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Today's quotable quote: Homer Simpson (The Simpsons): Being popular is the most important thing in the world!

This day in history: 10 December 2023: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat Share Nobel Peace Prize (1978). In 1978, a historic peace summit was held between Israel and Egypt at the US presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. Now known as the Camp David Accords, the pact was signed in 1979 by Begin, the Israeli prime minister, and Sadat, the Egyptian president—who shared the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts—with US President Jimmy Carter as a witness. Under the pact, which was denounced by other Arab states, Israel agreed to return the Sinai to Egypt.



Daily Mail

This is one of those rare moments most humans never get to see 🥹, 24 November 2023

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This is one of those rare moments most humans never get to see 🥹


World Beauties and Wonders

Fort Bourtange in the Netherlands. Built in 1593 during the 80 years war., 24 November 2023

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Fort Bourtange in the Netherlands. Built in 1593 during the 80 years war.


The Music Man

During a sold out Taylor Swift concert in Los Angeles the audience had no idea that they were about to be treated to a very rare, and also very random, performance. Taylor said, "this singer, she's only ever played in coffee houses before" much to the confusion of the audience, but it all became clear when she introduced, "Miss Phoebe Buffay" (Lisa Kudrow). Lisa walked on stage in character as Phoebe and performed "Smelly Cat" alongside Taylor and much to the delight of Friends fans, Phoebe stopped the superstar singer halfway through and explained how you sing "Smelly Cat" properly. Watch video in comments below 👇, 23 November 2023

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During a sold out Taylor Swift concert in Los Angeles the audience had no idea that they were about to be treated to a very rare, and also very random, performance. Taylor said, "this singer, she's only ever played in coffee houses before" much to the confusion of the audience, but it all became clear when she introduced, "Miss Phoebe Buffay" (Lisa Kudrow). Lisa walked on stage in character as Phoebe and performed "Smelly Cat" alongside Taylor and much to the delight of Friends fans, Phoebe stopped the superstar singer halfway through and explained how you sing "Smelly Cat" properly. Watch video in comments below 👇


Physics + Astronomy

Here's how our solar system moving through space looks like. 🎥: Vito Technology, 19 November 2023

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Here's how our solar system moving through space looks like. 🎥: Vito Technology





Back to Nature

The underside of a mushroom, photo by Aaron Ras, 01 November 2023

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The underside of a mushroom, photo by Aaron Ras



History Cool Kids

WHY IS THIS NOT A STANDARD FEATURE IN EVERY CAR!!!???, 26 October 2023

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WHY IS THIS NOT A STANDARD FEATURE IN EVERY CAR!!!???


How to Grow Potatoes Without Soil

sharingideas.me, 20 October 2023

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Growing potatoes has always been associated with tilled lands and soil. However, with the advent of modern agricultural technology, innovative methods have surfaced, allowing farmers and hobbyists to grow crops in ways that were previously thought impossible. One such method is the aeroponic system....



Express Cars UK

Early days of the Sat Nav, 19 October 2023

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Early days of the Sat Nav


Fossbytes

Swedish startup Luvly has introduced the Luvly O, a compact, electric two-seater car that can be shipped in flat pack form. Weighing 992 pounds, the microcar offers a 62-mile range and a top speed of 55 mph. While it can be transported in a disassembled state, it must be assembled in a car plant before delivery to customers due to safety standards and regulations. Luvly aims to provide affordability, with an expected price of $10,500 when it becomes available next year., 17 October 2023

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Swedish startup Luvly has introduced the Luvly O, a compact, electric two-seater car that can be shipped in flat pack form. Weighing 992 pounds, the microcar offers a 62-mile range and a top speed of 55 mph. While it can be transported in a disassembled state, it must be assembled in a car plant before delivery to customers due to safety standards and regulations. Luvly aims to provide affordability, with an expected price of $10,500 when it becomes available next year.

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In the news

Biologic therapy shown to reduce steroid use in 92% of severe asthmatics: A new study has found that using biologic therapy to reduce lung inflammation enabled 92% of people with severe asthma to reduce their dose of daily inhaled steroid without exacerbating their symptoms. Posted on 11 December 2023.

Roadrunner-M drone can take out aerial threats or live to fly another day: In the spirit of waste not, want not, Anduril Industries has rolled out its Roadrunner-Munition (Roadrunner-M) jet-propelled VTOL autonomous interceptor drone that can destroy aerial threats or return to base intact to fight another day. Posted on 11 December 2023.

Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt: This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Thad, expanding on the fact that Iowa’s book ban demonstrates hatred of LGBTQ people: Or women. Posted on 10 December 2023.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Mon 11: sky is clear

    16 ° - 22 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Tue 12: light rain

    16 ° - 19 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 31 %
  • Wed 13: overcast clouds

    15 ° - 21 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 88 %
  • Thu 14: light rain

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 65 %
  • Fri 15: sky is clear

    16 ° - 21 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 4 %

See next two weeks

News (continued)

Elon Musk Wants Bob Iger ‘Immediately’ Fired From Disney: The tech billionaire has targeted Iger since Disney temporarily suspended advertising on X over an antisemitic post made by Musk. Posted on 08 December 2023.

