Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? β€’ VelvetShark

Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? β€’ VelvetShark

πŸš€ Discover this awesome post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: If you pay attention to AI company branding, you'll notice a pattern: Circular shape (often with a gradient) Central opening or focal point Radiating elements from the center Soft, organic curves Sound familiar? It should, because it's also an apt description of... well, you know. A butthole. The circular AI logo epidemic If you ever thought that AI company logos look like buttholes, you're not alone. FastCompany noticed this trend in 2023 and published an article about it, but (I could only presume) their editors…
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‘In the Wild’ Inspired My Adventurous Life – But I Learned the Wrong Lessons About Freedom | culture

‘In the Wild’ Inspired My Adventurous Life – But I Learned the Wrong Lessons About Freedom | culture

πŸ”₯ Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Culture βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: IIt's 5.30am, and I'm waking up on a slab of granite overlooking the Doomland Wilderness, where there's nothing but forest, stone and silence for miles. I spent 44 days hiking the Pacific Crest Trailβ€”a nearly 2,650-mile trek from the Mexican border to Canada through desert lands, pine forests, deep canyons, volcanic terrain, and alpine mountains. Every day, I walk about 20 miles and carry on my back everything I need for the next four months.I was 16 when I first saw Into…
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The computer at the bottom of a canal – Negroni Venture Studios

The computer at the bottom of a canal – Negroni Venture Studios

πŸ’₯ Explore this must-read post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: Somewhere at the bottom of the Forth and Clyde Canal, buried in the silt, there is a box of custom silicon that was right about almost everything. Back in 1988 a Scottish hi-fi company shipped a processor that checked the type and bounds of every memory access in hardware, garbage-collected its own heap in silicon, and treated memory and disk as a single persistent object store. Retellings of the story make it out as charming folly, one where a company that made record turntables decided…
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Natalie Imbruglia: I forget the words to my songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice this Life and style

Natalie Imbruglia: I forget the words to my songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice this Life and style

πŸ”₯ Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Life and style,Pop and rock,Music,Australian music,Culture,Neighbours,Drama,Soap opera,Television,Television & radio πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: forNatalie Imbruglia was born in Sydney, Australia to an Italian father and an Australian mother. The 51-year-old joined the cast of Neighbors at the age of 17. In 1997, she released her debut album Left of the Middle, which gave her the international hit single Torn. She released her seventh studio album, Algorithm, on September 4. She lives in Oxfordshire with her son.What is your biggest fear?As canned Italian spaghetti. When I was a…
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tokio-rs/topcoat: A batteries-included framework for building web apps Β· GitHub

tokio-rs/topcoat: A batteries-included framework for building web apps Β· GitHub

πŸ”₯ Explore this awesome post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: The full full-stack framework for Rust Topcoat is a modular, batteries-included Rust framework for building fullstack apps. It prioritizes simplicity and productivity. See the Getting started guide to set up a new project. Early-stage and experimental. Expect breaking changes. use topcoat::{ Result, router::πŸ’¬, view:: signal open = false; // Runs entirely in the browser; no server round-trip. <button @click=$(, }; #[tokio::main] async fn main() open.set(!open.get()))>"What is Topcoat?" :hidden=$(!open.get())>"A fullstack Rust framework." #[page("https://github.com/")] async fn home() -> Result { view! πŸ’¬ } #[component] async fn hello(name:…
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‘Maybe the best sequel ever made’: James Cameron’s ‘Alien’ turns 40 | James Cameron

‘Maybe the best sequel ever made’: James Cameron’s ‘Alien’ turns 40 | James Cameron

✨ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: James Cameron,Sigourney Weaver,Film,Horror films,Culture,Science fiction and fantasy films,Alien,Action and adventure films πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: CAmis Cameron loves strong female characters. That seems like a given now, after three avatars and strong arms belong to Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2. Even the lush romance Titanic is about a supportive, kind friend whose love gives her the extra bit of strength she needs to live a rich, rebellious life without him, until she freely throws the diamonds into the sea when she's 100. But in Cameron's first actual…
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skorotkiewicz/signal-in-the-dark: What is more effective? A 3D simulator of finding someone in the dark – shine the light on yourself or on them? Β· GitHub

skorotkiewicz/signal-in-the-dark: What is more effective? A 3D simulator of finding someone in the dark – shine the light on yourself or on them? Β· GitHub

✨ Discover this must-read post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: A one-page Three.js experiment comparing two simplified strategies: Sweep searchlight: the rescuer moves through an expanding search pattern and must illuminate the missing person. Raise beacon: the rescuer stays put while a mobile missing person tries to recognize and approach an omnidirectional light. cd signal-in-the-dark python3 -m http.server 8080 Open http://localhost:8080. The page imports Three.js from a pinned CDN URL, so the first load needs internet access. Use the presets first: Mobile hiker usually favors the beacon. Injured makes the stationary beacon ineffective because the…
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The Odyssey to Gracie Abrams: Your Complete Entertainment Guide for Next Week | culture

The Odyssey to Gracie Abrams: Your Complete Entertainment Guide for Next Week | culture

✨ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Culture,Music,Stage,Dance,Theatre,Film,Television,Television & radio,Art,Art and design,Games πŸ’‘ **What You’ll Learn**: Checkout: cinemaOdysseyOut nowChristopher Nolan tackles one of the grandfathers of the Western canon – Homer's meaty tale of Odysseus (Matt Damon) and his long journey home after 10 years in the Trojan War. It stars Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya and Charlize Theron.Our hero, BalthazarOut nowA wealthy New York teen hopes to attract the attention of his crush, an activist, by posting impassioned pro-gun control videos, but instead finds himself the focus of troll explosions, which he decides…
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40x faster than binary search Β· CuriousCoding

πŸ”₯ Discover this trending post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: πŸ“Œ **What You’ll Learn**: In this post, we will implement a static search tree (S+ tree) for high-throughput searching of sorted data, as introduced on Algorithmica. We’ll mostly take the code presented there as a starting point, and optimize it to its limits. For a large part, I’m simply taking the β€˜future work’ ideas of that post and implementing them. And then there will be a bunch of looking at assembly code to shave off all the instructions we can. Lastly, there will be one big addition to optimize…
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Evidence #252: Christopher Nolan forces all competitors to flee as he dominates the blockbuster battle | culture

Evidence #252: Christopher Nolan forces all competitors to flee as he dominates the blockbuster battle | culture

πŸ’₯ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ **Category**: Culture,Christopher Nolan,Batman Begins,Oppenheimer,Matt Damon,Film,Homer,The Odyssey βœ… **What You’ll Learn**: TThis July, rivals were fleeing in fear β€” like Ithacans fleeing the giant Polyphemus β€” from The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's massive stage adaptation of Homer's epic poem. The only significant alternatives you'll find in cinemas the week of its release are a few Aardman reissues and the very poorly reviewed Animal Farm adaptation. The volatile events continue next week as well, with the star attraction being a cheap horror film that capitalizes on Pinocchio's status in the public…
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