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If you haven't read "The Layoff" yet, you should do so before reading this post. This post is a behind the scenes look at the story and contains spoilers. Or, it's not about AI or even layoffs When I wrote "The Layoff", I was trying to write satire of the tech industry. It's not about AI, layoffs, or even the future when both of those are inevitably combined (let's face …

A special event celebrating the Hebridean-based sculptor Steve Dilworth, coinciding with his solo exhibition at Pangolin London, with contributions from his biographer, Georgina Coburn, and a screening of portrait film... The post Journeyman – The Art of Steve Dilworth first appeared on Iain Sinclair.

Writing userscripts to optimize my data entry workflow with the FDA's 510k database.

The snow line on Mount Everest Region glaciers on Feb. 11, 2024 indicated by yellow dots on the Landsat image. Note that Nangpa La and Nup La-two high passes (5800-5900 m) are both snow free. The average snow line is 6000 m. The snow line on Mount Everest Region glaciers on Oct. 30, 2023 indicated by yellow dots on the Landsat image. Note that Nangpa La and Nup La-two high …

Desde hace 72 horas recibo misteriosas llamadas telefónicas. Primero fue una en Los Banos, California. Al poco llegan otras desde Tahoe City, Woodland y North San Juan. No descuelgo el teléfono ni bloqueo los números, simplemente anoto la ciudad que me llama insistentemente cada día y luego las miro todas juntas en Google Maps. Me imagino que si esto continua un tiempo uniré los puntos y se me revelará un …

Here we are again with another Song of the Week and once again it featured on the Breaking More Waves New Music Weekly Playlist last week (here).Of course Dua Lipa needs no introduction. She’s already a huge popstar. Well, she’s five foot eight inches which technically isn’t that huge, but is still a lot bigger than Kylie Minogue. And no doubt, unless you have been hiding under a rock, you …

Photograph by John Trawick. Photography Contest, Honorable Mention. Spider web – made visible by early morning dew at Lake Murray Reservoir, San Diego, California. Nikon D7100. To see comments on this post click below:

This week in aural skills, we’re working on various harmonic tropes based on IV-I root movements. This chord progression is technically called the plagal cadence, but is more memorably nicknamed the “Amen” cadence because it’s a traditional European hymn ending. (It has nothing to do with the Amen break, though they do sound good together.) The plagal cadence is the mirror image of the classical V-I authentic cadence. Where does …

If you're catching a plane to London or New York you're making a serious journey that is typically planned days, weeks or months in advance. Unless you're in the top 1% such a trip would be made rarely. On account of its significance, cost and rareness you're happy to rearrange your life schedule around it. Because of that it doesn't much matter much if flights are only a few times …

As part of a short series of blog posts related to script-editing we asked experienced Story Producer Alexis Hood to share some advice on getting started on the editorial side of television, in both development work and production. When you’re starting out, the TV world can feel incredibly intimidating, and difficult to get your head around. If you’re reading this and wondering whether you’ll ever be able to break in …

Bookmarked Every Accusation a Confession by A.R. Moxon (The Reframe) I think what abusers need most is not for people to believe the lie that they are good—though they certainly will take that if they can get it. What they need most is for people to believe false equivalencies; that no matter how bad the abusers are, everyone else is just as bad. That no matter what their intentions are, …

WHAT I SMELL: Rougewood opens with a juicy combination of ripened warmed berries and grapefruit and with some added peach blossom it’s beautifully decadent and rather lusty without being too heavy or carnal. Soon, a sweetened caramel note is added to give the fragrance a bit of sugared depth. However, the caramel is soft and never veers off the dulce meter. Finally, a sharpened woody note makes it’s way in …

Alex Mundy has blown the cobwebs off a great performance by the Crims from 1982. . . CliKc here for more information and download

My daily setup is a little unusual- I rock a dual monitors on my desk, but each monitor is driven by a different machine- my work computer on the left, and my personal machine on the right. Historically, I was one of the brave heroes who actually paid for Synergy. But I was thrilled when apple announced Universal Control, a system-level way to share a mouse and keyboard between devices, …