Credit: Stoop Talk To Transformer It’s a web-based app built by Adam King that lets you play with the spooky text-generator OpenAI released this year. You input a text prompt and the AI system finishes it for you. It may be a bit of a parlor trick – the AI doesn’t know what it’s saying – but if you keep pressing “complete text,” you’ll eventually get it to generate something that seems eerily human....
The domain is currently inactive, but that won’t be for long. The company plans to kick off a website by 2020, where it will sell Pablo Escobar products and merchandise, including the notorious proprietary flamethrower, the idea for which Elon Musk allegedly stole from Escobar Inc. “Yes [the flamethrower] will be [available], at $249 per piece,” Escobar Inc COO Daniel Reitberg confirmed in an email to TNW. “Elon Musk will go down soon, we are preparing some huge cases against him....
Of course, that means plenty of companies need a qualified AWS expert who knows their way around maintaining and growing operations the AWS way. By paying any amount, you’ll get Practical AWS Networking, a one-stop guide to understanding how to build, protect and expand a networked system in AWS. The book takes a complete look at all the tools AWS offers to streamline that process, how to regulate network traffic and loads of troubleshooting tips and best practices to make sure everything runs smoothly....
High school students learn early on that their future careers should be passion-driven. Self-help books counsel job searchers to start with reflection on what they love. And Hollywood films teach people, in romantic fashion, to aspire to work that is intrinsically satisfying and expresses our authentic selves. Researchers call this way of thinking about work the passion paradigm, and studies show it has become pervasive in modern societies. The passion paradigm emerged in the 1960s....
If you aren’t aware of kettlebells (come on, haven’t you ever listened to a Pavel Tsatsouline interview?) they’re probably almost exactly what you think they are: Cast iron weights with a handle on top. They look like this: Why did I want to buy a kettlebell? Well, ignoring the online brainwashing, it’s mainly because a kettlebell is fantastic combination of strength and cardio work. Plus you can do the majority of exercises with a single weight, making it super convenient — especially if you’re kinda lazy and live in an apartment....
Privately owned e-scooters will be banned on all Transport for London (TfL) services from next week after an exploding battery caused a fire on a busy Tube service. Emergency services had to be called to extinguish a blaze last month after an e-scooter’s lithium battery exploded and left smoke billowing throughout the train – prompting an immediate review by the transit operator. Customers in possession of e-scooters or e-unicycles will not be permitted to enter any premises on TfL’s network or travel on any of its services, including on the Tube, buses, Overground, TfL Rail, Trams and DLR....
Say you’re on Google.com, and you enter a search term. After the results load, simply hit the / key to focus on the search box, and you can resume typing in there right away. That’s it, thanks for reading. H/T Engadget
Horizon is an “interconnected world” where VR avatars can meet, hang out, play games, and build their own environments. In the announcement video, it shows legless avatars flying planes, creating art, and playing games together. See below if you have a strong stomach for cringey, corporate attempts at humor: According to the announcement, users can play games and such in Facebook-built environments. They’ll also be able to build their own activities: Pour one out for the Horizon Locals, who’re presumably going to have to keep the trolls and bots at bay....
The best example that we might find is when starting a private limited company, is the best corporate structure to start. You are protected from direct liability and the business stands as an entity of its own. However, with many challenges making the process of starting a limited liability company hard, there is a need for easy and faster ways of doing things. When this dawned on Bittu Kumar and Narendra Kumar, the thought of creating a faster way of registering such a company came up....
The most notable rumored update to the AirPods Pro is the inclusion of noise canceling. That would be a big boon to everyone who appreciates the reliability of Apple’s buds, but wants something that can actually block out sound too. This seems further corroborated by the design leaks we’ve seen so far, which appear to show the AirPods Pro with a silicone tip to create a proper seal with your ear....
But by believing Thrasyllus’s prediction and letting his guard down, Tiberius inadvertently gave Caligula enough time to poison him first. The rest, as they say, is history – which Thrasyllus had altered by deliberately overestimating his employer’s life expectancy. While many of us are unlikely to find ourselves in Caesar’s position, knowing how many years we have left may influence many aspects of our life – including when to retire, whether to take a long-awaited vacation, and even whether to opt for certain medical treatments....
4,680 mAh battery — the largest on a Pixel so far. 6.34-inch FHD+ OLED display — also the largest on a Pixel so far. IP67 water resistance — a first for the A-series Pixels. You still get a headphone jack. You get the same Snapdragon 765G that’s in the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G. Dual rear cameras and a hole-punch selfie camera — the same cameras on the Pixel 5. 6GB RAM / 128 GB of storage....
The Moscow Times reports that the Nadvoitsy Aluminum Plant, owned by Russian metal firm Rusal, ceased production last year after US sanctions led to the loss of its American customer base. A representative for Rusal confirmed to Russian news outlet RBC that the premises have been leased to cryptocurrency mining firm, the Russian Mining Company (RMC). Once setup, it appears the mining farm will rent out its computing power to those interested in mining cryptocurrency but who don’t want to buy the hardware outright....
The findings — based on a joint report by the US National Security Agency and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) — reveal the focus of the activity was largely in the Middle East, where the targeting interests of both Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) overlap. Named Turla (aka Snake, Uroburos, Waterbug, or Venomous Bear), the state-backed APT is believed to have infiltrated spyware tools such as Neuron and Nautilus — both of which are believed to be the handiwork of Iranian hackers — to further its own aims without their knowledge....
In the announcement post, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says: Meanwhile, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield added: With people staying home during the coronavirus pandemic remote work and cloud tools like Slack and Salesforce have become increasingly important. The companies say that Slack will be “deeply integrated into every Salesforce Cloud” and become “the new interface for Salesforce Customer 360.” The move will likely help Slack further develop its presence in enterprise markets, an area in which Microsoft Teams had something of an advantage due to the company’s wealth of other products....
Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Machiavelli used to say: Fight the power! Bitcoin price We closed the day, June 21 2020, at a price of $9,303. That’s a minor 0.29 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$27.30. It was the lowest closing price in one day. We’re still 53 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....
Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Nietzsche used to say: Whip it, whip it, whip it! Bitcoin price We closed the day, April 30 2020, at a price of $8,658. That’s a minor 1.58 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$139.12. It was the lowest closing price in one day. We’re still 56 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....
Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Schopenhauer used to say: Prepare to open the imaginary money chest… Bitcoin price We closed the day, January 23 2020, at a price of $8,406. That’s a notable 3.15 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$274.12. It was the lowest closing price in nine days....
Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Kierkegaard used to say: To infinity, and beyond! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, September 15 2019, at a price of $10,347. That’s a minor 0.08 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$8.76. It was the lowest closing price in three days. We’re still 48 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....
It’s easy to take Microsoft Excel for granted. With a history stretching back to the go-go 80’s, it’s been a fundamental part of the computing landscape as long as most of us have been alive. Yet it’s still not only around, it’s still the beating heart of any data organization project. And while other more specialized apps have come along in its wake, Excel remains a cornerstone of data science and a key tool that any business student, data analyst or organization freak really needs to know....
