Meta laid off thousands of workers, started monitoring employees' computers, assigned people to train the AI that may replace them, and then discovered the real missing ingredient: snacks. Meta CTO… Read the rest of the article: Meta lays off thousands, monitors workers, increases the snack budget
Grandpa Pudding Brains tried to sound tough about America and somehow wandered into saying that strength is based on stolen elections. "Nobody plays rougher than the United States," Trump said.… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains brags about how rigged U.S. elections are
The HP 16c Collector's Edition [HP via Adafruit] revives a mundane but well-loved tool. In 1982, the original 16c was designed specifically for programmers and engineers; after three decades, only… Read the rest of the article: HP 16c programmer's calculator returns in collectible form
Sycophant JD Vance took the stage in New York and managed to cram "anti-Semitic," "anti-Christian," and "anti-white" into one sentence, like a man speed-running the Republican grievance menu. "They've become… Read the rest of the article: JD Vance turns dog whistles into a brass section
Forget the pet-shop fluffball on a squeaky wheel. Europe's wild hamsters are out in Vienna's graveyards stuffing their faces, throwing hands, and living like tiny cemetery goblins. Not a Biologist… Read the rest of the article: Vienna's graveyards are full of hardcore hamsters
Grandpa Pudding Brains' Lincoln Memorial Algae Farm may be ugly, expensive, and very funny, but Swimming Pool Steve says it is not especially mysterious. After two CNN appearances about the… Read the rest of the article: Pool expert explains Grandpa Pudding Brains' Lincoln Memorial Algae Farm
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A ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet in Izmir, Turkey, was nearing its tragic conclusion when an uninvited cast member wandered onstage and quietly took over the production. This mischievous… Read the rest of the article: Cat crashes Romeo and Juliet ballet in Turkey, bites Romeo mid-death scene, steals entire show
The massive consulting firm KPMG had to pull a lengthy report on the use of Agentic AI after it was found to be riddled with AI-generated fabrications and mangled citations.… Read the rest of the article: Report on AI use in business rife with AI hallucinations
I really, really loved Dragon's Dogma 2. Yes, even after its meme-filled moment in the sun was over. Yes, even in spite of the wholly unnecessary microtransactions that marred its… Read the rest of the article: One of my favorite games is finally getting DLC, which means I can recommend it again guilt-free
Asked whether anyone would be held accountable for a strike on an elementary school that killed more than 100 children, Grandpa Pudding Brains said no, called it "a strange question,"… Read the rest of the article: "Mistakes are made": Grandpa Pudding Brains shrugs at school strike that killed over 100
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It should come as no surprise by now that I enjoy a good scambait. Scambaiting, or the art of deliberately wasting scammers' time, has become a bit of a flourishing… Read the rest of the article: Watching a middle-aged English woman enrage romance scammers is my new favorite pastime
Well, this is a sweet bonus: if you own an Android foldable like a Samsung Z Series foldable, OnePlus Open or Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, you may soon have… Read the rest of the article: Android 17 brings a customizable virtual gamepad to foldables
Back when Shrek 5 was officially confirmed as a project that was, indeed, happening, I thought it was overdue. Now that an actual trailer has dropped, though, I think I'm… Read the rest of the article: Shrek 5 sure looks like another Shrek movie
In the department of Yoro, Honduras, fish turn up on the ground after large storms. The lluvia de peces — literally "rain of fish" — has been reported for over… Read the rest of the article: In a Honduran town, fish appear on the ground after every major rainstorm
A toast sandwich is exactly what it sounds like: a thin slice of toasted bread, placed between two slices of untoasted bread. Season with salt and pepper. The recipe appears… Read the rest of the article: The toast sandwich is a piece of toast between two slices of untoasted bread
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Tom the Dancing Bug: The Dementia Donnie TV Room -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: The Dementia Donnie Center for TV Watching