Top 10 AI Tools in 2023 That Will Make Your Life Easier:  In this article, we explore the top 10 AI tools that are driving innovation and efficiency in various industries. Posted on 25 January 2023.

Space, The Boring Frontier: Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun. Posted on 28 December 2021.

Elon Musk says X will reinstate Alex Jones’s account after poll of users: Rightwing conspiracy theorist was banned from platform in 2018, but could be back after 2m votes castThe social media platform X will reinstate the account of the US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after a poll of the site’s users backed his return, its owner, Elon Musk, has said. Posted on 11 December 2023.

Revealed: the oldest black hole ever observed, dating to dawn of universe: Exclusive: astronomers surprised at size of 13bn-year-old object, which raises new questions about where black holes came fromAstronomers have detected the oldest black hole ever observed, dating back more than 13bn years to the dawn of the universe. Posted on 11 December 2023.

Finally, a tiny car charger that can power your laptop, tablet, and phone: Looking for a car charger that can output a massive 160W of power, enough to charge all your devices? Baseus has one that passed my tests. Posted on 11 December 2023.

Mosquito-borne disease risk looms for UK - study: Diseases like dengue fever could be common if little is done to tackle climate change, report warns. Posted on 11 December 2023.

Biophysicists Uncover Powerful Symmetries in Living Tissue: After identifying interlocking symmetries in mammalian cells, scientists describe some tissues as liquid crystals. Posted on 10 December 2023.

We made ChatGPT write a song for us: We kept hearing that Artificial Intelligence is a threat to the creative arts. Posted on 10 December 2023.

Sour grapes: Japan battles to protect premium fruits: The variety of juicy grape that Yuki Nakamura is harvesting as the sun rises over his farm took scientists 33 years to develop and can sell for $100 a bunch in Tokyo department stores. Posted on 10 December 2023.

This A.I. Subculture’s Motto: Go, Go, Go: The eccentric pro-tech movement known as “Effective Accelerationism” wants to unshackle powerful A. Posted on 11 December 2023.

Air Raid Alerts Announced in Kyiv: Military Officials Report Explosions in Ukrainian Capital: . Posted on 11 December 2023.

What Can You Do With an Einstein?: Earlier this year, mathematicians discovered a unique shape. Posted on 11 December 2023.

FDA approves first gene-editing treatment for human illness: The Food and Drug Administration approved two genetic treatments for sickle cell disease, including one that uses gene-editing. Posted on 08 December 2023.

Why this fishing hotspot is flying high: 1. How relevant is this ad to you? Ad froze or did not finish loading Video content did not start after ad Audio on ad was too loud Ad was repetitive to ads I've seen previously. Posted on 11 December 2023.

Hidden Impacts of Ferocious Volcanic Eruption Finally Revealed: Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared an interesting article from ScienceAlert: Undersea volcanic eruptions account for more than three-quarters of all volcanism on Earth, but rarely do we see the impacts. Posted on 11 December 2023.

Georgia leads toward a nuclear future with its first operating reactor: Georgia Power Co. announced one of its two new reactors reached self-sustaining nuclear fission on Monday. Posted on 07 March 2023.

Signs of life shooting from Saturn's moon could be collected with spacecraft, scientists say: Possible amino acids spewing from Enceladus' subsurface ocean can survive impact with a spacecraft, lab experiments show. Posted on 10 December 2023.

Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy: On a foggy morning in early February last year, dozens of journalists from around the world gathered outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Posted on 09 February 2022.


Some of the tech in my workday

Best programming language?

The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.

The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.

w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.

While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.


Longer term weather forecast

Cape Town weather

  • Mon 11: sky is clear

    16 ° - 22 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Tue 12: light rain

    16 ° - 19 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 31 %
  • Wed 13: overcast clouds

    15 ° - 21 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 88 %
  • Thu 14: light rain

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 65 %
  • Fri 15: sky is clear

    16 ° - 21 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 4 %
  • Sat 16: sky is clear

    16 ° - 23 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Sun 17: sky is clear

    17 ° - 21 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 4 %
  • Mon 18: scattered clouds

    17 ° - 21 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 25 %
  • Tue 19: light rain

    17 ° - 21 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 36 %
  • Wed 20: sky is clear

    16 ° - 24 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Thu 21: few clouds

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 14 %
  • Fri 22: sky is clear

    18 ° - 22 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 6 %
  • Sat 23: scattered clouds

    18 ° - 23 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 34 %
  • Sun 24: sky is clear

    18 ° - 25 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Mon 25: scattered clouds

    18 ° - 27 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 28 %
  • Tue 26: broken clouds

    20 ° - 26 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 82 %