We had our first Glantri reunion session, and it was largely successful! After 10 years of war and political shenanigans, the Company of Crossed Swords (our PC party) got back together to take another crack at the Chateau d’Ambreville (our tentpole megadungeon). Many dice were rolled, a devil and a lich were parlayed with, and […]| The Mule Abides
In order to keep track of time in-game, my Glantri campaign’s timeline was synced up with real time. As our first session was held on May 28, 2008, the party’s first adventure transpired on May 28 in the Glantrian year 208. Logically, the upshot of this is that a reunion session that takes place a […]| The Mule Abides
He fell silent. For several moments they all did, and the quiet had the feel of a deliberate thing. Then Eddie said, “All right, we’re back together again. What the hell do we do next?”…| The Mule Abides
How to look at items through the eyes of someone who is moving & consider the question: If you're not willing to pack, carry, haul & unpack an item, why is it in your life now?| theoretical minimalist
If you’re looking for a quick, simple, and totally mesmerizing science experiment, you’ll love Tea... The post Tea Bag Rockets Science Experiment for Kids appeared first on Teach Beside Me.| Teach Beside Me
From timeline to dislikes to personal style preferences, these are the 5 questions to ask yourself *before* redecorating your home.| Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived
For the last two months, I participated in a monthly hackathon event called the Detroit Civic Hackathon (next one is November 12!). These were the first two installments of what is becoming a monthly event that originated from a monthly happy hour meet up called The Detroit Urban Tech Meetup. These past two events were… Continue reading Why Hackathons Are Awesome: Hacking Detroit’s Zoning Code| Isaac Gilman
As a new Release Train Engineer and former Scrum Master, I am ambitious and excited to dive in to help my train and teams succeed. In both roles, I struggle challenging and supporting my trains and teams to follow a few concepts, I believe are valuable. Vertical Delivery (working software is the primary measure of… Continue reading A New RTE’s Struggles| Isaac Gilman
A few weeks ago I started a new position called Release Train Engineer(RTE). This role is responsible for facilitating the Agile Release Train (ART) moves efficiently and executes effectively. When I started the position in late June, I had 2.5 weeks to get prepared for the two most significant events within the Scaled Agile… Continue reading Prioritizing for I & A and PI Planning| Isaac Gilman
I hope all the dads out there had a great Father’s Day weekend! Becoming a father is hard to describe. I did a lot to “prepare” for it. I read books, articles, attended classes and talked with other fathers about their experience. I knew this journey would be hard and I knew it would help… Continue reading Growing From Fatherhood| Isaac Gilman
Bij de experimenten met een ‘slimmer collegejaar’ in het hoger onderwijs moeten opleidingen de ondersteunende staf niet uit het oog verliezen, staat in een tussentijdse evaluatie.| Advalvas
Are you trying to change people's minds? Data can help. But data is not enough. We all need stories to make that human connection. That's the point of the podcast I recorded with Sam Taggart: Storytelling is Problem Solving. (That's the link to the podcast for audio listening.) That page also has a link to […] The post Storytelling is Problem Solving on the LabView Experiment Podcast appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
“Wow! How did you do that??” As a parent or a teacher, those are some of […] The post How to Do the Egg in a Bottle Experiment appeared first on Left Brain Craft Brain.| Left Brain Craft Brain
As fourth grade teachers, we know that Science SOL 4.1 lays the groundwork for everything students will do in science this year. This standard is all about building the habits... The post 6 Must-Have Resources to Teach Science SOL 4.1 appeared first on Alyssa Teaches.| Alyssa Teaches
Hindsight is 20/20. What happened in 2020? The COVID-19 experiment happened! Nowadays, no one is talking about The Experiment unless it is to complain about "misinformation." Forget that the COVID-19 pandemic, its rituals, and its products destabilized world economies, politics, social and food systems, and freedoms. Forget that the COVID-19 shots were "experimental," promoted as [...]| Nature of Healing
Some running lessons can only be learned by being willing to experiment on race day. So that "rule" about nothing new on race day? Forget it.| DizRuns.com
My love affair with the thermal paper camera began with a simple YouTube video. The idea of a camera that prints lo-fi, black-and-white photos on the spot—for the ridiculously low price of thermal paper—was too appealing to ignore. I bought one, wrote about my initial impressions, and then… it sat on a shelf. Like many… Read More »The Ultimate Guide to the Thermal Paper Camera: Unleashing Lo-Fi Creativity The post The Ultimate Guide to the Thermal Paper Camera: Unleashing Lo-Fi Cr...| FRAME TRAVEL ROAM CAPTURE
Explorando cómo la inteligencia artificial podría estar cambiando las reglas del juego en el desarrollo de software - ideas preliminares des...| www.eferro.net
Ik zeg het wel vaker: luister niet naar mij, ik weet het niet altijd allemaal even goed. En moestuinieren is sowieso geen wetenschap, en het is ook ...| Diana's mooie moestuin
