name changed to the Koffee Pot Café, but it remained a coffee shop into the 1960s…"
If this was still a cafe I’d totally go there just for the style. I’m glad it was restored instead of demolished!
If this was still a cafe I’d totally go there just for the style. I’m glad it was restored instead of demolished!
27 Jun 2024
webbtelescope.org
"Combining data from NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, a team from NASA's Universe of Learning at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland has produced a breathtaking new 3D visualization of the towering "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula. This is the most comprehensive, detailed, multiwavelength movie yet of these iconic star-birthing clouds."
27 Jun 2024
www.nngroup.com
"Modal ads, ads that reorganize content, and autoplaying video ads were among the most disliked. Ads that are annoying on desktop become intolerable on mobile." (2017)
27 Jun 2024
arstechnica.com
"First step: find some other way to use the batteries before taking them apart."
27 Jun 2024
www.planetary.org
"This view of Venus was acquired by the Japanese Akatsuki spacecraft's IR2 camera, which observes—among other things—the "warmth" of the planet's…"
27 Jun 2024
www.wired.com
There's an AI training set that's all public domain, and an LLM trained exclusively on legal, financial and regulatory documents reviewed for compliance.
27 Jun 2024
arstechnica.com
"Astronomers concluded it is not the same and that Cassini's spot disappeared in 1708."
Interesting: I'd read that there was a gap in observations, and modern astronomers weren't sure whether the current spot was the same one or a new one.
Interesting: I'd read that there was a gap in observations, and modern astronomers weren't sure whether the current spot was the same one or a new one.