A pearl of great price.

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We have the technology.

Lifehacker.

I am not making this up.

Think about it.

If the choice is between Alice and solitaire….

Wall Street Journal.

We have the technology.

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Cooklang and the tools we’ve built to use it, you can:

• simplify your personal recipe management;
• streamline your shopping routine;
• make cooking more fun.

Here’s how the Cooklang ecosystem makes that happen:

• All recipes are human-readable text files.

• Everything is a file. No databases. And you have complete control over your information.

• All the tools are simple, focused, and efficient; the UNIX way.

I am not making this up.

Washington Post.

Deep in the urban sprawl of the Western Hemisphere’s largest city, nestled within a thicket of highways, there is a low-slung shopping mall that boasts an attraction not rivaled anywhere in the United States.
The giant Outback Steakhouse.
Named the world’s largest Outback in 2018 — and the world’s most lucrative before that — its dimensions and legend since then have only grown. The restaurant is now nearly twice the size of the biggest Outbacks in the United States, where the faux-Australian chain was founded.
But even then, it’s not big enough. Not for Brazil, and not on a recent Monday.
Hostess Kalany Nunes, 19, surveys the line for lunch, several dozens deep.
“This is Outback,” she explains. “It’s very chic.”

Americans can do fake foreign better than anybody else in the world. USA! USA!

(I hace to admit that their waitresses are much better looking than American ones.)

9to5Mac.

When Apple set out to create an item tracker with deep iPhone integration, you just know the company aspired to make something that would change lives.

That’s exactly what happened with an recently for a recently opened taco restaurant located in San Antonia, Texas.

UPDATE: Fiberglass cattle rustler foiled by a strategically placed AirTag

Tampa Bay Times.

Tell the truth: We’ve all wanted to do that.

Washington Post.

The research, published in a paper in Advanced Materials, builds on 2020 work that first showed energy could be pulled from the moisture in the air using material harvested from bacteria. The new study shows nearly any material can be used, like wood or silicon, as long as it can be smashed into small particles and remade with microscopic pores. But there are many questions about how to scale the product.
“What we have invented, you can imagine it’s like a small-scale, man-made cloud,” said Jun Yao, a professor of engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and senior author of the study. “This is really a very easily accessible, enormous source of continuous clean electricity. Imagine having clean electricity available wherever you go.”
That could include a forest, while hiking on a mountain, in a desert, in a rural village or on the road.

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Guess who stood for the national anthem? Starting in 2020, WNBA start Brittney Griner said she and her teammates would protest the national anthem. Previously, “During a game between the Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks, the two teams walked off the court while the National Anthem played. Interestingly enough, Griner mentioned that this will not be the last time she would walk off the court.”

…

Fast-forward to her return to freedom in the United States and her first competitive game since her release, in a preseason Phoenix Mercury against the Los Angeles Sparks game, which took place Friday…

Steve Graham.

When I moved here, I got myself a little Pit Boss stainless portable gas grill. I paid around $100. It was great for what it was, but it didn’t burn hot enough. I replaced the pathetic gas regulator with one for a big turkey fryer, and now I get huge flames hot enough to produce acceptable burgers. It’s probably dangerous, but a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.

 

Electriv.com

The Norwegian company ENRX wants to inductively charge electric vehicles with 200 kW while driving on a section of highway in Florida. A one-mile section of a four-lane highway near Orlando is to be electrified.

ENRX was founded in March this year, as a merger of EFD Induction, a provider of induction heating solutions, and IPT Technology, an expert in wireless power transmission. ENRX has teamed up with the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) and the Aspire Engineering Research Center for an initiative to build a 1.6-kilometre section on a four-lane highway near Orlando that will inductively charge the batteries of moving electric vehicles at 200 kW.

The principle is clear: the electric vehicle batteries are fitted with a special receiver pad and charged as they drive over the coils embedded in the road. In the process, the energy is transferred from these coils to the receiver pad mounted on the vehicle floor, which according to ENRX should provide “a safe, wireless power supply” even at motorway speeds.

Not in California. Not in New York. Not in Bernie Sanders’ state. Not in Elizabeth Warren’s state. In Florida–Ron DeSantis’ state.

“I don’t think there is anything less important than bicycle racing.”  — Scott Adams

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According to a report from Chicago’s WGN9, a hidden AirTag led to the arrest of two men who stole $1.1 million from an armored Brink truck. The device was hidden in one of the plastic money bins, likely placed there by the asset owner.

The men removed seven plastic bins containing about $100,000 each and ten deposit bags worth $50,000 each. After transporting the stolen money across town and through a few hiding spots, the money and the AirTag arrived at the suspect’s hideout.

They don’t make hideouts like they used to.

ZeroHedge.

Following Tucker Carlson’s ouster from Fox News, the network has experienced a precipitous decline in ratings, while Carlson has been receiving offers left and right from other networks.

For starters, Patrick Bet-David, CEO of online content company Valuetainment, offered former Fox News host Tucker Carlson a $100 million deal over five years, plus a board seat at the company, in a high-profile courting attempt on Tuesday.

“Dear Tucker, I’ll get right to the point. We want you to partner with us in what we feel is a noble and necessary effort to define the future of media,” wrote David, who also hosts the Valuetainment brand’s podcast, in the opening of the letter of intent posted on Twitter on May 2 according to the Epoch Times.

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If, of course, that’s what you want to do.

The Observer.

Consider how technology is used at The Boca Raton, a double five-star (Forbes-rated) Michael Dell-owned property and one of the largest luxury resorts in South Florida to deliver recognition and personalized service. According to President and CEO Daniel Hostettler—who was headhunted by Dell’s partnership (MSD Partners) to take on the daunting task of helming the enormous, 950-room property—recognition must rest on a solid technological backbone, or it’s simply not going to happen at scale.