Er was eens...... Dat zou een sprookje zijn, met een eind goed al goed. En dat is dit niet. Sterker nog, het leverde me een flinke reprimande op. En dat toont dan maar weer eens aan hoe ongeschikt ik ben als het gaat om verboden zaken. Terwijl Jan en…| Diana's mooie moestuin
Thirty cool science experiments for preschoolers, a section baking soda experiments and plus a lot of water experiments that preschoolers always find fun!| Hands On As We Grow®
Learn, explore, and get creative with 50+ activities all about plants and seeds. From crafts, to learning and even science experiments too!| Hands On As We Grow®
Science proceeds through research communities whose participants share important and often distinctive features of thought and method. This is one of the key insights of the “historical turn” in the philosophy of science initiated in the 1970s (link, link), and it underlies much work within the interdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies. But what … Continue reading "Ethnography of high-energy physics"| Understanding Society
Ik durf het bijna niet te zeggen maar ik heb nog steeds niks gestekt. Zo was er eerst tijdgebrek, vervolgens heel veel oogst die geplukt en verwerkt moest worden, en nu zit/lig ik met een dubbele oogontsteking op de bank. Pijnlijk, en nauwelijks normaal zicht, en dan is een moestuin…| Diana's mooie moestuin
Java 8 starts to emerge. It comes with a full new feature: functional programming with the lambda expressions. Here I’ll discuss about a feature that is part of the Lambda project (JSR-335): the virtual extension methods, also called public defender methods. This feature will help you to provide a default implementation for the methods that […]| Kerflyn's Blog
In a previous post, I’ve shown how to use the type Optional provided by Guava, in a view to create a monad. Personally, I’m not satisfied with the resulting code. Since, I’ve found another way to represent the Option monad in Java only, and the new representation seems to be better. So we start with […]| Kerflyn's Blog
When considering the emergency medical services, there has been much discussion regarding the utility of advanced life support and its effectiveness within the emergency medical services (Stiell et al., 2005; Stiell et al., 2003; Stiell et al., 2002; Stiell et al., 1999). One of the most basic skills that paramedics use exclusively is intravenous cannulation … Continue reading EMS Research: Using t Tests→ The post EMS Research: Using t Tests appeared first on Schadone.com.| Schadone.com
I was itching for a new project, so I got one. I'm very happy with it so far!| ./techtipsy
You will need: Seltzer Water Popcorn Kernels A Clear Container What to do: Fill the container with seltzer water Add the kernels and watch them dance! How does it work? Popcorn kernels naturally sink in water. Seltzer water is full of dissolved carbon dioxide gas that is released when you open the seltzer bottle. When […] The post Dancing Popcorn Experiment appeared first on ScienceBob.com.| ScienceBob.com
Sometimes ya gotta go big. For this fun demo I created a volcano from foam and aluminum foil and used a PCV tube to mix up the chemical reaction in. Need a home version of this experiment, click HERE. The post Giant Volcano Experiment! appeared first on ScienceBob.com.| ScienceBob.com
The SOP-driven Large Language Model (LLM) agent framework, revolutionises enterprise AI by integrating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure reliable execution and boost productivity. Achieving over 99.8% accuracy, it offers versatile automation tools and app development, making AI solutions 10 times faster. The framework addresses LLM challenges by structuring SOPs as a tree, enabling intuitive workflow creation. The framework aims to transform enterprise operations and explore indu...| Grab Tech
[This post presents the paper Helping consumers with a front-of-pack label: numbers or colours? the paper can be downloaded here.] Bad eating habits have negative consequences. We have always known as much. But the rise of obesity in the last decades is impressive and apparently unstoppable. Only a handful of US states had more than … Continue reading Nutritional labeling: numbers or colors? A new paper→| Paolo Crosetto
We know that having choices is great, but we also know that too much choice is not a good thing. Try to enter an online shop to get hold of a mobile phone – or, worse, a mobile phone tariff plan. Or, easier yet, just pop by your local supermarket and look at the mustard … Continue reading competition vs. confusopoly – a new paper→| Paolo Crosetto
I’m excited to announce QUALIUS, an upcoming post-ASSC retreat on the topic of non-ordinary states of consciousness, taking place July 10–14, 2025, in Ligres, Crete. Organized by the ALIUS and QRI,…| Qualia Computing
This weekend I decided to add some basic persistence to my Key-Value store. I considered going directly into B-Trees or LSM, but they are quite involved. Moving, forward I want to focus more on the distributed side of the store rather than low level storage details (saving those for later!), so for now I decided to implement something simpler, a basic Write Ahead Log (WAL, for short). What is a Write Ahead Log?| Logos, Thumos & Code
Gear up for this hands-on STEM science experiment and learn how to make boba at home! It's an activity kids can taste and squish!| Surviving A Teacher's Salary
This post aims to communicate a simple yet powerful idea: if you have a system of coupled oscillators controlled by a coupling kernel, you can use it to not only “tune into resonant modesR…| Qualia Computing
