Electrochemical system converts plant compound into two valuable products at once
A research team has created a new kind of electrochemical “two-in-one” system that turns plant-based molecules into two useful products at once. Using a finely tuned single-atom ruthenium catalyst, the process combines two chemical reactions, oxidation and hydrogenation, inside a single electrolytic cell, much like cooking two dishes in the same pot without mixing up the flavors. Details of the research were p … ⌘ Read more
AI and Home-Cooked Software
https://mrkaran.dev/posts/ai-home-cooked-software/
@thecanine@twtxt.net we are so cooked
Even John Siracusa thinks Tim Cook should step down
John Siracusa, one third of the excellent ATP podcast, developer of several niche Mac utilities, and author of some of the best operating system reviews of all time, has called for Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, to step down. Now, countless people call for Tim Cook to stand down all the time, but when someone like Siracusa, an ardent Mac user since the release of the very first Macintosh and a staple of the Apple community, makes such a … ⌘ Read more
10 Hilarious Excuses Firms Once Gave to Cover Up Their Bad Deeds
Big corporations often hire expensive PR firms, crisis managers, and legal teams to clean up their messes. But sometimes, the excuses they cook up are so laughably bad they only make things worse. Whether it’s blaming hackers, the weather, or even the consumers themselves, these companies tried to dodge accountability in the most ridiculous ways […]
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Apple Shareholders Vote to Continue Illegal DEI Practices
“Apple may need to make DEl changes in the future as the legal landscape evolves,” says Apple CEO Tim Cook. ⌘ Read more
i’m pretty sure i’m running this all off sqlite so if i get too many users on here i might be cooked but oh well i can always try to migrate (<– has heard migrations from sqlite to mysql/postgres are hell)
Insider newsletter digest: Cook up a controller with GitHub Copilot
Whether you’re coding up a storm or cooking up code, building a controller function with AI is your secret sauce to a flavorful app.
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(1) You go to the store and buy a microwave pizza. You go home, put it in the microwave, heat it up. Maybe it’s not quite the way you like it, so you put some red pepper on it, maybe some oregano.
Are you a pizza chef? No. Do we know what your cooking is like? Also no.
(2) You create a prompt for StableDiffusion to make a picture of an elephant. What pops out isn’t quite to your liking. You adjust the prompt, tweak it a bunch, till the elephant looks pretty cool.
Are you an artist? No. Do we know what your art is like? Also no.
The elephant is “fake art” in a similar sense to how a microwave pizza is “fake pizza”. That’s what I meant by that word. The microwave pizza is a sort of “simulation of pizza”, in this sense. The generated elephant picture is a simulation of art, in a similar sense, though it’s even worse than that and is probably more of a simulacrum of art since you can’t “consume” an AI-generated image the way you “consume” art.
BREAKING: EU orders Apple to add RS-232 port to iPhone
“We’re… super… excited to add a serial port to the iPhone,” stated Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a not at all forced tone of voice. ⌘ Read more
I’ve been making this chocolate pudding recipe every 4 days for the past 5 months or so: !pudding #cooking #chocolate #yum