The Antikythera Mechanism, recovered from a Greek shipwreck dated to ~60 BCE, is the world’s oldest known analog computer. Built around 100 BCE with 30+ bronze gears, it accurately predicted eclipses and tracked the Sun, Moon, and planets over 2,000 years ago. ⚙️🌍

Nice work, everyone! Keep it up!

The internet always delivers.

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

Weekend at Mitch's.

These kinds of laws have an invisible ripple effect across the country. A good number of corporations will just change their policies instead of making a NYC-specific protocol. A lot of the consumer protections we have started in one state or big city.

Let’s oppress Republicans just one time so that the ceaseless whining of these toxic cowardly conservative crybabies can finally and for the first time in recorded history be in some tiny way be remotely justified, it’ll be doing them a favor I swear

#ArtRepostJuly Missed Day 10: "Above," so today a two-fer... #art #ArtChallenge #ArtRepostJuly

“Patreon has partnered with an internet infrastructure company called Cloudflare to block Al training crawlers from using the work you publish on your Patreon to train their Al models."

Late to the party, but so it goes. Here's something orange for Day 9. #art #ArtChallenge #ArtRepostJuly

Great thread. I'm guessing a lot of us in the creative arts had no "Plan B." I certainly didn't. My life and career was going to be about telling stories with words and pictures - however that might look - or nothing. It's been a bumpy ride, but forty years later, I'm still on it.

Because what goes around comes around, if you see this, share a circle, a disk, something round.

Best STAR TREK captain. Wrong answers only.

"There has never been a tool or product in history sold with such hysteria and aggressive monocultural force that has ever turned out to be anything more than a grift." www.wheresyoured.at/let-ai-burn/

Interesting and well argued thread, worth reading to the end.

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They paved it, the motherfuckers.

did you guys know they still allowed good news

Commentary: I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

I despise, and have since I just saw it in the 80s, comments like “this transcends the genre… / it’s not [science fiction/horror/etc] it’s literature.” Like fuck you’re with your stand that starts from a place of “genre is inherently inferior” you jealous fuck.

1/ There’s a quiet army you probably haven’t heard about. Hundreds of retired federal judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, are coming off the sidelines to defend our courts and our democracy. What they’re doing should give you real hope. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy

many people who would have lived longer will die because of this. he’s one of the most destructive people on the planet.

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Yes and no. I think it was less about extravagant set building, and more about creating a series of impressive sets on a small budget and a tight deadline. Hammer's costume and set people did beautifully creative work on a relative shoestring. 1/ 9

It’s odd that Sam Altman said this mere months after moving enterprises to token-based billing. It’s almost as if his customers are intolerant of the actual cost of AI when they’re not using subsidized subscriptions. Almost like the real cost is too high and that’s why you hid it.

The reason you see the outpouring — print, wire, broadcast — is because 60 Minutes writ large and Scott Pelley, in particular, are the gold standard and the real deal. It’s journalism as we dream of it. Bang on the door, go to the war zone, spend time, get to know the people. Tell *the* story.

Despite all the changes, Hammer's Hound is closer to the Doyle novel than their Dracula or Frankenstein versions are to Stoker or Shelley. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Holmes lets them spend all this time trying to dig him out when he's already out? Sorry Holmes, dick move. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Nice touch, which I hadn't noticed before - Watson the ex-Army doctor still carries his handkerchief in his sleeve. There's just a quick glimpse of it when he hands Mrs. Barrymore a drink. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Does Holmes never carry matches? He's always lighting his pipe with a coal or piece of wood from the fire held in tongs. Seems an awkward way to light your pipe. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Miles Malleson as Bishop Frankland. Malleson appears in several Hammer films in roles similar to Frankland. Probably brought the same persona as Polonius opposite Gielgud's Hamlet. He was also a screenwriter, unionist and ardent socialist. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Christopher Lee loved playing Sir Henry, as it was one of his few good guy roles, and one where he got to kiss the girl rather than bite her. However, he hated spiders, and was petrified while doing that tarantula scene. That look of fear on his face is real. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Love how quickly Cushing's smile quickly fades when Lee's Sir Henry expresses confusion over why someone would steal just *one* boot instead of the pair. Hark, a clue! #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Andre Morell was, as far as I know, the first film Watson to break the Nigel Bruce mold of Watson as a clueless old duffer, and portray him the way he appears in the books, as an intelligent man (he's a doctor, after all), and a fit companion for Holmes. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Amusing that Holmes is more focused on a chess problem than Mortimer's "fairy story." It does seem like chess would be a natural fit for Holmes, but Doyle never mentions Holmes playing chess in any of the stories. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Of all the changes Hammer made from the book, I think the one I miss most is the series of deductions about Mortimer based on the walking stick he left behind before the man himself arrives for this opening interview. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

Some really ineffective day-for-night shots as Sir Hugo pursues the girl. #FrightClub #TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles

CBS just fired longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after he spoke out against the network's Trumpian turn under Bari Weiss and the Ellisons. Make no mistake: Trump is using the power of the state to help his billionaire pals control the media.

Discrimination based on gender identity or expression is illegal in New York City. Trans New Yorkers are protected by law. Our City will protect your rights, defend your humanity and stand beside you without hesitation.

Today Microsoft moved all its GitHub copilot subscribers to token-based billing. If you want to see what happens when people have to pay the actual costs of AI, the day is finally here. It's obvious that every customer sees the deep, meaningful value and isn't angry at all.

Hmm, I posted "who do you have to kill to become a partner at A16Z?" and YouTube has had the video under review (but... not blocked?) for an hour now. I suppose accurately describing their business policies violates some algorithm? www.youtube.com/shorts/9xciZ...

Democrats: This is the way. Fuck the consultant class that urges Dems become GOP lite. Makes me wish I was still resident there and could vote in Massachusetts.

Three iconic horror stars born within a day of each other - Vincent Price (5/27/1911), Peter Cushing (5/26/1913), and Christopher Lee (5/27/22).

Christopher Lee's wig in this movie is laughable. Despite that, nobody does haughty arrogance like Lee. #TheGorgon #FrightClub