Here is a collection of fun ice and snow experiments from around the web.| Inspiration Laboratories
Dear wonderful community, Just as a fire uniformly raises the temperature throughout a building, causing diverse but interconnected effects (metal beams expanding, wood supports burning, windows cr…| Qualia Computing
Try to focus your attention on the exact center of your visual field right now. Notice how the seemingly straightforward task reveals systematic instabilities: wavering, drifting, and transforming …| Qualia Computing
Windows only for 7 days.. May the force be with me.| Mere Civilian
Vector similarity search has revolutionised data retrieval, particularly in the context of Retrieval-Augmented Generation in conjunction with advanced Large Language Models (LLMs). However, it sometimes falls short when dealing with complex or nuanced queries. In this post, we explore our experimentation with a simple yet effective approach to mitigate this shortcoming by combining the efficiency of vector similarity search with the contextual understanding of LLMs.| Grab Tech
Turns out that using stable and performant computers as a home server is way too boring for me.| ./techtipsy
Theorical ideas about a distributed database that can store infinite data across a set of agents.| Happiness Machines
This is the August 2024 Pragmatic Manager Newsletter, from Johanna Rothman. The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. Problems. They're always there, just waiting to pop up and say, “Surprise! Gotcha!” I don't mind new problems, but the sneaky problems, the ones that reappear after I thought I fixed them? I really […]| Johanna Rothman
Unleashing the potential of machine learning (ML) with Grab's Chimera Sandbox. This scalable platform facilitates rapid development and experimentation of ML solutions, offering deep integration with Large Language Models and a variety of compute instances. Discover how it's driving AI innovation at Grab.| Grab Tech
A thought-experiment that evokes what’s and who’s in the reality we know| Happiness Machines
Over the years the US military has gone to great lengths to maintain its superiority. Sadly, this includes carrying out some outrageous human experiments.| Historic Mysteries
Acorn sink or float science experiment for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Collect acorns on a nature walk for this fun experiment.| Pre-K Pages
Use this experiment for preschoolers to explore dental health and the impact of different types of liquids on teeth.| Pre-K Pages
Inside: Let's play with ice marbles and find out what surface makes ice melt faster. It’s a great way to learn some science while having a lot of fun. Ice cubes, especially colored ice cubes, have always been one of those things that all my kids love playing and learning with any time of the| My Blog
Both of my children are easily daunted by the sight of their own blood. The tiniest pin prick requires immediate attention and the prettiest of Band-aides. And then we must peek under the Band-aide and inspect it every hour for three or four days, until the wound "zips up", as they say.| The Cookie Train
One of my five year old's recent obsessions is the Statue of Liberty and other world landmarks. So this week, we explored science through the Cleaning Pennies with Vinegar experiment, which was recommended to us by Danielle at The Plain Satisfactions, and originally posted by Science Bob.| The Cookie Train
Today we used Angela Wilkes' My First Green Book to learn about lichen - the fungi-related, moss-like substance often found on tree branches, stone buildings, and gravestones.| The Cookie Train
Patrick asked us this week, "How come the water in the bathtub gets bigger when I get in?" We briefly explained the idea of water displacement, and decided to make it into the next afternoon's science experiment, so he could see it in a few different forms. | The Cookie Train
[Epistemic Status: Recreational Metaphysics / Fiction] They say “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.” And that should have been good enough, because the alternative is to ̶…| Qualia Computing
A fun Valentine bubble science activity for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Add a valentine twist to one of your kids' favorite activities.| Pre-K Pages
A queer horror novel that changes for each new reader.| aaronareed.net
Explore AI-powered rename suggestions in Visual Studio with GitHub Copilot Chat. This innovative feature offers smart, context-aware naming options for variables, methods, and classes, enhancing code readability and maintainability. Perfect for developers seeking efficient coding solutions.| Visual Studio Blog
What is consciousness?| AskTheRightQuestion
Some assembly required. No, not _that_ one.| ./techtipsy
Alternative title: "Honey, I completely changed my server setup again!"| ./techtipsy
Comparing the experience that AMD and NVIDIA can provide in a DIY cloud gaming setup.| ./techtipsy
A build log of how I set up my own 'cloud gaming' setup, including all the issues I faced and attempts to fix those.| ./techtipsy
A quick overview of my experience with setting it up on a small PC box and things to consider when attempting this yourself.| ./techtipsy
If all you have is a powerful workstation...| ./techtipsy
This is what happens when someone takes the meaning of 'brute force' too literally.| ./techtipsy
Depends on your definition of _could_.| ./techtipsy
How trying out new laptops and messing with my personal computing setup motivated me to go back to a laptop that some would call ancient.| ./techtipsy