Hostettler’s property uses facial recognition and opt-in technology on guests’ phones. Soon, The Boca Raton will deploy location-based beacons: as guests approach one of the property’s restaurants, the host will be prompted with the guest’s name and other unique information, including whether they’re a first-time or a returning guest—allowing the host to offer a greeting of either, “Welcome, Mr. Solomon,” or “Welcome back, Mr. Solomon.”

Perhaps this seems like a small thing, but, as Hostettler puts it, luxury needs to be “achingly personal and personable; extraordinary, personalized service is truly our unique selling proposition.”

9to5Mac.

Me want.

New York Times.

The Florida governor is pushing an aggressive proposal to penalize those who aid undocumented immigrants and to track costs for providing them with health care.

I wish Trump weren’t running so we could run this guy.

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A folding, single-shot .22 caliber pistol that’s no bigger than a stack of credit cards. At .5 inches thin and weighing less than 7 ounces, LifeCard® will be the last gun you’ll leave behind.

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An article by The New Yorker that is more fair than I had any right to expect. If I had kids, I’d want them to go to Hillsdale.

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Researchers in Maine are testing a new approach to 3D printing homes, swapping out the standard concrete “ink” for a 100% recyclable material made of wood waste and bio-resins.

They’ve already built a prototype house out of the material, and if it can withstand the harsh Maine winter, they hope to scale up to printing a new home every two days — helping Maine address its shortage of affordable housing.

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I wonder whether it works for kids.

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I’ll vote for whomever the Republicans nominate but I have to say, I have yet to find a single thing I disagree with Vivek Ramaswamy over. His mastery of the topics, his quick wit, his deep intellect, and his happy warrior style all suit me just fine.

So much energy! Watch him with Candace the other day. He will be the outsider who does what Trump could not.

I contributed to his campaign. And I urge you all to take a look.

Scott Adams is also a fan.

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Review: Bloody, Beautiful, Bulletproof

Every character in Wick’s world thinks they’re a poet and they’re all mistaken, and yet their clumsy fortune cookie platitudes are a welcome break from the constant self-conscious, faux-witty banter of Marvel movies and Ryan Reynolds vehicles.

REVIEW: ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’

Wow. Just… wow.

If you haven’t seen the first John Wick movie, the ‘noise complaint’ scene is worth whatever you have to pay to get ahold of it. Assassin Perkins is also very easy on the eyes.

Washington Free Beacon.

Liberals lost their collective mind this weekend after discovering Hollywood starlet Sydney Sweeney enjoys spending time with Republicans.

Watch it, but only if you want to be hungry afterward.

I am a big fan of KFC, and this appears to be a good way to do that at home. (I’m too lazy, so I prefer to buy it, but I’m sure there are foodies out there who would be willing to put in the work.)

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Five years ago, a team of researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) was able to regrow cochlear hair cells in mice for the first time. These hair cells are found in the cochlear region of ears in all mammals. They sense sound vibrations, convert those into brain signals, and eventually allow a person to hear and understand the different sounds around them. The new study from URMC researchers sheds light on the underlying mechanism that allowed the ear hairs to regrow in mice.

Mice get all the best stuff.

Those who like reading the Dilbert comic strip, be advised that, as of today, it is available on on the Locals channel “Coffee With Scott Adams”. (Locals.com) Highly recommended.

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Rebecca Chobat’s TikTok videos have garnered the interest of budget-conscious shoppers, particularly as food inflation continues to persist at its highest level in four decades. Through her videos, which reach an audience of 742.5k followers, she explains how to make meals using products from the discount retailer with a weekly budget of $35.

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You know, as you do.

Treehugger.

If, of course, that’s what you want to do.

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Enter Zomes. The California-based company makes 265-square-foot dome structures called Zomes, each of which features one to three windows, a skylight, and a 14-foot-high ceiling. Zomes are made of about 200 panels, which are assembled on site over the course of about three weeks.

Domes and tiny homes are nothing new. But one key trait that sets Zomes apart from other alternative housing options is that the structures use bioceramic instead of cement, the prod

Plus they look really funky … not necessarily a bad thing. My first thought was ‘African hut’.

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Isn’t science wonderful?

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80/20 provides T-slot aluminum profiles, or bars, that have channels used to connect other bars and parts — for instance, panels, linear bearings or casters. It is a building system anyone can use to create custom solutions.

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The Big Mac Index is a price index published since 1986 by The Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and providing a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries. It “seeks to make exchange-rate theory a bit more digestible.”[1] The index compares the relative price worldwide to purchase the Big Mac, a hamburger sold at McDonald’s restaurants.

 

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We have the technology.

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I find it difficult to take seriously anybody who wears his hat backward.

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These are the kinds of immigrants that America needs.

That drive steered him toward studying business marketing at the University of Rochester and, in 2019, he brought a class project to life as a real business. He took a leave of absence from college, with one year left to graduate, to focus on it full-time.

Today, the 26-year-old runs Don Carvajal Cafe, a coffee roasting company out of the South Bronx that sources its beans from the Dominican Republic.

From January to early December 2022, his business brought in roughly $190,000 in sales. From that, Carvajal lives off a $25,000 salary. ”’I just make it work, the same way my mom made it work,” he says.

Some people are just born American; it simply takes them a while to get here.

Razib Khan has probably forgotten more about genomics that you (or I) will ever know.

We have the technology.

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And we encourage them to do so.

Think of it as evolution in action.