AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?AvatarAvatar3 days agoHow to stop procrastinating and start even the most difficult projectsverified_publisherFast Company - AJ HessPicture yourself in line at the grocery store at the end of the day, when everyone is stopping in to pick up something for dinner. The line is moving slowly. A dad and his little kid are two feet in front of you. The child is pleading with the dad for the candy bar near the register. “Can I please …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoFilm School Too Expensive? Educate Yourself for Freenofilmschool.com - Jason HellermanI logged onto Twitter this morning to see that Boston University, where I got my MFA in Screenwriting, is about to start charging $90,000 a year for …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoAI is about to change video production foreververified_publisherDigital Trends - By Fionna AgomuohGenerative AI is just starting to break into the world of video, but some new features in Premiere Pro are taking things to the next level. Adobe has …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?AvatarAvatar3 days agoMicrosoft wants to show you ads in Windows 11's Start menu. Here's how to prevent themverified_publisherZDNET - Lance WhitneyAppearing only for Windows Insiders at this point, the ads would highlight recommended apps from the Microsoft Store. Microsoft is testing a way to …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoAdobe's PDF AI Assistant might be the most useful AI product I've ever seenbgr.com - Chris SmithI’ve said that paying for premium artificial intelligence (AI) products is often worthwhile. It’s not just about access to premium features, improved …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?AvatarAvatar2 days agoThe invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloatverified_publisherThe Verge - Josh DziezaOn the afternoon of March 11th, 2011, Mitsuyoshi Hirai, the chief engineer of the cable maintenance ship Ocean Link, was sitting in his cabin 20 miles off Japan’s eastern coast, completing the paperwork that comes at the end of every repair. Two weeks earlier, something — you rarely knew what — …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?AvatarAvatar6 days agoThe Homepage of the Black Internetverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Hannah GiorgisRevisiting BlackPlanet, and a lost era when social media was still fun A few years ago, Stephanie Williams and her husband fielded a question from their son: How had they met? So they told him. They’d first encountered each other on a website called BlackPlanet. To the 5-year-old, the answer seemed …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?AvatarAvatar3 days agoThe US Government Has a Microsoft ProblemWIRED - Eric GellerMicrosoft has stumbled through a series of major cybersecurity failures over the past few years. Experts say the US government’s reliance on its …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into POP CULT!AvatarAvatar2 days agoA female comic book superhero fights villains — and a painful women's health conditionNBC News - By Emi Tuyetnhi TranThe reaction to Lúz La Luminosa, a Latina, Asian and queer superhero who fights evil and endometriosis, has been “beautifully positive," creator Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez says. Chinese Dominican comic book superhero Lúz La Luminosa recently made her first standalone comic book debut to spread …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?AvatarAvatar2 days agoIs the ‘Dead Internet’ theory suddenly coming true? This could be a signverified_publisherFast Company - Michael GrothausThere’s been a popular theory floating around conspiracy circles for about seven or eight years now. It’s called the “Dead Internet” theory, and its main argument is that the organic, human-created content that powered the early web in the 1990s and 2000s has been usurped by artificially created …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into TECH / SCI / WK / NEWS?FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo4 days agoAnimated Chart: The World’s Top 15 Carbon Emitters (1850-2022)visualcapitalist.com - James EagleCarbon emissions worldwide have shifted over the past centuries. However, what remains consistent is that the biggest economies have been the major …
AvatarAdrian Pflipped into POP CULT!FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo4 days agoDan Stevens Would Revive Overlooked X-Men Adaptation in the MCUmovieweb.com - By Anthony LundThe Marvel Cinematic Universe is still expanding, and Dan Stevens would be open to bringing back his almost forgotten X-Men character to join it. Dan …